Bluegrass Barbarian Honey Ale

Brewed by Bluegrass Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Louisville, Kentucky USA

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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Served on draft at Beer Run. Pours a clear amber color with a medium sized creamy off-white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of honey, herbal notes, grapes and faint malts. The taste is sweet honey, grain, grapes and herbal hops. Medium bodied. Decent.

Draft. Cear copper pour with a thin white lacing head. Scent is honey and grains. Taste is sticky sweet honey..

Sampled at the 2012 East Nashville Beer Festival. Orange and honey. That’s the main players here. Good bit of honey in the aroma, mixed with a nice amount of orange and some other citrus flavors. Hides it’s abv as well. Never would’ve guessed 8.5%

growler shared with friend. pure copper red color with minimal head. lots of carbonation and the aroma of honey and oak.. flavor is a strong honey blend and malt very good and quite strong...good sipping beer not to be guzzled...

Thanks to Rogueone for sharing a growler. The beer is a clear ruddy orange color with a medium thin off-white head that recedes quickly. Spotty lacing on the glass. Aroma of sweet malt and honey along with a touch of fruit. Medium body with flavors of toasted malt, honey, fruit and a touch of hops. The finish is sweet and fruity and the honey flavor lingers for a bit. Decent overall.

Draft. Amber body with a frothy, white head, fully diminishing. The nose is strong with honey. Notes of toasted grain, citrus and straw. Muted citrus. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately bitter and lightly to moderately sweet. Medium body, sticky texture, moderate carbonation. Not a great first impression with a husky sweet taste on first sip. The sweetness, though too much, is not cloying and the beer grew on me despite the lack of hop balance.

On tap at bbc. Pours amber. Aroma of roasted malts, honey, and a little hops. Flavor of light roasted malts, honey, and a little hops. Average body but you can taste the alcohol on the finish. A pretty good beer.

Draft. Poured clear copper color with an average frothy white head that lasted and produced good lacing. Moderate complex toasted malt and citrus honey aroma. Medium with a sticky texture and flat carbonation. Medium sweet flavor with a solid sweet finish of moderate duration. This is a solid beer.

Old rating, finally entering. Draft sample at Cincinnati Beer Fest, March 2010. This was on at a few other festivals this past spring, as well. Pours a bright, yellow-gold color with a small but sticky white head. Notes of honey, yeast, bready malts, alcohol, Corn Pops, and straw. Medium-bodied, with low carbonation and a sticky mouthfeel. Interesting beer, and they were serious about the honey.