Funkwerks Dark Prøphet

Brewed by Funkwerks
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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750ml bottle in a tulip. Pours dark brown with a lacy, beige head. Aroma of spicy yeast, light dark fruits, caramel and chocolate, floral hops, plus vanilla/oak from the barrels. Flavor the same with a great blend of everything. Average texture. A good Belgian style beer that has been Americanized in a good way.

Draft at the funk. Pours dark amber with off white head. Aroma is loaded with coconut, figs, vanilla, pepper, yeasty. Flavors are figs, yeasty, caramel, vanilla, coconut, subtle bourbon. Chewy feel. Sprity, yeasty, dry finish. Actually quite yummy if you like a big coconut barrel character, which I do!

Poured into a snifter. 3.75 A: Deep caramel brown color. Two fingers of frothy beige head. Retention is pretty good, especially for the ABV and a short ring of lacing is left. 3.5 S: Overall, I’m not a huge fan of Belgian beers being aged in bourbon barrels, but this one seems to have a good balance. The bourbon adds just a light leathery component with hints of earth and mineral. The base gives mainly dark fruits - currant, plum, raisin, figs, and dates. Molasses, caramel, and brown sugar. Oak and vanilla underneath. It’s good, but I’m not sure the barrel makes this any better. 3.0 T: The taste sees the bourbon take a larger role. Instead of complementing the brew, it interferes with the base flavors. It just doesn’t work. Boozy with leather and mineral. A moderate amount of astringency as well. The dark fruits found in the nose are there, but they fall second to the bourbon. Same goes with the molasses, caramel, and brown sugar. 3.5 M: Light to lighter medium body. Good spritzy carbonation. Nice creaminess. This would be great here, but the astringency lingers on the finish. 2.75 D: Another example of a perfectly fine beer being overrun by a barrel. Belgian and bourbon rarely works well and this is just another example of this. Serving type: bottle 05-23-2013 01:15:15

Tap at Tap N’ Handle in Ft. Collins. Hazy brown pour with a white head. Nose is dark fruit. Taste is really fun, dark fruits, some funk and a touch of tart with a big woody and bourbon finish.

Pours dark with a tan head. Aroma is raisin, caramel, aged woodiness, candy, faint bourbon, and a hint of spice. Taste is raisin, malts, yeast, woody, caramel, toasty, and a hint of bourbon. Finish is smooth, creamy, and slightly chewy. It has a lingering sweetness. Really nice strong ale.

Funkwerks Dark Prophet: Serving: Draft at Black Squirrel. It pours almost black with a small beige head. The nose is heavy with stone fruit, bourbon, and all around booziness. The flavor has some nice wood notes, lots of dried fruit, plum, caramel, and plenty of bourbon. Medium to full body that’s lightened by the abundant carbonation. Interesting and good, but not one I would come back too.

Bottle. Red dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is fruit, wood, yeast, dried fruit. Flavour is sugar, malt, hop, spices, coffee, licorice, chocolate, fruit, yeast, dried fruits. Nice beer.

Bottle 750ml.

Clear medium to dark brown - red amber colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, bread, roasted, caramel, light wood and overriped dark fruit. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130215]

UPDATED: APR 13, 2013 Tap at Hops and Pie. Plays more like a quad with dark forest fruits (blackberries, predominantly), brown sugar, and some bourbon on the nose and finish. Bourbon is subtle and well integrated. Almost chewy palate. This was the 2nd batch (’13). Interested to see how the original batch in the cellar compares.

Bottle thanks to wchesser, Thanks Will..Pour is dark brown with dark red tint..tan head..Nose is brown sugar,fig,dark cherry,grape,caramel..Taste is dark fruit , sugar,vanilla, light bourbon barrel, sweet,grape,slight alcohol burn..