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Captain Lawrence Smoke from the Oak (Bourbon Barrel)

Captain Lawrence Smoke from the Oak (Bourbon Barrel)

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A Porter brewed by
Captain Lawrence Brewing Company

Pleasantville, New York USA

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1373.86/5.03.84/5.0Special6.4%97.3 English pint, Stem glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
I am big fan of bourbon. It is one of the only true American distillated, and has a long rich history to go with it. Many people don’t know that by law, for a whiskey to be called bourbon, it must be aged in brand new, charred American oak barrels. So once that bourbon is dumped from the barrel for bottling that barrel can no longer be used to make bourbon and is of no more use to the distiller. That’s were we come in. We acquired freshly emptied bourbon barrels to age our Smoked Porter in, and it was worth the extra effort. We present to you the perfect marriage of beer, bourbon and oak for you to enjoy.

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 pineypower (846), Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20

Apr 10, 2008  
Pours out dark brown with a rocky grayish head. Aroma is of bourbon, roasted malt and oak. Taste is complex, bourbon, roasted malt, chocolate, earthy oak flavor and some barrel funkiness. Nice mouthfeel. I liked the rum better, but I’m a rum drinker, this was damn good though.

 caesar (2471), Zeist, Netherlands
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 26, 2008  
Bottled. Cloudy brown color, short brown head. Aroma is sour, vanilla, roasted malt, bit dusty, sweet vanilla blanket. Sourish taste, very strong, bit alcoholic, peppery. Very nice aroma, but bit burning taste.


 bierkoning (4636), La Tropica, Netherlands
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Jul 22, 2008  
Bottle from Dickinsonbeer, tasted at DTS in Bunnik. Batch # 1. Balsamic vinegar, cinnamon and only a hint of smoke in the aroma. the smoke is more noticeable in the flavor, that has some oaky and sour notes, bretty even. Hint of licorice. Delicious, well balanced beer with some warming alcohol in spite of the modest ABV.


 bager (1900), Copenhagen N, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Jul 22, 2008  
Bottled. Pours quite black with a medium sized brown head. Somewhat dry with notes of wood, berries, coffee, liqourice and has a hint of sourness.


 jerohen (1458), Bussum, Netherlands
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/55/103/510/20
Jul 20, 2008  
Dutch tasting session Bunnik. Bottled. Opaque, big brown head. Sour nose, fruity. Fruity flavour as well, oak, malts. A very odd mix of flavours. Bit too weird for me.


 jbrus (4056), Delft, Netherlands
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/56/103/513/20
Jul 19, 2008  
Bottle@DTS. Complex aroma of oak, vanilla, hints of cherry and light lactic. Very dark brown color, fine beige head, very nice lace. Sweet, bitter, sour. Actually very weird stuff. Flavors are not bad but rather unbalanced.




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