The Bruery Melange #3

Brewed by The Bruery
Style: American Strong Ale
Placentia, California USA

Growler from Whole Foods. Pours dark brown with a tan head that was initially light brown. Smells of oak, chocolate, bitter hints, dark fruit, caramel, some booziness. Tastes chocolatey and sweet with lots of fruity character and some alcohol hints on the finish. Enjoyable.

On tap at the brewery. Pours a dark, cloudy fudge brown color with a thin head of creamy tan. Intense bourbon noise, dripping with caramel and vanilla. Heavily alcoholic, but not unpleasant and suggesting notes of brown sugar, figs, and mild chocolate fudge. Full bodied, softly carbonated mouthfeel with a rich, sticky texture. Intensely flavored, sweet beer with a bold alcohol presence and loads of bourbon, dark fruit, and fudgey chocolate. Very sweet, with the dark malts lending a rich fudge-like quality as opposed to any noticeable roast. Raisins and figs abound, lending a mild spiciness to the richness of the concentrated fruits. The bourbon character is also pronounced, creating flavors dripping with caramel, vanilla, and an almost fennel-like oaky spice. Heavy alcohol presence, although it’s soft and soothing and obviously an intended component of the brew. The flavors are amazing, but a few ounces are all I need.

On tap at the brewery. Pours very dark brown with an almost nonexistent beige head. Aroma is tons of dark fruit and chocolate with a good deal of alcohol. Flavor is mostly molasses and brown sugar with chocolate and raisins and a good deal of alcohol. this reminds me of a port wine and eating chocolate with it actually made it better. Syrupy mouthfeel with low carbonation. This is good stuff, just too sweet for me.

Tap at the brewery. This poured almost black, not much of a head. Very intense, lots of dark fruits, slight sweet soy sauce, almost similar to the Utopias, I could sip on this all day, very nice.

Tap today at the Bruery, hot damn this is tasty. This for me is very reminiscent of Firestone anniversary blends, but different since the base beers are also different. Poured black with a tan head. Nose is sweet and kicking and smooth. Taste is sweet and super rich, with tons of chocolate, rich malts, and an overall kicking feel. This is certainly somewhat hot, but it doesn’t feel like 15%

I bought a growler at Whole Foods Beer Bowery and thought this beer was awful. Way too much going on inside the glass--none of it good.

On tap thanks to Patrick. My God stuff is awesome!!! I could drink it all day and every day. Pours a deep hazy brown with a cappuccino colored head. Great lace. Aroma of bourbon, oak, honey, chocolate, floral, perfumey, molasses and maple, Taste is bourbon, chocolate, caramel, oak, a bit of charred barrel, maple, leather, cola and licorice. I can’t wait till this weekend to try this again. Awesome! Syrupy mouthfeel, mouth coating and creamy. At 15% alcohol is quite well hidden. THIS BEER ROCKS!! It makes me very excited to try all of the base beers even if the sum is greater than its individual parts (although it is an even blend of all three beers).

I love this beer! The aroma is gorgeous, dark fruit, candy, vanilla, soy sauce, alcohol. The appearance is an attractive dark brown/red, low carbonation and small head. The flavor is dark ripe fruit, caramel, vanilla, brown sugar, vaguely spicy. The finish starts sweet, segues into a dry alcohol burn. Very drinkable for something this high in alcohol. Very nice, and unique.