The Bruery Bourbon Barrel Aged Partridge in a Pear Tree

Formerly brewed at The Bruery
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Placentia, California USA

Serve in Trappist glass

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Thanks to nerd for sharing this at the post-Christmas tasting in Chicago. Served in my Cantillon tulip. Pours brings a pretty dark brown beer with a thin layer of a tan head that settles into a pretty decent cap. The nose is really nice with quite a bit of smooth bourbon with a good amount of oak. Dark fruits abound and there is a slight touch of roast there as well. The taste isn’t quite as good or complex, but it’s nice with a bit of sweetness and boozy bourbon. Also some mild oak presence in the background. The feel is really nice and the barrel character has really integrated well. Really tasty and drinkable. I really hope regular Partridge is near to this. Thanks again, Mike. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 01-05-2011

The beer pours a medium brown with a hint of red to it. The head is a very light tan, only rises about half a finger and is gone right away. It leaves a light ring around the glass and light lacing. The aroma is strong, complex, and awesome. It starts off very sweet with tons of vanilla and cherries. The taste starts off really sweet with tons of vanilla and wood. It tastes good, but this is not a quad. Its more of an old ale to me. The feel is good and easy to drink. Overall, I enjoyed this, its sweet and balanced.

Puff pastry / sugar cookie dough aroma with light notes of apple cider. Pretty dry flavor with notes of dates. Nice, but I have doubts that this would withstand any sort of long term aging.

Bomber cracked open at Sir Chris’ Xmas gathering. Lots of hype ended quickly when Chris drain-poured his glass. Have had the regular so I kind of knew what to expect. Murky brown pour with little head. Raisiny aroma, with some apple notes. Strange fruits and caramel flavor. Weirdly off somewhere. Not tart or sour, but has some bite. Woody finish with some heat. Glad I didn’t purchase or trade for this one. On to the BA Autum Maple....

750 mL bottle courtesy of Sam. Pours a rusty brown color with a tan head. Aroma of raisins and apple juice with a pruney note. Some crazy dark fruit stuff emanating here. Prune juice, caramel, chocolate, basically lots of complex residuals and esters in the flavor. There’s a sort of odd tartness to it as well. Barrel isn’t overt but you know it’s there. Pretty cool beer, though it doesn’t all mesh quite right.

75cl bottle. Dark ruddy brown color with a lasting beige head. Big fruity aroma with bright berries and some bourbon. Very fruity flavor with some bourbon barrel character much dominating vivid fruit. Rich and boozy with an alcoholic and drying finish. Medium-full body. Very fruity without having any fruit in it, which has got to be a function of the alcohol. I liked it, but certainly wouldn’t go through the trouble again.

Bottle sampled on 6/6/10: Pours a barely transparent dark mahogany with a spotty-lacing froth of light tan head. Has a rich, complex dark caramel and bourbon oaky nose with some raisin and black cherry notes. Starts with good fullness and appropriate carbonation with a sticky rich dark caramel and chocolate flavor with some complex brown sugar and bourbon oak character before a rich warming finish. Could use some time to age, but has good potential.

750mL bottle shared by my homie, Kan, into a CCB snifter. States "100% Barrel Aged" on the back, so I guess that confirms it. Yeah. A - Dark browish/black, off-white/tan head, a fingers-worth of head which vanishes quickly. There’s a thin cap that remains on top, some lacing. S - Coconuts, burnt sugars, caramel, bourbon, oak. T - Pretty much the same as the nose. I get the barrel-aged notes, but it works wonderfully with the base beer. Coconut, Quad, dark fruits. All meld together wonderful, this beer is wonderful. M - Medium to full bodied, creamy, rich, smooth. D - Better then I expected, excellent. Hopefully, I can find someone who has another bottle to try this one again in a year or so. I know it’s super limited, but hey, I guess I can hope for the best? Damn good, a must-try.

Barrel aged partridge in a pair tree as part of the reserve society and not numbered... Pours a dark reddish caramel brown with a quickly dissipating just off-white head... Then comes the aroma with huge barrel notes with toffee fruit cake and bourbon with an aggresive edge to it. Aggresively boozy but easily accustomed to... Flavors are heavily barrel forward semi-tart fruit notes with holiday fruitcake notes and finishes on the fruity bitter side. After warming, the heat somewhat subsides and smoothens out. Soft to little carbonation with an adequate body. Def a good sipper. 8/4/8/4/16

Sampled at the DC Epic Sour Tasting 2010. Pours an opaque, copper amber with a creamy beige head. Figgy, sugary aroma, cherries, wood, vanilla, a little boozy. The flavor is a train wreck, too sweet, too sugary, figs, light cherry, vanilla, wood pulp. Finish is sticky, way too boozy, way too hot. This is a one note booze bomb, plain and simple.