9 Mar 2009
Lagunitas The Hairy Eyeball
Author: Gile
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Name: Gile
Site: http://corebrewing.com
About: My first beer was Budweiser. I was about 9 or 10, Dad and I were broken down and the side of the road and all there was to drink was Budweiser. So I had a swig of his, hated it!
I didn't drink beer again until I joined the Marine Corps. I was in Quantico, attending Small Computer Systems Specialist school, when I accidentally knocked a beer out the fridge and broke it. My buddies said now I gotta drink one! The rest is history. The broken beer was a Red Dog by the way.
Now days I am really a hop head that enjoys the IPAs [Stone IPA; Lagunitas IPA] and Douple IPAs [Moylan's; Hair of the Dog Blue Dot]. I also like Belgians [St Bernardus; Delirium; Three Philosopher's] a lot! I also like the Stouts and Porters [Black Butte] as well.
I enjoy going to breweries to sample as well as going to pubs and taverns. I also like enjoying beer with friends and bouncing ideas off of other intelligent people as well. Last time I was at O'Brien's I was shooting the shit with a couple of random strangers.
I hope to someday do a pub/tavern crawl across Europe. That's all I want. Simple.
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Name: The Hairy Eyeball
Brewery: Lagunitas
Overall Rating: Tasty!
Style: American Strong Ale
Serving Style: Bottle; 12oz
ABV: 8.7%
IBU: 56.7
Price: $1.79
Aroma: Very much picking up on esters and malts. Some bananas and maybe fig.
Appearance: Dark, reddish brown with a very small, off-white head. Little lacing.
Flavor: Getting a lot of malts in there. Its pretty sweet, getting a lot of flavor right on the center of the tongue. Not a very complex beer. One can really pick out all of the flavors real easily. Slight grainy after taste. Lingers on for a little while in the back of the throat.
Mouthfeel: Very smooth, mildly carbonated. Almost get a feeling of liquid caramel in your mouth.
Enjoyability: Overall, this is a tasty brew. I picked it out amongst the sea of other beers because of its name; its 8.7% ABV and the utter lack of any kind of hint as to what this beer is all about on the label.
Another take: The Barley Blog has some words about this one | This guy/gal is Crusading about beer and the Hairy Eyeball
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Name: The Hairy Eyeball
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March 10th, 2009 at 12:48 am
A good brew that is inexpensive. Nice….
March 12th, 2009 at 5:02 am
New camera is looking good man! I like the Retro feel and it goes with your pseudo name. Where did you buy this at???
March 12th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Its a ruxor! from Newegg. 8MP! I just gotta not turn on so many lights. I had the kitchen light on, the lights under the cabinets and the flash going.
But what can a nub do for only $60!