BrewDog Bourbon Baby

Bourbon Baby

 

BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular
Score
7.09
ABV: 5.9% IBU: 50 Ticks: 110
Bourbon Baby is a baby Scotch ale which we’ve gone on to age in bourbon barrels.

The Scotch ale base is light bodied and low ABV, and brings toasted shortcake and blossom honey flavours; the barrel ageing adds a demonic, dark vanilla twist. Rich brown sugar, hints of smoke, spiced fruit, chocolate and raisins are just some of the multitude of flavours that have developed.

Our aim was to showcase barrel ageing in a lower ABV beer and we felt the malty scotch ale base was the perfect way to do this. The body remains light, yet there is a complexity quite unlike anything you would normally expect in a Scotch ale.

Bourbon Baby is a small batch beer and is available in limited quantities in bottle and draft, and will cope with further ageing in the bottle but is best suited to drinking fresh.

We worked closely with Tom and the team from Honest Burger to develop not only a perfect beef patty topped with beer candied bacon and a beer BBQ sauce, but also the ideal brew to sip alongside it.
 

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Tried on 15 Aug 2016 at 00:23


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Tap at brewdog Warschau. Pours black, small grey head. Smell is intense bourbon. Taste is intense, grainy bourbon. Ok body, ok carbo. It’s on the Border of to much, but still very Nice. Rather sweet. Intense for the abv

Tried from Draft on 12 Aug 2016 at 07:39


8

drewno kawa burbon faktycznie gladziutkie, alko to niefajne schowane, Duzo kokosa. polslodkawy ciut karmelowo-rodzynkowo. Malo intensywny

Tried at Brewdog Warszawa on 09 Aug 2016 at 19:09


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

330ml bottle from Brewdog’s online gift shop. Pours clear ruby, medium off-white head. Aroma is cocoa, chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, almonds. Taste is rather light, watery with chocolate and sweet bourbon emerging playfully on the finish. Seems lacking and rather thin. I get the concept, and I do like the bourbon & chocolate present, but it just finishes a bit thin and dry.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Jul 2016 at 16:12


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Közepes, nagyon tartós hab, sötétbarna szín. Illata malátás alap, ami fölött komoly whisky aroma lebeg. Pörkölt malátás alap, whiskys-hordós aromákkal, jó összhangban. Utóíze enyhén kesernyés, de nem komlósan, inkább a hordótól. E-mellé társul még a maláta és a whisky. Közepesen testes, de épp csak megüti ezt a szintet, lehetne egy picit fajsúlyosabb.

Tried on 12 Jun 2016 at 14:45


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

330ml bottle into tulip. Mahogany red beer with large tan head. Sweet spice woody nose. Bourbon, wood and vanilla also. Light body leads to a spirituous finish. Starts strong but ends with you wishing for more bourbon (or more ale). A one night stand but an unhappy marriage.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2016 at 10:22


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

Bottle at home in London - sourced from Kris Wines. Original batch, so this is a couple years old I think. Opens with a gush, but a mild gush so I didn’t lose too much. The beer pours rich brown with a fizzy beige head. Pleasant aroma, with notes of toasted caramel, brown bread, vanilla, dried dark fruits. Medium sweet flavour with mellow earthy bitterness, some leathery berries, dates, faint cocoa, toffee, creamy vanilla. Medium bodied with fizzy, massaging carbonation. Finishes sweet with more malty character, a little alcohol warmth, well toasted bread, caramel and toffee, figs and dates. Pretty tasty stuff overall; although, the over-carbonation is a bit distracting.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2016 at 18:56


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Dark chestnut, offwhite lace. Light seaweed, oaked malt milkshake note. Medium light body, lightly oxidized malt, vanilla and cigars, slim in the finish, light iodine, pleasant barrel aftertaste.

Tried from Bottle on 24 May 2016 at 14:20


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5

Very dark amber with no head. Aroma is caramel, nuts, malt, some vanilla. Taste is very sour. Aggressively carbonated. Overall still ok.

Tried on 24 May 2016 at 14:19


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Flaska från SB. Smak och doft av röda bär, karamell, fat, bourbon, brunt socker, ekträ med toner av torkad frukt. Lätt kropp och sötma, fin beska, en aning obalanserad.

Tried on 30 Mar 2016 at 13:29