3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 12fl.oz.
Alc. 8.7%. Clear medium to dark red amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, milk cholate notes, light whisky, alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (220808)
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled. A deep red beer with a thin light tan head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, wood, and whiskey. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of bourbon as well as medium notes of caramel and wood, and a slightly burnt edge. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of pepsican. Pours a slightly hazy reddish amber with tiny floating impurities and a small, creamy yellowish head. Distinct sweet bourbon aroma. Medium-bodied with sweet caramel and fruit, a little spicy with the bourbon notes really shining through leading to a somewhat boozy finish. A little low in carbonation. Very pleasant. 220808
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 fl oz bottle. Pours cloudy golden amber with a lacing tan head. Wineous and barley dense aroma. Flavour is sweet and dense malty. Smooth chocolate and vanilla flavours nicely balance the dense barley and alcohol notes. Lingering chocolate and vanilla finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: DEC 25, 2011
Date: February 09, 2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Extreme Beer
Vintage: 2007
Appearance: muddy brown
Aroma: rich woody malt aroma
Overall: rich sweet whiskey covers up most everything else, still a bit of the rich malt left to fight through, woody bitterness in the finish
Date: December 21, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: trade
Vintage: 2007
Score: 3.4 to 3.6
Appearance: clear dark ruby red, fine tan head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet bourbon and vanilla aroma balanced by oak with a hint of the underlying dark caramel malt
Flavor: rich caramel malt flavor with lots of bourbon character, nice vanilla sweetness, earthyness blended with the oaky character, the oak continues to grow and offers lots of balance to the sweet caramel and vanilla
Date: November 01, 2008
Mode: bottle
Source: cellar tasting
Vintage: 2007
Aroma: sweet dark caramel aroma with lots of oaky earthyness
Flavor: caramel and bourbon sweetness in the flavor is well tempered by the earthyness and oak
Overall: much drier and earthier than the 2008 in a side by side comparision
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4
Date: November 01, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, cellar
Vintage: 2008
Aroma: sweet dark caramel aroma with a touch of vanilla for extra sweetness
Flavor: lots of sweet caramel and bourbon flavor, vanilla adds to the sweetness
Overall: much sweeter than the 2007 in a side by side comparision
Date: December 15, 2009
Mode: bottle
Source: cellar stock
Vintage: 2008
Score: 3.8 to 4.1
after a year the sweetness remains in both the aroma and flavor with the caramel and bourbon still going strong, nice brown sugar sweetness, keeps getting better,
Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***+ /4
Date: January 15, 2010
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Vintage: 2009
Appearance: clear dark ruby red, creamy beige head, thick drippy lace
Aroma: sweet bourbon and chocolate aroma with a nice touch of smokey peat
Flavor: big sweet caramel and bourbon flavor, chocolate adds depth, little to no bitterness, touch of hot caramel alcohol in the finish
Date: February 25, 2010
Mode: bottle
Source: bullock’s
Vintage: 2009
Score: 3.9
a bit more subtle in the bottle with the sweetness giving way to the earthyness, alcohol is subdued as well,
Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***+ /4
Date: November 19, 2010
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Vintage: 2010
Appearance: opaque brown, fine beige head, layers of lace
Aroma: dry and earthy chocolate aroma with a caramel and vanilla sweetness
Flavor: sweet caramel and vanilla flavor, touch of fruity character, light chocolate
Overall: great rich bourbon character with a touch of beer
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 3.9/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***+ /4
Date: October 27, 2011
Mode: Bottle
Source: Hop City, Atlanta
Vintage: 2011
Appearance: clear dark red, fine tan head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: sweet caramel and vanilla aroma, sweet chocolate and bourbon, dark caramel, light earthyness
Flavor: sweet caramel and chocolate flavor, bourbon sweetness, light earthyness
Overall: rich and sweet, bourbon neat
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **** /4
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Murky reddish-brown with no head. Very whiskeyish aroma with chewy earthiness underneath. Lots of vanilla and bourbon. Light caramel notes as well. It’s burly, but I’m not sure what they are trying to do. The base beer and the barrel don’t really ever find common ground here and it comes across the palate a muddled mess.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Draught) Pours a clear amber body with a small beige head. Aroma of caramel, brown sugar, vinous, and vanilla. Flavor of hops (orange, grapefruit), caramel malt, dark fruits, and toffee.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft @ FoBAB 2009, Chicago, IL. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a sweetish malty toffee and dark fruit aroma with weak bourbon hints. Sweetish malty caramel and dark fruit flavor. Has a sweetish malty dark fruit finish with hints of bourbon.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draught at Jerry’s Sandwitches (Oak And Iron). Almost black - offwhite head.
Bourbon. Nutty oakey. Vanilla. High malty. Light smokey. Dried fruits. Dark berries.Coconut. Sweetness. Ok bitterness.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(12oz bottle, thanks eclectic) Small beige head with clear copper body. Aroma is moderately sweet, grapefruit, Bourbon, smoke, some caramel. Taste is moderately sweet, grapefruit/orange, caramel, smoke, some alcohol (light burn). Sticky medium-full body.
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