Barley Island Beastie Barrel Porter

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

Bottle. Woody bourbon and chocolate caramel aroma. Dark brown color with small head. Chocolate malt, coffee, and ash/dry grass flavor - a hint of bourbon in the finish. Nice beer - a bit light.

Nose of bourbon whiskey, oak, earthy hop notes, and roasted malts. Pours dark brown with some red hues, fizzy tan head, decently lasting. Bourbon flavors up front, woody oak followed by light roasted malts, and subtle bitterness in the finish. Some lingering bourbon barrel flavors. Not hot, nice bourbon flavors, but the depth that the beer offers could be upped. Body was somewhat thinned out by the barrel I would assume. Still a solid offering.

Tasted a lot like whiskey or whatever it was aged in. Dark and musky. Lots of alcohol throughout. Sweet with some vanilla aspects. Not really the best, but it did pack quite a kick. I think a bit more malts or some other flavors would have been nice. At points the alcohol became too overpowering.

bottle - Pours very dark brown with a tan head. The aroma is heavy on the bourbon with some roast malt underlying it. The flavor is also heavy on the bourbon. There’s roast malt and some chocolate notes under there too, but I thought the body was too light for all that bourbon. In that sense it has the same flaw as the beastie barrel stout. It’s alright but could be better.

Poured a dark brown with a massive tan head very carbonated with bubbles cling to sides thur out session aromas of roasted malts,coffee,vanilla,bourbon and hops taste of the same a very well balenced brew my first from this brewer who I wasn’t expecting much from but they floored me

12oz bottle from Orland Park Binny’s single rack. Pours very dark brown with small tan head. Aroma is bourbon, oak, vanilla, chocolate and sweet caramel. Flavor is roasted malt, chocolate, oak, vanilla and finishes with a little caramel sweetness. Barrel brings a nice complexity to the table. Not sign of booze really. Pretty balanced and nicely done BA porter.

Extra Bottle. Pours a black body with a tan head. Vanilla and bourbon woody notes with some lighter chocolate undertones and a light roast y finish. Nice brew.

12 oz. bottle at Lunar Brewing Co.. Poured a dark brown with some ruby tones showing through, a foamy, tan head and very good curtains and spots of clingy lacing. The aroma was mainly a pleasant, soft vanilla and nuttiness combo, light brown sugar sweetness, with a hint of bourbon. The flavor was roasty, chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, and just enough supportive hop bitterness. Good body and creamy on the tongue. A very respectable Porter.