Bluegrass Bourbon Barrel Big Brown

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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Growler… Clear ruby ale with an orange tinge and very little head. Wow, smells like bourbon and brown ale - the barrel aging provides some mild vanilla notes - but mostly, I get bourbon. Full-bodied with tickling carbonation. Lots of bourbon in the flavor along with some nice (but more subtle) nutty, chocolaty notes. Lengthy, boozy, warm finish. I dig bourbon and I dig brown ale. Works for me. Kudos to TheCheeseMan for providing the growler!

bottle. pours a light brown with medium white head. aroma ofsome bourbon and nuts. tatse is softbourbon and roasted malt. alc hidden well

@ Copenhagen festival 2011. The aroma has malts, some wood and a bit citric/piney hops. Light hazy, amber coloured beer with an off-white head. The taste is sweet, has caramel, some vanilla, bourbon raisins. Well bodied. Very nice!

UPDATED: OCT 1, 2011 Bottle... Medium brown with a bit of amber, light tan head, nice ring... At first the aroma is really sweet, lots of berries, but it fades quickly... Tastes really bad, watery, generic bourbon with wood... Meh

Draft @ Copenhagen Beer Festival 2011. Pours a clear brown color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty woody piney hoppy caramel aroma. Sweetish malty caramel flavor with hints of wood and vanilla and hoppy piney hints. Has a sweetish malty hoppy bitter caramel finish with woody hints.

DØE Festival, Valby, DK. Tap, 270511. Brown with beige head. Aroma of vanilla and malt. Flavor with caramel and some toffee.

Deep copper with a lasting off-white head. Aroma of dried fruit and vanilla with a touch of citrus hops. Sweet grainy and fruity flavour with a dusty note

P Københavnske Øldage 2011. Pours a clear brown with a small off-white head. Sweet with a moderate bitterness. Malty toffee aromas. Mellow piney hops aromas. Also aromas of alcohol, cask wood and bourbon with hints of vanilla and apples. Some residual sugars. Medium bodied. Soft carbonation. Dry finish.

KØ11. Rye aroma, some vanilla. Clear dark chestnut colour. Distinct vanilla flavour, quite sweet. Vinous alcohol vanilla shock.

Clear dark copper with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and bourbon. Flavor is very sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet finish with warming alcohol. Too sweet. 270511

Draught@CPH BF 2011. Amber colour, small head. Aroma is raisins, alcohol, some mild notes of nuts as well as some vanilla and syrup as well. Flavour is fruits, caramel, syrup, some wooden and resiny notes along with some slight vanillaish and alcoholic notes.