Lagunitas Brown Shugga:
Greetings one and all and welcome back.  Today lets talk about brown sugar (sadly not the Rolling Stones song), in particular, Brown Shugga the seasonal release from Laguintas.  This beer which was the failed attempt to make a barleywine back in the late 1990’s and is the product of feeding brown sugar to yeasts, is one of those highly coveted beers for seasonal beer hunters and yes, I proudly put myself in that camp.  The beer pours a red-tinted amber color with a thin film of white foam that leaves some lacing and a nose bready malts and caramel.  The beer’s taste is pretty uniform actually with a semi-thick viscosity with a good balance of strong malts and caramel notes that can be interpreted as brown sugar to some, caramel to others.  The aftertaste is where one does notice a bit of booze but also a freshly baked bread taste that seems to cut a lot of the caramel sweetness from the front end of the beer.  This a good seasonal beer, defiantly worth hunting down and enjoying it.