Eel River Barrel Aged Triple Exultation

Brewed by Eel River Brewing Company
Style: Old Ale
Fortuna, California USA

From the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 13/10/2007 Strong fruity aroma. Dark coloured and strong in alcohol with a crisp and dry bitter whisky finish.

Organic Beer Tasting at Three Cellars Milwaukee. Slightly sweet and very smooth. , bourbon, toffee. bread feel.

Vanilla, oak molasses, bourbon, toffee. bread and diacetyl nose. Big mouthfeel with earthy and woody notes. Sweet and acidic finish.

GABF 2007: Poured a hazy brown color with a beige head. The aroma had a smooth bourbon scent with nice vanilla notes. The malt had some sweetness to it. The flavor was of bourbon and fruity malt. There was some tartness to it that didn’t really match up. Warming in the chest.

GABF ’07. Pours dark brown with a spare, fizzy, light brown head, diminishing with spare lacing. Aroma is average malt (cookie, caramel, nutty), average hops (flowers, perfume), average yeast (dough, leather) with notes of light alcohol, wood, and vanilla. Full bodied, creamy texture, average carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, moderate sweetness, acidity, and bitterness.

GABF 2007. A Nice beer, but the barrel-aging seemed to have added some sourness that didn’t go to well w/ the other flavors. Good, nonetheless.

Name: BA Tripple Exultation
Date: 10/11/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, GABF

muddy brown, fine beige head, bourbon oak and chocolate aroma, chocolate flavor with lots of bourbon sweetness with a nice vanilla character, lasting oaky finish,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Brown pour w/ no real head. Big sweet bourbon and vanilla aroma hints of butter & toffee, definite barreling in the aroma. Thin palate w/ a heavy after burn. Overly alcoholic front bourbon and butter covers the beer. This is a case of barreling ruining a beer.