Beershine (1440), Miami Beach, Florida, USA May 14, 2008 Bottle, Miami Beach throwdown. Cloudy black-brown. Serious chocolate-covered coffee beans. Loads of vanilla and chocolate swirled together, making this a true ice cream beer! Yum.
Trdnuggets (10), Appleton, Wisconsin, USA Oct 13, 2008 Pours Dark with little to no Head, smells like an iced coffee, with chocolate. Taste is more coffee than bourbon, but bourbon taste is present. Very good. noncaloric (117), Madison, Wisconsin, USA Oct 13, 2008 Scents of earthy coffee, caramel, and dust before the rain. Pours darkest brown, black in the glass, ruby at the edges, thin tan head. Consumed cold, the earthier coffee flavors are at the fore; roast malts, caramel, and the aromatic coffee flavors are in the background. As it warms, these latter flavors become more pronounced, and the whole merges into a harmonious roast malt / oatmeal / vanilla / espresso / chocolate milk experience. Prickly carbonation, dusty on the palate. mcjay (88), Neenah, Wisconsin, USA Oct 12, 2008 Dark black color with a medium brown head. Strong roasted coffee aroma with a taste to match. Has a very rich, robust and malty mouth feel with a hint of dark chocolate. Very smooth and delicious. Why don’t more brewers make bourbon barrel beers in the bottle? Try this while it’s still around. FeloniousCaper (465), Illinois, USA Oct 1, 2008 12oz Stubby
$8.99 4-Pack
Steve’s Liquor, Madison
I’ve really enjoyed the Brewers Gone Wild Series so far so I’ve been looking forward to this one. Devil Over a Barrel pours an impenetrable black. Not a hint of light can fight its way through. Wait, there is a touch of shoe leather brown when directly backlit but I have to look awfully hard. The head falls to a thick cap and leaves some wide, webbed lacing on its way down. Good start.
The aroma is incredible. I’ve fallen for these coffee infused beers and can’t get enough of them. With the head down to a cap deep dark chocolate keeps up with the freshly brewed coffee. Each swirl brings huge amounts of coffee, by huge I mean waking up to freshly brewed coffee huge. This stuff makes me want to dive right in. The aroma is on par with KBS.
The bourbon isn’t noticeable in the aroma but hits quickly but mildly as soon as this beer hits my tongue. Sweet roasty malts and dark chocolate combine with top quality, freshly brewed coffee. A touch of bourbon heat rolls through on the swallow. This really is an excellent beer and probably my favorite from the series.
The body is medium and grows in heft to lean toward the heavier side of the spectrum on the swallow. My only complaint, and it’s a little one, would be the body is a touch thin but then I remember I’m drinking a porter. There is a great silkiness...as this beer gets close to room temperature the mouthfeel becomes tremendous. The body got became more viscous just like I hoped for and the silky smoothness just hits the spot.
The drinkability is outstanding. I’m not sure of the abv in this beer because the alcohol is almost nonexistent but I could see this beer getting myself in trouble. I find myself taking drink after drink.
Wow! This is a great beer from the guys at Tyranena and my favorite from their lineup. One of the best coffee beers I’ve had to date. Devil Over a Barrel is an enjoyable experience to say the least. I can never wait to get my hands on the newest Brewers Gone Wild series.
5/26/08 bierkoning (4940), La Tropica, Netherlands Sep 30, 2008 Bottle from Secret Santa. Deep dark brown color. Cappuccino aroma. Cappuccino flavor with dark chocolate, oak and grapes. Soft, creamy and velvety mouthfeel. Slightly alcoholic, but an excellent balance. Delicious beer.
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