BridgePort Bourbon Barrel Old Knucklehead

Brewed by BridgePort Brewing (Gambrinus Company)
Style: Barley Wine
Portland, Oregon USA

Pours copper into the glass with an orange tinge. Aroma is very tart and the bourbon aging is quite apparent. Flavor has a lot of warmth from the alcohol and has a great bourbon finish to it. Pretty smooth and enjoyable.

22oz bottle pours out a dark amber topped with a small tan head. A nice aroma malt and wood. Tast of bitter hops and a bit. I think this will tast pretty good in a couple of years after the fresh hops die.

Bomber, thanks to gunhaver. Pours a hazy dark rust color with beige head. The aroma is fruity, especially orange and peach, with some bourbony vanilla and sweet caramel notes. The flavor is strong wood at the front, with some orange peel notes, toffee, caramel, and a pretty subtle vanilla hint. It dries out considerably, finishing woody and slightly ashy with a respectably bitter aftertaste.

5oz Taster - Fred Fest 2008 - Hair of the Dog Brewing - Portland OR
Aroma – Huge woody aroma, tons of malt and lots of fruit in the nose.
Appearance – Dark Amber in color, little to no head and clear.
Flavor – Woody, malty and huge barley wine flavor. Fruit essence in the flavor also.
Palate – Nice Mouthfeel, great texture with a dry finish.
Overall – This was a great beer for the day. Super woody this beer ages well. The Bourbon was subtle as the fruit and wood flavors where much stronger. A great winter warmer for sure.

Pours amber with thick off white head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, and wood. Taste of toffee, vanilla, caramel, and has a smooth finish. Completely miss the bourbon flavor. Was expecting bourbon in the nose and in the taste, and not noticed at all. Still a good beer.

22oz bottle. Poured a deeper amberish / brown color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of wood, a little earthy, dark fruits, toffee, and some boubon. Tastes of boubon, vanilla, caramel, dark fruits, and oaky woodiness. Light alcohol in the finish. Its not an ’in your face’ barley wine or barrel aged beers, but it is quite drinkable and I did enjoy it.

Hazy medium amber colour. Big nose with a hint of bourbon, lots of fat toffee and caramel malts. Not getting much barrel on the palate, but given how good knucklhead can be with its rich malts, I’m not going to sweat it.

Bottle. If you hold this up to the light, it’s cherry red. I find the aroma sweet, but rich, almost candy-like. This drinks with a tart tanginess, like a sour apple almost, with a solid alcohol kick to the gullet in the finish. I don’t detect any hint that this was aged in bourbon barrels. (#3440, 4/29/2008)