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Fri, 04 May 2007 I recently tried The hairy EYEBALL ale from LaGunitas Brewing Co. On the pour, the head was solid but not excessive, perhaps a half inch in my mug, and the color was a dark red and very clear. Not what I expected in an ale. The aroma was malt and perhaps a touch of citrus, although testers were not totally sure it was there.
On first taste my immediate impression was porter rather than ale. The smoky flavor was there, the taste lingering on the tongue was what I expect of a porter, and a good one at that. The head and carbonation held up through about a half hour of sipping, and no defects were noted. The flavor was not as smoky as the Otter Creek Stovepipe Porter I tasted several years ago, but that's probably a good thing for most people. I like Stovepipe, but it is pretty smoky.
With food: goes with cheese, okay with knackwurst and sauerkraut, not optimal with apple pie. Not optimal at all, I suggest you leave that pairing to the imagination. The smoky character does not play well with the sweetness of an apple pie.
I going to cautiously going to say that the beer blog is back after hiatus. Some things changed in my life, and I took most of a year off from writing anything but code. I'm not going to try to do something every day, I'll guess that three posts a week are about what will happen. Enjoy, drop a line if you wish.
And look for some minor cosmetic changes in a few weeks, I will be updating the "look and feel" soon.