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Dark Horse Bourbon Barrel Scotty Karate Scotch Ale


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Brewed by Dark Horse Brewing Company
Style: Scotch Ale

Marshall, Michigan USA

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73.1/5.03.03/5.0Special9.75%0Thistle

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 gearbike (413), West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/511/20
Mar 16, 2008  
From bottle. Dark redish brown with no head. A bit of an alcohol wiff. Big bourbon taste. Also sweet syrup and rather flat.


 Styles (1653), Lincoln Park, Michigan, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/58/20
May 15, 2006  
MBG winterfest. Hazy brown with minimal head, strange because plastic cups almost always form head regardless. Aroma so dominated by bourbon I am afraid to drink it. Flavor you guessed it completely dominated by bourbon. Really nothing else detectable in this beer.


 MikeMac (185), Wyandotte, Michigan, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Mar 7, 2006  
Tap @ MBG winter beer fest Cloudy brown no head light film. Huge bourbon aroma and flavor not much else there. Get me a pint of makers mark....


 JadoreBlanche (114), London, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Mar 6, 2006  
Tap at Michigan beer fest 06. Cloudy hazel body with a slight white head. Storng whickey aroma, quite overpowering, but in the cold tent it was definatley an inviting warm smell. sweet caramel and scotch flavours. Alsomost syrupy, some earthy malt flavour present. Strong alcohol flavour with a slight burn. Good


 mds (2112), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/513/20
Mar 3, 2006  
draught. pours a murky brown-mahogany with no head. the aroma is earthy and has a whole whack of bourbon in it, along with cherries and grapes. very boozy and sweet flavour that I can’t say I care for too much but there are also dark chocolate and caramel notes. smooth body but the bourbon is way overdone in this. it’s ironic that they gave me such a large sample...if only that had been for the IIPA.


 MrManning (1634), London, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Mar 1, 2006  
Tap at MI brewer’s guild fest winter-06- Thanks to Jadoreblanche for sharing! Cloudy brown/orange body with just a small ring of white head that sticks around. Strong, and I mean strong scotch whiskey aroma tag teams with caramel apples and vanilla extract. Caramel whiskey flavours team up with toffee, candy apples, vanilla, and wood. Strong alcohol presence in finish, full bodied. A bit of a burn here as well. Good though.


 Pailhead (2572), Allen Park, Michigan, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Feb 26, 2006    Updated: Mar 7, 2006
On tap: Huge aroma of bourbon with hints of vanilla and just the slightest detection of caramel barely sneaks thru. Hazy orangish-brown with a small tan head. Tons of bourbon in the flavor with just the slightest hints of caramel. Base beer is hardly noticeable with the bourbon just dominating the flavor. A tad thin. Even with so much bourbon flavor, it is rather smooth and suprisingly not as hot as the regular version. I like the taste of bourbon so I didn’t mind drinking this and I liked it, but personal preference aside, I would say this was a bad attempt at bourbon barrel aging. Bourbon just dominates everything about this beer.



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