The Bruery Einers Folly

Formerly brewed at The Bruery
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Placentia, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Bottle shared at a local tasting, thanks Ryan! Pours black with a thin brown head and a little bit of sticky lacing, the aroma has a pretty thick amount of spices mixed in with a little bit of chocolate, the flavor has quite a bit of pine and juniper on the front end with a really sweet finish, pine needles pretty much dominate it, slick mouthfeel, kind of overwhelming for me.

750ml split at tasting. Brown-black, foamy big beige head. Gingerbread, caramel, a pinch of pine, some soapy astringency. Sugary, sweet, a touch of bitter piny soap. A lot of Christmas fruitcake action, with some nice vanilla depth provided by the barrel. Pretty enjoyable, but like a lot of Bruery stuff, has a plastic soapy bitterness that detracts from their otherwise solid product.

Bottle shared by hu5om...thanks Ryan! - Pours deep dark brown with a huge tan head. Nose is roasty and sweet, but it smells soured. Doesn’t do it any favors. Taste is roasty, with notes of coffee and lots of sourness. Finishes really dark and roasty. The sourness is distracting and weird, and it just doesn’t do it any justice. I’m guessing this was better when it was released.

Shared by drabmuh. Thanks Matt! The beer is a dark chestnut brown with a gargantuan tan head. Copious lacing caked on the side of the glass. The aroma offers vanilla, roast, booze, coffee. The flavor is ok. Dominant oak and ash flavors with alcoholic vanilla lingering in the aftertaste. Medium bodied. Not all the flavors are in total cooperation with one another. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 07-07-2012

750mL bottle. Poured deep brown with a short, dense, yellowy-beige head. The aroma picked up an odd hit of warm, slightly-smoky bourbon and oak with accents of iodine and vanilla bean.. the word "tincture" came to mind and, though I wasn’t able to immediately define it and I don’t believe I’ve ever used the word, it appears on point.. digging deeper brought out a blend of cleansers.. not what I expected or wanted. The flavor found burnt dark chocolate and vanilla at the core, with sharp bourbon, oak, and more cleanser laced throughout.. tacky, sharp barrel, bitter roast, and iodine on the long, belly-warming finish. Medium-bodied with a poor feel and flow through the palate.. enough carbonation to keep it moving decently.. overall a poor (or infected?) effort.

750ml bottle. Rating #104. Dark and rich. Vanilla and toffee with some bourbon and a little wood. Good stuff. (2598

750 ml bottle courtesy of daknole. Pours dark brown to black with a medium sized creamy khaki colored head. The aroma has vanilla, sherry notes, light roast, showing signs of oxidation. The flavor was definitely showing oxidation/age. Some dark fruits, vanilla, roast and thinned out bourbon. I buried this in the cellar, but was surprised at how down hill it was considering the double wax, dark coll cellar, ...

Bottle shared by alexsdad06. Poured a dark brown color with an average frothy light brown head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate to heavy toasted chocolate malt and vanilla woody aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Solid brew.

750 ml bottle to taster (thanks alexsdad06). Looks good; an opaque dark brown with fluffy beige head. Smells solid; malty and tasty, but oxidized. Tastes like it smells with an average mouthfeel. Decent, but I would’ve liked to have tried it fresh. Crazy thing was, it was double-waxed.

Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and woody vanilla flavor with hints of caramel. Has a roasted malty woody chocolate and vanilla finish.