Surly Barrel Aged Furious

Brewed by Surly Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota USA

Brownish amber bodied with a smallish head, this maintained a hoppy aroma despite the barrel aging, presenting the nose with pine and sharp tropical fruit. The flavor didn’t seem too effected by the oak, just a light woodiness added to the caramel and strong hop bitterness. Pretty decent.

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Cask conditioned at the St Paul Winterfest ’08 in downtown St Paul, Minnesota as Surly Oak-aged Tea Bagged Furious. Pours a semi-hazy orange amber brew with a thick off-white head that has some excellent retention and thick lacing. Aroma of sweet tangerines from the infused simcoe hops, with some biscuit malt character and a touch of caramel and light tobacco. Taste is quite smooth and creamy compared to the regular Surly Furious with a semi-sweet tangerine with light biscuit caramel malt and some toasted dry malt. Finish is just as smooth and creamy as its flavor with a lingering mild and bitter aftertaste is slowly disappears long after the finish. Of all 37 beers I’ve tried at the St Paul Winterfest, this has to be the finest beer I have tasted this evening.

On tap at FoBAB 5. Poured clear medium amber with just a little white head. The aroma picked up sweet toasted oak and caramel above all else with very complimentary grapefruit and pine hop presence surrounding.. soft with very subtle hints of tobacco.. smelled great! In the flavor department, toasty pine and caramel hit first with more caramel and deeper grapefruit through the middle.. prickly pine and warmer alcohol presence on the back-side.. moderate bitterness from the pine and grapefruit worked out well. Warm and grainy for the most part on the palate with some booziness at the finish.. OK feel, very good beer.

on tap at FoBAB V: wow this was pretty sweet, hoppy flavor. flowery and little soapy. i really wasn’t into this.

Oak-aged Tea Bagged Furious. Hazy orange with hints of red and a whiteish head. Massive citrus hop nose with a light bitterness to it. Smooth and hoppy on the body.

FoBAB 2007, Chicago. IPA foam makes up half the glass, and that foam itself is really hoppy. Large pine and pineapple smell, taste adds the big punch grapefruit and cat. Strong malts over as milder oak note. A whole lotta beer in an eensy-weensy glass.

Cask at Darkness Day: Lightly orange-amber pour with a large, creamy beige head. Massively thick sheets of lacing. Nose is rather sweet and fruity, mostly citrus. A bit of the tea is present, but comes through much more in the taste. Nicely rounded citrus and malty notes compliment the tea and oak notes. Nice.

On tap at FoBAB 07. Pours a clear amber brown with a white head. Lemon, pine, grapefruit, caramel, and citrus in the nose. Citrusy pine flavors with a nice caramel back bone and an all encompassing oak and bitterness. This holds up well to the oak. Tasty.