The Beard Downunder

Moon Dog Craft Brewery in Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺

Collab with: Rogue Ales & Spirits
Barley Wine - Barley Special Out of Production

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7.13

ABV: 9.0%

IBU: 47

Ticks: 3

We reckon Rogue Ales from Oregon are pretty damn cool. So when the opportunity arose for us to make some beer with Rogue's John (aka "the beard") Maier, we jumped at it - like the proverbial bear to a honey pot! Here's a little factoid: Oregon is home to 25-30,000 black bears; it's quite a wooded area. The number of honey pots is unknown.

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Andre_Samma (914) reviewed The Beard Downunder from Moon Dog Craft Brewery 10 years ago

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

From bottle. Pours red and thick. Sweet almost cherry aroma. Treacly mouthfeel. Stays just this side of too sickly sweet. The barrel-aging has softened the alcohol burn, leaving a very raisin-heavy sipper with vanilla and woody notes.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Aug 2015 at 02:01

7.2

Davros (5303) reviewed The Beard Downunder from Moon Dog Craft Brewery 11 years ago

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

Pours ruby-tinted amber with a small head.Nose shows whisky, brown sugar, soft alcohol, coconut notes, rum.Flavours reflect the barrel-aging predominately although there is some brown sugar and sultana sweetness. Feels a little too boozy.

Tried on 04 Mar 2015 at 05:36

7.5

hawthorne00 (9917) reviewed The Beard Downunder from Moon Dog Craft Brewery 11 years ago

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

Really missed a trick with the name here - how could this not be called The Merkin? Bottle, 11C. Clear copper with a rapidly fading beige head that just hangs on at the rim. Boozy (but not brashly so) aroma of dried fruit, whisk(e)y, vanilla, gentle spices. Medium bodied, lowish carbonation. Sweet toffee, raisins, vanilla. Whisk(e)y is there particularly at the end but it’s quite light and grassy and melds well with a surprising delicate floral note. Seeing as that makes the beer, glad I didn’t wait until winter to drink it. Good and surprisingly subtle.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Jan 2015 at 08:01