Revolution Brewing Company Gravedigger Billy (2015)

Gravedigger Billy (2015)
(Batch of Gravedigger Billy)

 

Revolution Brewing Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸

  Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.88
ABV: 10.4% IBU: 50 Ticks: 15
Our Willie Wee Heavy spent 8 months in Woodford Reserve and Old Forrester barrels offering notes of cocoa, toffee and brown sugar from English specialty malts as well as toasted coconut, vanilla, caramel and bourbon from the American oak barrels.
 

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9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Tap at Orange and Brew. Deep brown Scotch Ale color, thicker later of brown than on might find in a barrel beer. Sweet malt nose with bourbon and some cherry. Taste is quick thick, with malts best matched to a bourbon malt bill. Warm, sweet bourbon with no roast, of course. Can't quite pick up any claimed smoke, but that may just be a snap portion of prayed malt and however long this has say in a barrel. Simply delightful and intoxicating.

Tried from Draft on 15 Dec 2024 at 18:59


8.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Pours hazy mahogany, medium beige head, good lacing. Aroma is rich woody bourbon, dark sugars, dates, vanilla, hint of cherry and almond. Flavor is medium plus sweet, quite bitter, rich integrated dark sugary bourbon. Full body, silky. Too many IBU for a scotch ale, but very good nontheless.

Tried from Can on 14 May 2022 at 03:32


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at the brewery. Pours dark brown. Biscuit, toast, roast, red fruit, dried fruit, bourbon, hefty booze. Pretty good.

Tried from Draft on 20 Mar 2022 at 02:38


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Burk från Revolution, 2018, 13.2%. Mörk mahogny/kastanj med tjusig beige krona. Massiv, maltig arom packad med tobak, läder, bränt socker, rostade mandlar och russin, lätt touch av choklad och lätt rökighet. Fantastisk fatkaraktär med löjliga mängder Bourbon. Stor kropp med bra mängd behaglig kolsyra. Fantastiskt gott.

Tried on 25 Aug 2021 at 20:09


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle: Poured a deep brown color ale with a medium size light brown foamy head with light retention and some minimal lacing. Aroma of caramelized malt with some residual sugar and light oak notes is pleasant enough. Taste is a good mix of caramelized malt with residual brown sugar notes and light oak notes and light alcohol phenols are also noticeable. Body is about average for style with good carbonation and light warming alcohol notes are also noticeable. Solid scotch ale but lacking some depth.

Tried from Bottle on 21 May 2017 at 22:00


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Really good malt aroma with lots of sugar. Sweet. Heavy palate. Rich malt flavor. Alcoholnia is in the aroma and flavor. Good.

Tried on 14 Oct 2016 at 21:58


9.3
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle [from trade with Iggywh, thanks!] @ home. Superb deep dark red color, full sized dense beige head that lasts for a long time. Aroma is very rich: malts, caramel, toasted malts, vanilla, brown candy sugar, whiskey / bourbon, lightly raisins, hints of chocolate and mocha. It tastes just as good: again an explosion of flavors yet somehow balanced and not just a messy mix up. Malts, caramel, brown sugar, raisins, wood, oak, toffee, whiskey / bourbon, vanilla, slightly leather, a slight hint of smoke, sweet. Full body, thick oily texture, suitable soft carbonation. Wonderful beer!

Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2016 at 17:27


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Dark brown, slight foam. Aroma is sweet, with cocoa and chocolate. Full on toffee and caramel in the nose. Feels like a hoppy cookie and probably in blind tasting I would be mistaking this for Imperial Porter I guess. Nice wee heavy which is actually kind of light because of great balance with hops. Modern interpretation I guess, liking it.

Tried on 03 Sep 2016 at 21:31


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Very malty sweet nose with tons of chocolate, peat, bacon and smoke. The mouth is very sweet, bacon, peat, chocolate and smooth body with low carbonation. The smoke least for ever with bourbon at the end. Sweet. I love this stuff.

Tried on 03 Sep 2016 at 04:58


8.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle purchased at Binny’s South Loop back in November 2014. Somewhat clear ruby color without any type of head aroma is very nice. Bourbon is smooth with vanilla, coconut, burnt oak and some sugar.

The flavor is wonderful, wow! Bourbon is perfectly integrated throughout the sip. The sweet malts, toasted oak, coconut, vanilla and a very light hint of alcohol warming. The warming is still mild and make my belly nice and warm. The flavor is very smooth for 10.4%.

Tried from Bottle on 16 May 2015 at 23:22