Ran into Pete Malfatti, beer distributor extraordinaire last night. He opened the trunk of his car and passed me over some Lagunitas Hairy Eyeball.
He says it's a barley wine, Beeradvocate.com says it's an American strong ale. I says it's Friday and we'll find out tonight!
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why wait? Afterall its after noon! (did you get my cordarounds yet? I expected them to be mailed same day air)
yeah since when do you wait to drink mark? you certainly couldn't wait til the end of practice...
I had a sample of the Hairy Eyeball last night at the Krown, and I found it out of style for a barleywine, too sweet. I'd call it and the Brown Shugga "sweet American strong ale" for want of a better category. Beer Advocate has them in the American strong ale category. Brown Shugga is sweeter, Hairy Eyeball is fruitier, both are too sweet for my usual taste though sometimes I am in the mood for the sugar bomb that is Brown Shugga.
OTOH, the Olde Gnarlywine, which is classed as an American barleywine, also seems too sweet to be an American barleywine. I prefer them to be more balanced with hops, like Bigfoot and Stone Old Guardian.
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