Town Hall Barrel Aged Wee Heavy

Tap at the brewpub. Pours beautiful dark ruby. Sweet malt and fresh oak on the nose. Toffee sweet body leading to some molasses-y dryness. Dried fruit and honey. Fairly viscous with some nice carbonation. Finishes dry.

Wow... just wow... Dark brown color almost black with no head. Massively oaked nose with the alcohol cutting through the dark, dried fruit undertones. Sweet bourbon malt body with plenty of oak flavor and perhaps the faintest bit of peat cutting through (though that part might just be wishful thinking).

A very dark brown with a bit of red color with a few spots of a head. The aroma is very big with oak and fruit and a bit of alcohol. The taste is a lot like the regular version but there is a lot of barrel aged character in this. Bourbon I presume, but not necassarily. I think the flavors in the original have faded a bit and some more full sweet dark-overly ripe fruits have shown up. Its pretty good but the barrel really didn’t improve this beer.

Tap on 10/28/05. A dark brown to black color with a rich brown head. A chocolate and plum aroma. Strong smoked flavors with caramel. Rich and smooth.

Pour is opaque brownish black with a dense light brown head...smell is hardcore alcohoic and very perfumey...sweet flavor with lots of wood and smoke...alcohol not so overpowering in the flavor...

Rating #3000... Draft... GABF ’06... Almost black, clear copper ale with a small, tight, khaki head. Overbearing oak along with light chocolate and butterscotch in the aroma. Woodsy, cloyingly sweet flavor with notes of chocolate and diacetyl. Full-bodied with an oily mouthfeel and medium carbonation. Woodsy, sweet, alcoholic finish. I had higher hopes for this one; still, not bad.

Tap. Thick brown hue with little to no head. Noticeable aromas are honey, caramel, green apples, scotch. The caramel sweetness in the flavor is nearly overwhelming until the heavy malts balance it out. Interesting notes of apple peels and white wine throughout. Just a bit on the cloying side for me.

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I wish I had spent more time at Town Hall as thekir offerings were interesting. This was a pretty good beer though I must be one of the ones who didn’t enjoy it as much. Still, I was definitely be stopping by Town Hall when I am in Minneapolis - they know their stuff.

Aroma / Appearance - Honey, oak, caramel, peat, Fruit loops and applesauce played across my nose. I wasn’t sure what to make it with a nose like that - it is among the most diverse and unusual I have smelled from a barrel aged beer. The pour looked like flat Dr Pepper with a thin amount of head floating over the top like oil on water.

Flavor / Palate - Cortland apples, pears, peaches, blueberries, honey nut cheerios and applesauce were the first things to come to mind. It was very fruit at first which threw me for a little bit. The second sip was even stranger as I was reminded of tuna salad. The finish was like confectionary sugar - sweet and a bit dry. Overall it was enjoyable but the flavors were just a bit all over the place. With a little more cohesion, this would be a 4.0.