Brandy Barrel Honey Ale
Goodwood Brewing Company in Louisville, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸
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6.64
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Copper-amber color. No head. Aroma is very sweet pipe tobacco and cherry. Taste is fruity and brandy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle: Poured orange with white head. Aroma is very bourbon and sticky. Taste is a little metallic with some burn.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Goodwood, pours a hazy dark amber with a small beige head. Nose brings out subtle honey with even subtle bourbon. Flavour is soft, with fermented out honey, and subtle bourbon that makes itself more apparent with each sip. Subtle but elegant. Very nice stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Deepish, hazy amber and copper coloured body with a two centimetre tall off-white head on top. Aroma of brandy, scotch, peat, alcohol, tequila and a dose of earthy malts with a hint of honey and unfinished sugars as well. Medium-bodied; Assertive malt flavours at first with peat and caramel noticeable that immediately switch to the brandy/bourbon/tequila right afterwards, but also showing a touch of a sour/vinegar and acidic flavour near the end. Aftertaste shows a ton of alcohol, sugars and pungency from the barrel aging with some off flavours from that bourbon, the malt and the honey right afterwards. Overall, a decent beer at best - way too much alcohol and pungency to be taken seriously, given that there is no malt backbone around, there is no complexity and no real depth - just a golden ale with a bunch of alcohol and some pungent flavours. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Crystal City Wine Shop (20th Street Location) in Arlington, Virginia on 22-February-2017 for US$3,49 sampled at home in Washington on 29-August-2017.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
12 ounce bottle from Beer Run, 7/28/16. Hazy dark red orange, large foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of wood, honey, brandy, a bit of apricot. The taste is tart stone fruits, caramel, honey. Medium bodied, low carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear copper with small white head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is strong brandy, dark fruit, wood. Medium body, caramel, brandy, wood, nice sweetness, very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle: Hazy brown with a moderate tan head. Honey, orange.....a little booze in the aroma. Taste is tart caramel malt, slightly nutty, honey, brandy. Oddly sour mixed with an almost sugary sweetness. A little rough.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Acidic orange-lemon, honey, malt, and light brandy aroma. Hazy orange-brown with small head. Sweet orange caramel malt, dry wood/grass, and light brandy flavor. Body on the light side.