Barley Island Beastie Barrel Porter

Brewed by Barley Island Brewing
Style: Porter
Noblesville, Indiana USA

Bottle: Courtesy of MI2CA via trade. Moderate aroma of bourbon, chocolate, and vanilla. Pours a dark brown with some transparency. Huge off-white head with phenominal retention makes it almost impossible to pour. Flavor is loaded with bourbon, so much so that other flavors struggle to get thru. Light chocolate and vanilla sneak thru up front with light roasted coffee in the finish and some light acidity. Fizzy mouthfeel.

Bottle. Medium dark brown opaque pour. Strong bourbon aroma, with some alcohol and maybe a woody/earthy hint. I felt the standard porter aromas were very obscured by the bourbon and unbalanced. Medium roasty malt flavors, with bourbon and chocolate. Way too carbonated.

Poured dark brown with a large tan head. Aroma of bourbon dominating the roasted malt. The flavor too was dominated by the bourbon with more roast underneath. Medium body with a lively mouthfeel.

Pours brownish red with a bigh tan head. Heavy bourbon aroma and lots of malt. Heavily carbonated (too much so for this style). Some bitter chocolate in flavor, but also has a slight medicinal taste as well. Kind of thin on palate, but may be because overcarbonated and may be old.

Bottle acquired in trade with atpayne (thanks!). When I opened this one, a foaming tan head came gently rushing out of the bottle. Poured a dark brown color with a large sized off white head. Aromas of bourbon, whisky, light vanilla and wood. Tastes of whisky, bourbon, light coffee, and light chocolates. Lively and somewhat over carbonated body for my tastes. I was really looking forward to this one as I am somewhat of a sucker for barrel aged beers but found this to be somewhat of a let down. I’d like to try some of their other barrel aged offerings.

Poured a dark brown, red color with a light tan head that quickly diminished, leaving no lacing on the glass. Aroma of sweet chocolate, vanilla, and bourbon. Taste of chocolate, vanilla, smoke, and whisky. The mouthfeel was full of carbonation, but overall, it was rather thin.

Very good barrel aged porter! I have to admit I had no idea who they were when I bought it. Aroma is very woody with vanilla being the dominate flavor followed by mild amounts of chocolate and carmel. Appearance is dark brown, opaque with a frothy tan head. Flavor is malty sweet. Bourbon comes up heavy on the finish. Well done.

dark brown, creamy, tan and lasting head, aroma is mild roast and floral vanilla. flavor is mildly hopped (spicy), vanilla, moderate chocolate flavor, light roast....overall the body is a bit thin, but the flavors and aroma are quite nice.