Berkshire Julios Bourbon Barrel Aged Scotch Ale

Cloudy brown with some red highlights and a nice fluffy tan head. Aroma is awesome. Caramel, sweet bourbon, vanilla, golden raisins and wood. Flavor is sweet and syrupy. Maple flavors, rich vanilla beans and bourbon. MMMM good.

Pouring at the Brass City Brew Fest. This was the 07, aged in Jim Bean barrels. Pours a light hazy brown with a thin white head. Whiskey, vanilla, and wood on the nose along with some nice thick malt. Medium bodied, malty and lightly sweet. More whiskey and some light booze on the finish. This was pretty solid.

Pours rusty orange brown with a small off white head. Nose is strong on whiskey, molasses and cinnamon. Taste is thin, apples, mild whiskey, lots of maple syrup.

Bouteille de 22 oz partagée lors d’une dégustation Ratebeer Montréal chez MartinT. Arôme: Odeur de caramel et de bourbon avec une pointe fruitée. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée-brunâtre. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel sucré avec une pointe de vanille et petits fruits. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture huileuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de caramel en arrière goût. (Rating #2584)

My Bottom Line:
Vanilla-like bourbon notes overtake the light caramel malts, while red fruit and alcohol warmth aim for complexity.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam tops the nearly translucent mahogany.
-The long wooden barrel character is a tad abrasive if you’re not into that sort of thing.
-The soft carbonation makes for some serious sipping, as the flavors are intense.
-I would have preferred a few more residual sugars to try and balance out the bourbon barrel presence which, right now, is too brash for me.

Bottle.

22oz bottle. Pours deep brown with a reddish hue and a small beige head. Nose of apple, bourbon, and a little like peat malt? Flavor also held tons of green apples, bourbon and oak. Medium-heavy finish, a touch of booze on the palate.

Pours a dark teak color with a small beige head. Aroma is heavy with booze, bourbon, malt, and some sticky caramel and syrup. Flavor is really solid- lots of liquor, caramel, toffee, and oak. Very solid brew.

syrupy amber pour, sweet malt and chewiness. caramel and dark sugars. Some toasted tofee malt. Some boozy bourbon as well . Flavor is booze, very hot, wood, bourbon, and sweet caramel malt abounds. really quite good.