 kramer (2495), Sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 29, 2009
25 oz bottle. Pours a clear ruby brown body with a great frothy and foamy off-white head that lasted forever, leaving tons of lacing. Beautiful looking beer. he nose is lighter than expected, light caramel, and dark fruits mostly with very little bourbon. Some sweet notes like candi or brown sugar and a light woodiness as well. The flavor is rather sweet but pretty smooth up front, the bourbon doesn’t really hit till late in the finish. Lots of candied dark fruits and candi sugar, with fairly restrained alcohol taste. Very short finish for how big and thick this is. Fairly thick but not overly sticky or cloying. Moderate fizzy carbonation. A little warming on the finish. Pretty decent, but I couldn’t get overly excited about it.
MrChopin (677), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 25, 2009 Bottle from someone... sorry!
Red brown with a light head. Odd porter-like nose with noticeable smoke and wood from the barrel. Sugary flavor of cherry and grape with some light malt backbone and some alcohol burn. All of this seems like a recipe for greatness, but it never came together for me and instead remained synthetic.
cheapdark (2044), Monacatootha, Pennsylvania, USA
| 1.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 1/5 | 6/20 |
Dec 24, 2009 Big thanks to Mr Chopin for this at the Pgh RB gathering 12/09. May I say to him that I am not worthy of this brew and should not rate nor have tasted it. Please ignore my numbers, I rate by enjoyment faxctor rather than style and I am a sissy small beer lager lover, heheh. Clear orange color with tints of brown. Smells like an old barley wine, sweet and stuff. Strong intitial alky hot effect of course. Way too much for my immature taste buds. Big and blasting. Just an overall large and incharge brew. Long alky burn for a finish. If you like this style, don’t pass this up.
Barrios (861), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 22, 2009 Pours a lacing beige head with copper body. Aromas of cherry, roasted malt, vanilla, funk. Flavor is funky, in the good way, with cherry, vanilla, some roasted and caramel notes. Finish is tart, cherry, funky astringent.
GeneralGao (3071), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 22, 2009 Bottle 2744 of 10630. Poured a murky brown-orange color with a tan head. Smelled of flower blossom, spices, flaky pastry, cherry, and a hint of funk. Medium bodied and delicately sweet. Fruits, pastry, and spices dominated the flavor without a ton of barrel-imbued notes other than a bit of booze and vanilla.
5000 (2600), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 22, 2009 Bottle: Deep caramel, thick and dark in its brownishness, large foamy beige head, fairly nice lacing. Soft woody nose, definite Bourbon. Lighter aspects of apple skin and burnt wood. Feels very spritzy,
bubbley... *burp*. Bright, a little tart and sharp. Subtle hints of vanilla and oak. Also has a dark pitted fruit tinge. Body and mouthfeel are moderate. Very airy on the tongue. Clean, flavorful, but
not as heavy as I would have thought. A little boozy/warming. Feels more like a Bourbon Barrel Aged Belgian Strong than a Quad. Lingering Bourbon and oak. Minor dryness, some vanilla aftertaste. Pretty damn
enjoyable. Thanks once again Tyler!
MmmcKay (289), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 21, 2009 Pretty darn good stuff. Bourbon flavors are very well balanced with the cherries. Vanilla, cherry Dr. Pepper in the most heavenly beer form. I really liked this a lot. I’m usually not into cherry or fruit in general added to beer, but Boulevard pulled this off in spades.
douglas88 (1662), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 20, 2009 750 thanks to the guys at the Great Pittsburgh tasting 09. Pours a brown-red color with a medium white head. A sweet bourbon nose, yeast and light tartness. The flavor is a surprise after so many bourbon stouts; tart and sweet, quad flavors, cherry and only light bourbon. Yeasty and woody. Nice.
legion242 (1586), Richardson, Texas, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 18, 2009 Humph- not quite what I thought I was getting. Got very little bourbon flavors or cherry. More of just a straight up quad.
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