Ranger Creek Small Batch Series No. 3

Brewed by Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling
Style: Barley Wine
San Antonio, Texas USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle thanks to my secret Santa! Pours a hazy amber brown with a large tan head that dissipates to the slowly to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has a good amount of light fruit and a hint of grassiness with a strong sweet grain and oak backbone. Flavor is similar with a grass note up front that finishes with sweet grains, oak and light fruits.

hazy amber with a cream head. nose is wood, lightly tart, rich malts, dried fruits, and sticky. smooth on the palate, sticky malts, chewy, sweet, wood, and a nice finish.

Pours burnt orange with a sizable white head. Lots going on here -- yeast, oak, brown sugar, dark fruit, spices. Definitely one to revisit again later.

Bottle courtesy pikapp 327. Pours a fairly clear reddish orange with a hazy color. White head. Aroma is dry wood, wet nose with slight sweetness. Flavor is sweet with some sugar and brown.

Bottle from pikapp327. Light orange pour with a big white head. Pour is a little cloudy. This is because even though the bottle says not to disturb the yeast, Travis poured it all in my glass. Aroma is caramel and spice with yeast. Taste is way yeasty, sweet, sticky, and booze.

Aged nearly 3 months (bottled October 8, 2012): Like other Small Batch bottles (at least fresh), this is a very well-carbonated bottle, producing a very thick, dense and billowy cream-colored head that just doesn’t go away. Its body is a cloudy, bright orange color with a touch of brown- amber. The aroma is a little too yeasty and soured for my nose, with some strong floral and fruit notes trying to make me think that this is a Belgian, especially with its earthy and woody undertones. Yes, this seriously needs to mature. In the mouth, again, way too fruity. I can’t get over how Belgian this tastes. The yeast is pretty much in your face, with a hint of toffee, banana, and light spices carrying the otherwise woody, soft-bodied beer through to the finish. It’s honestly a little uncomfortable at this age and slightly unpleasant just from its strong, yeasty characteristics. It’s so strongly-controlled by the yeast that you can’t even taste the high alcohol content. Way too rough around the edges right now.

bottle, 10-8-12, thick orange color with lasting white foam, aroma is sour woody fruits, flavor is citrus, malty, bright florals, lasting finish

The beer pours an ugly brown color with a small head. The aroma has a lot of brown sugar in it, as well as some heavy caramel and toffee malt. The flavor has a good bit of oak and brown sugar, as well as some dark fruit, toffee and caramel. As the beer warms I start to get a butter-like quality as well as some funky brett notes, which may be the early signs of an infection (as has been reported in other reviews).

Bottled on 10/8/12..Pour is a hazy brown with A off white head..Nose is spice,nutmeg,caramel,fresh oak,fig,leather..Taste is oak, spicy hops,cinmamon, vanilla,caramel,peanut brittle..Palate is vanilla,caramel and dry oak. I couldnt pick up any of the soured notes some raters got

Bottle. Brownish amber pour, very little head. Nose of oak, vanilla, dark fruit, and tartness. Flavor is slightly soured with spices, toffee, caramel, fruits, and wood.