Captain Lawrence Smoke from the Oak (Bourbon Barrel)

Brewed by Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Pleasantville, New York USA

Gushed a deep amber. Nose was funky lactic acid, caramel, bourbon notes. Flavor was tart acidity, definitely infected, but a good infected flavor. Mild sweet malts, funky brett, bourbon and earthiness. Pretty good, not sure if it was intended to be sour though.

Bottle shared by alexsdad06. Poured a dark reddish brown color with an aqverage frothy light brown head that mostly lasted with excellent lacing. Moderate toasted malt, chocolate and acidic aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium to heavy toasted chocolate flavor with a heavy acidic finish of moderate duration. My expectations where not met.

Bottle, thanks Secret Santa. Sadly this isn’t nearly as good as the regular old smoked porter. The barrel kind of thins it out - leaving a shadow of the rich goodness that it once was. Yeah, the barrel adds some interesting woody notes. Yeah, it’s an interesting experiment. But I’d much rather have a 750 of the base beer than this.

bottle cortesy of Rudolf, shared with Rudolf, el jefe & jacob. heavily carbonated dark black pour. somewhat feint roasted malt aroma, mild bourbon presence in aroma. Mouthfeel was spritzy & lively. Flavor was big & roasty, mild bourbon. some tartness. not gathering too much smoke either. Good but not great. Batch 1

750mL bottle, batch 1, courtesy of gregc. Pours dark, dark brown out of the bottle and settles in almost completely black in the lass underneath a bubbly tan head that recedes to a big rocky collar being fed by bubbles from the bottom. Aroma has lots of sour cherries with hints of dark chocolate and roasted malts in the background. I honestly didn’t get much bourbon in the nose, just some acidic sourness on top of the small porter presence. I actually thought the taste was much better than the aroma. The sour cherry tartness is present but not nearly as overpowering. The underlying toasted malts and chocolate are much more prevalent and the bourbon makes its presence felt as well, especially in the finish where there is definite burn as it goes down. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with lots of carbonation and silky smooth with toasted character battling with some dry tartness in the finish. Unorthodox and interesting, this beer is like nothing I’ve had before. The aroma was a bit of a let down with no bourbon at all and a dominant sourness that didn’t allow the underlying beer to come out much. The taste, on the other hand, brought all of the ingredients out and integrates them very well. Tasty.

Batch 2 - Thanks dchmela! - Yeah, I’m going to rate it...Pours thin and dk brown with a small beige head...aroma is lemon, bourbon...you know where this is going...Flavour is like burning sour battery acid, with a nice bourbon oak nuance...fuck them until they return my email... Update: Talking with the brewery and we’re working it out...Very classy thing to do!

Pours a dark chestnut brown color with a huge frothy beige head that lasts throughout leaving chunky lacing in the glass. Earthy oak aroma with hints of vanilla, chocolate, caramel, toffee and a huge bourbon presence. Full-bodied with a very smokey flavor. Notes of chocolate maltiness, oak, vanilla, and bourbon. Slightly sweet with tight carbonation, smokey and huge bourbon presence.

From the Bottle at Dr Bill’s Tasting Falling Rock Tap House, Denver 09/10/2008 Smoked bourbon aroma. Thick white head. Dark coloured and strong in alcohol with a crisp and bitter finish.