 ChainGangGuy (1444), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
May 5, 2008
Appearance: Pours a clear, dark amberish body with a small, thin ring of white bubbles.
Smell: Ah, sweet-smelling bourbon at the fore. Toasty caramel, some hints of fruits, and then it’s back to bourbon! Gee, they ain’t fucking around.
Taste: As you’d expect from the nose, it’s all at once bourbon in the flavor. Warming, yes, but not grotesquely hot. Toasted caramel maltiness and, again, there’s that fruit. Medium sweetness. Tastes of toasted oak and vanilla. A tannic pinch leads you to the increasingly warming finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonatin.
Drinkability: A solid bourbony barleywine. Word on the street is that this is their very first bottle release. If so, congrats, as this isn’t a bad way to start things off.
TURDFERGUSON (1000), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
Jul 15, 2008 22oz bottle, sampled at the 1st Annual Shenandoah Beer Throwdown, courtesy of wilkie. Thanks, Chris! Nice brown sugary, oak, vanilla, and caramel in the nose. Flavor is more of the same with the bourbon nicely balanced with the base beer. Some alcohol is present, but it doesn’t detract from my enjoyment of the beer. Overall, very well done.
kmweaver (1800), Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
Jul 13, 2008 22oz bottle, sampled at the 1st Annual Shenandoah Beer Throwdown, courtesy of wilkie. Thanks, Chris! Pours an orange-amber color; thin off-white head with patchy lacing. Toasty oak, vanilla, light bourbon, and brown sugar in the aroma; lots of toasty oakiness and sweet sugar. High levels of carbonation; chewy brown sugar, toasty oak (plenty of vanilla): slightly harsh edges; generous, with a touch of warmth coming through. Medium finish: toasty malts, candy sugar, and oaky vanilla from the barrel; smooth end.
Ty5592 (1002), Hatfield, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 2, 2008 22oz 07 bottle. Pours a dark amber color with fizzy off white head. The aroma was massive with strong bourbon and sweet malt mixing together. The taste wqas sweet malt and lots of bourbon with earthy hop finish.
jcwattsrugger (3757), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
Jun 9, 2008 22oz bottle @Noogfest4.0-thanks kp–pours no head and copper color. Aroma is bourbon, medium malt-sweet. Taste is biting bourbon, medium malt-sweet, some hops. Fizzy.
emacgee (946), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Jun 8, 2008 Sampled at the Blues and Brews festival. Pours a hazy golden orange with a thin head. Nice bourbon and oak in the nose, sweet, light citrus and candy, alcohol. Bourbon and oak prominent in the flavor, spicy, vanilla. Decent mouthfeel and a warm finish.
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