Lagunitas Brewing, at the end of last year, released their fifth Frank Zappa beer, with a label based on Zappa’s 5th album, Cruising with Ruben & the Jets. The record was originally released December 2, 1968. The beer is 8.6% abv and is essentially Lagunitas’ take on an Imperial Stout.
I heard a rumor today that this may be the last of the Zappa beers, which seems a shame. I’ll see what I can find out next week.
Very interesting since when first reported this series would go on through all the Zappa releases.
I’ve loved them all so far with my favorite being Kill Ugly Radio. But as much as I loved KUR, I did not expect Lagunitas to replace the initial Hop Stoopid formula with the beer formerly known as Kill Ugly Radio.
Thats right, any fan of Hop Stoopid will tell you that this is not the same beer (now with black bottle caps). To this I say, you are correct, Hop Stoopid is now Kill Ugly Radio.
Jay: Anything further regarding this being the final Zappa Brew?
John: I didn’t know that Hop Stoopid had been swapped out. I haven’t had one in awhile, though, and just recently noticed that they’ve removed the “Sonoma Farmhouse” designation from its label.