3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle 750ml.
Clear medium to dark amber colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light to moderate hoppy, moderate yeast, wood, alcohol, bourbon - laberlaver. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110930]
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Clear deep amber/copper with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel and notes of alcohol. Flavour is malt, caramel, sweet, fruit, bourbon, little vanilla and toffee.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
fonefan tasting. Clear dark amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Dry and light bitter finish with warming alcohol. 300911
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ Morten minus Peter smagning, Ulfborg. Pours ruby amber with a small white head and lacings. Sweet nose of toffee and caramel. A bit of oak and vanilla. Medium bodied. Smooth, sweet and one dimensional.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are vanilla, caramel, bourbon, sugar, fruits and hops.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
750 ml bottle
I am a little stunned to say that Bluegrass has made a bourbon barrel aged beer (or large format beer in general) which did not turn out to be a total disaster. This is actually a relatively solid beer in which the aging complements rather than distracts from the underlying base. That said it was a little on the expensive side for the result. These small batch series are probably a pass from now on.
Aroma / Appearance - Coppery red and sparkling the bubbly ochre head was full of carbonation. However there was no urinal sized yeast cake in the bottom of this one - always a plus. Sweet apple rests on top of a light bourbon texture with a combination of vanilla and candy sugar to make things more interesting.
Flavor / Palate - The bourbon, vanilla, and cotton candy flavors that hit the senses take a while to play out. Soon enough though a boozy taste clings to the back of the throat with sweetness. Coming from Bluegrass this is actually a great beer. Even so it is average at best.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
750 ml bottle from West Lakeview Liquors, where they had 3 BBC guys in the house and a table full of BBC brews. I opened this at dinner after the event. Pours a clear amber color with a small eggshell white head. Notes of raisins, caramel malts, toffee, booze, some Belgian yeast notes, and brown sugar. Very sweet and malty. The barrel notes sort of blend in with all the other sweetness, but some bourbon character comes through. Medium-bodied, with a malty mouthfeel and low carbonation. Muddled but still good.
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