The Beer: A 7.83% American Strong Ale from Petaluma, CA
The Location: Jay’s place

This oddly named WTF Ale had captured my attention – and dollars – at Consumer’s Beverage in Buffalo following my trip the previous summer to Arizona. Paul and I had made sure to stop and load up a bit on bombers of good beer before heading home. This one is billed “a malty, robust jobless recovery ale”, thusly named as it’s not quite in the red or black, and thus must be in the brown.

The aroma was strongly both sour and sweet, clearly heavy with the malts as promised. The taste is malty, of course, brown sugar and toffee alongside a surprising amount of hops. Another job well done by the friendly folks at Lagunitas.