Bourbon Wizard
Short's Brewing Company in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Rotating|
Score
7.35
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Bourbon Wizard is a barrel aged Barleywine with a monstrous malt bill and a boil time of 6 hours and 66 minutes creating a full-bodied deep, dark amber behemoth with high residual malty sweetness of caramel and toffee. These colossal flavors are then magnified by ample additions of raisins during fermentation. A year’s worth of bourbon barrel aging imparts favorable complements of vanilla and charred oak, adding to this palate impacting experience.
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GRM (7524) reviewed Bourbon Wizard from Short's Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Sample, brown bottle, 500 ml, gift from a stranger during Dark Lord Day, savoured on May 13 2017; eye: dark brown, semi-opaque, no effervescence, no head, no lacing; nose: bourbon, woody, coffee, alcohol, light fig; mouth: bourbon, woody, coffee, alcohol, light fig, alcohol warmth, finale in fig with presence of alcohol, full body, below-average carbonation, mildly sweet, lightly alcoholic texture; overall: fine
FRANÇAIS
Échantillon, bouteille brune, 500 ml, cadeau d’un inconnu lors de Dark Lord Day, savourée le 13 mai 2017; œil : brun foncé, semi-opaque, pas d’effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : bourbon, boisé, café, alcool, léger figue; bouche : bourbon, boisé, café, alcool, léger figue, chaleur d’alcool, finale en figue avec présence d’alcool, corsée, carbonatation sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : bien
ericsc (2969) ticked Bourbon Wizard from Short's Brewing Company 13 years ago
Came into this with low expectations but the hops and flavor comes through the barrel
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft in snifter. Milky, bourbon aroma, but not boozy. Caramel, with just a hint of fruit. Very smooth with no big alcohol kick.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at HopCat, Grand Rapids. Garnet body, thin ring of cream-colored bubbles. Sharp nose with bourbon and alcohol, backed by toast and oxidized caramels. Hot body with bourbon heat and dry, tannic oak, mostly a punch of toasty malts, coconut, and vanilla. Hot but rich with subtle interplay among the elements. Very good.
Sledutah (12313) reviewed Bourbon Wizard from Short's Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at Falling Rock, GABF weekend
Appearance: Clear dark brown with a nice sized beige head and some lacing
Aroma: Bourbon, vanilla and toasted malts
Taste: Toasted malts, bourbon and vanilla
I really enjoyed this beer, smooth and full of bourbon without being overly hot.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at Short’s. This pours a very deep red with an off-white head. Aroma is straight-up bourbon, vanilla and oaky. Flavor is pretty much the same, oaky and vanilla bourbon. Bit of light alcohol burn. Can’t really find any of the original beer in here, which is okay because The Wizard didn’t impress me that much in the first place. But even with just having the clear bourbon flavor, or rather because of it, I do find this to be quite tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Growler at Maltzillas tasting. Pours dark brownish black color with light brown head. Aromas of bourbon, vanilla and wood. Similar flavors with a hefty dose of bourbon. Full body with minimal carbonation.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Bourbon Wizard from Short's Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Tasted at the big “SeaBass has got to go” tasting courtesy of HOPSHUNTER. 12oz bottle pours amber and ruby with tiny white head. The aroma is molasses, a touch of vanilla, spicy oak, cherries, a little bit of prune and more molasses deep into the draw. The taste is rich for sure with prunes and aged ripe cherries and quickly moves into rich yummy molasses, smooth mild spicy oak and modest sweet smooth bourbon getting just a touch boozy into the finish. It almost has a yummy chocolate covered molasses for moments here and there. Into the finish prune, cherry and dates help take this to a tasty closure. This is way richer and smooth and yummier than the non barrel aged version I had just a few minutes ago. The barrel compliments perfectly here and doesn’t get in the way of this beer rich barleywine beeriness. Well done.
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Bourbon Wizard from Short's Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Dog Days of Summer Gathering. pours darker brown, tan/mocha head. roasted malts and caramel with a more chocolate approach. There is some lingering vanilla that complements the barrel aging that at times might seem too present. Palate is thick with a mild bitter barrel note. Alcohol is definitely present.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Bourbon Wizard from Short's Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled at the RBSG ’10 Grand Tasting. Thanks to Shorts and the organizers for setting this up for us. Poured a slightly murky dark brown with a yellowish brown head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma was very bourbon forward with caramel and toffee backing the bourbon and maybe just a hint of pine. Flavor started with caramel and toffee with bourbon growing towards the finish.