Bees with a Buzz
Grimm Artisanal Ales in New York City, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Beltway Brewing CompanyBelgian Style - Strong Ale Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.15
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Bees with a Buzz is the brandy barrel aged version of Bees in the Trappe, our bière de miel brewed with clover honey and a trappist ale yeast. The delicate honey and yeast flavors of stone fruit and spice that characterized the original version of Bees in the Trappe are now overlaid with notes of vanilla, sherry, distilled white wine, and a distinct nuttiness. The elegant subtleties of brandy and oak create a richness that develops further with each taste.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle at home on Easter Sunday. Loving this brew. Pours hazy orange with frothy bg head. Bottle gushed a bit but I mistreated it in transport. Nose s lovely honey and white wine. The barrel aging is spot on and the brandy plays with honey just perfect. Tastes of brandy, honey, Chardonnay, vanilla, some pineapple. It seems sweet but isn’t overpoweringly so. It’s quite a treat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2015
at 21:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared in NYC. Pours cloudy gold with a foamy white head. The nose has some pale bread, subtle yeast, esters. Medium sweet flavor with sugary bread, light alcohol, apple, dough, light lemon and clover. Medium to full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Warm finish with sticky sugars, bread, apple, faint honey, Belgian yeast. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2014
at 18:46
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
5oz pour at Torst comes a clear orange with some sticky, cloudy white head. Nose has a lot of nail polish at first, but the honey really shines through, sweet, earthy, floral, some marmelade, a little rose wine. Flavor has some booze, wood pulp, honey, a little herbal, wormwood, a little chartreuse. Sticky, boozy finish.
Tried
on 11 Oct 2014
at 12:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brandy is present but not overpowering. Pours amber with good head and lacing. Florals and a little booze. Light sweet finish. Not much coriander. Tap at Churchkey.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Sep 2014
at 12:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On draft at ChurchKey, DC, during Zwanze Day. Pours a clear a hazy gold with an off white head. Aroma of oak and caramel. Flavors of butterscotch, vanilla and oak. Wow, this is tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Sep 2014
at 10:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Sour’d in September. Pours yellow white head. Nose/taste of brandy, oak, honey and malty lemon. Medium body. Lots of brandy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2014
at 16:14