Lost Abbey The Angels Share (Bourbon Barrel)

Brewed by Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Barley Wine
San Marcos, California USA

Poured from a 375 ml bottle. Robust dark mahogany appearance with a skimming of tan foam. Aroma brings the finer elements of bourbon, straining away the excess with ease; apple cider, toasted coconut, candied almond, honey and vanilla, and rum flambeed raisins. Sophistication just wafts from it in a heavy, sweet haze. Flavors of apple cider vinegar, raisins, cocoa nibs, raspberry liqueur, sweet campfire smoke, plums, and caramel. Palate is at once thick and sprightly; finely tuned and balanced, decadent but subtle; sweet finish showing powdered sugar, maple pecans, and burnt caramel. Very soft and pleasant throughout, never bombastic in any way. A beautifully made example of bourbon barrel aging. Thanks for sharing, Brad!

Bottle courtesy mreusch. (BIG thanks to Matt!) Heavily carbonated as it blows the cork out, pours a deep mahogany with a lingering dark cream head. The nose is exquisite with subtle bourbon, candied and brown sugars, and a touch of butter. The flavor is equally complex with an additional burn in the end. Great beer.

375 ml bottle - foaming off-white head slowly foams out of the top of the bottle; pours thick and dark brown w/ suspended haze; overall, the aromas are very delicious and sweet - sugar, dates, molasses, vanilla, wood and alcohol; flavors along those lines and seems to change with every sip as each characteristic takes a turn standing out ; creamy texture and just a mouthful on every level; very sweet and remains drinkable; flavors mix together to form a very rich and desert like brew; lots of expectations, but it fits the bill and then some; it feels (and tastes) good to be a sinner

bottle from Sinner’s... let’s start off by saying that i had high expectations going into this one..... poured a dark caramel brown with a moderate tan head. let’s move on to the stuff that really matters..... lovely sweet raisin and dark fruit aromas mingles nicely with the bourbon barrel essence. softer hints of vanilla and toffee. all in all, the nose was really nice.... flavor involved dark fruits, sweet caramels, whiskey, soft vanilla but what threw me off was the carbonation level which was way too high. had it been softer and more controlled, it would have led to a much better result. hopefully it will mellow out after some time.....i’m diggin the brandy version quite a bit more.

Bottle, big thanks to kmweaver for this. Opened this Fin, Loz and Traci at the "Welcome Home Frank" tasting. Deep thick brown, fine tan head. Full dense gingerbread aroma, chocolate, toasty cracker edge, rummy fumes. So much aroma volume, and so nicely integrated together. Bourbon woody chocolate flavor, a rich sweetness that is deep and satisfying but never sticky. A nice warming presence after the swallow. Hard to picture a barleywine being nicer than this. Thanks again Ken!

Bottle shared at a BeerAdvocate event. Pours an opaque dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of bourbon, caramel, and dark fruits. Flavor is loads of bourbon, sweet caramel malt, figs/dark fruits, and wood. Lots of alcohol on the finish and a medium-full palate. Good stuff but maybe a little heavy on the bourbon.

Bottle shared with CaryTheDude and JakeBra. Much was made of the the cork when it was opened, The pour is very dark with a dark head. Looks excellent. Aroma is very smooth bourbon, fruit malt. Flavor is incredibly smooth. Smoother than any bourbon barrel aged beer I’ve ever had. Great mixe of bourbon and fruit, caramel, toffee and oak. Not boozy in the least. Mouthfeel is so smooth. CaryTheDudes’s right, it isn’t fair. This beer is too good. Re-rate: Draft at the Local Option. Dark, dark brown pour with a tan ring around the head. Nice to try this again and not have to suffer through a flat bottle. Aroma of bourbon and toffee, rum soaked fruit. Dark Chocolate. Smooth bourbon on top of a fruity, deep body. This is a lovely beer, it’s a shame they had so many problems with it in the bottles. It’s having whiskey on your breath when while kissing the girl of your dreams.

This is excellent, I enjoyed this more then the Brandy barrel. On tap at Lost Abbey. The aroma has lots of bourbon notes it it, but the flavor the bourbon is more muted. Raisin, caramel malt, vanilla, oak, bourbon, chocolate, cherries, and dark fruit. Complex and delicious.