4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from 2012. Sweet malty flavor with Bourbon undertone. Wait a year on this one and you will be greatly rewarded.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle generously shared by burg326. Cheers, Adam! Pours a hazy amber with a white head. Nose is booze, vanilla, oak, sweetness, sugar, and some plummy fruit. Flavor is similar with some booze, some oak, some vanilla, sugar, and lots of sweetness. Medium in body and very nice overall.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from once upon a vine. Pours brown with an inch of khaki foam. Big bourbon notes on the nose and tongue and not much else. A bit of an alcohol bite as it warms. I had bigger hopes for this one.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured a dark amber color with aromas of bourbon, vanilla, raisins, roasted malt, and some light fruit. Flavors follow suit, nice beer overall, thanks for sharing this at the weekly tasting.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft. Ruby red brown color, small tan head. Aroma of booze, vanilla, orange peel. Taste is whiskey, caramel, citrus. Big and boozy.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Hazy red copper with no head or lacing.
Aroma of dark fruit, vanilla, molasses, bourbon, oak, roasted malt, raisins and caramel.
Taste of vanilla, orange, tropical fruit, sweet caramel, raisins, ok and roasted malt.
Medium/full body and low/medium carbonation.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Burnt amber. Nose is very yeasty and bready with some figs and residual sugars. Taste is uber sweet with some oaky vanilla notes but is overall just too sweet. Tastes more like an old ale than a quad. It’s good but very forgettable.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Much better than the base. Bourbon layers nicely atop the base, bringing out the spices more so than expected. Enjoyable, but not worth trading for.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
750ml bottle from Kinz. Pours clear orangish amber with white head. Aromas of sweet malts, fruity notes, vanilla, wood, and caramel. Flavors of sweet caramel malts, fruity notes, vanilla, bit of the barrel, and a strong dose of booze. Really too sweet and boozy for my palate.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
750ml from Once Upon a Vine, Richmond. Deep orange to light brown pour, with a medium silky carbonation. Not quite as dark and luxuriant as I was anticipating, perhaps. Nose of overwhelming bourbon, surprisingly potent for having been only "aged weeks." Some caramel and vanilla in there too. Light bodied, mostly too much soo, with a sharp, hot palate. Not much personality to the grand cru, just a sticky sweetness that’s finished off with a fuck-ton of booze. Given how much I’ve enjoyed Hardywood’s other beers so far, this was a surprising disappointment.
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