Bourbon Barrel Aged Sustenance Black Beer
Short's Brewing Company in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Schwarzbier / Black Lager Rotating|
Score
7.14
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Schwarzbier aged in bourbon barrels
Bourbon Barrel Aged Sustenance Black Beer is our spring Schwarzbier (black lager) aged in bourbon barrels for 10 months. It features rich roasted malt qualities with bold flavors of vanilla, charred oak, and even a slight nuttiness. The light, crisp finish makes this bourbon soaked beer light in flavor, which is wonderful because it highlights the complexities of the bourbon aging process.
Bourbon Barrel Aged Sustenance Black Beer is our spring Schwarzbier (black lager) aged in bourbon barrels for 10 months. It features rich roasted malt qualities with bold flavors of vanilla, charred oak, and even a slight nuttiness. The light, crisp finish makes this bourbon soaked beer light in flavor, which is wonderful because it highlights the complexities of the bourbon aging process.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle. Pours a pure black color with a small beige head. A big boozy nose with dark fruit and ash. The flavor is quite hot, boozy bourbon, sour mash, toffee, some ash dry flavors. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2013
at 21:42
8/10
Got it in a trade. I dig the fruity character and the fact that it's got "Bourbon" in the name but is reasonable with the abv. I've seen 6.0
Tried
on 22 May 2013
at 17:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at CGarvie tasting. It pours dark brown with a small light tan head. The nose is bourbon, vanilla, oily, coconut and mellow roast. The taste is tangy dark fruit, berry, bourbon, wood, mellow roast, brown sugar, earth, cherryade and light alcohol with a dry finish. Medium+body and moderate carbonation. Smooth, well-balanced and pretty tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2013
at 01:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle at home ... deep brown ,... thin tan head ... soft roast malts ... dark chocolate malts ... heavy roast ... dark roast malts ... heavy malts ... big big bourboun ... dark malts ... dark blackcurrant roast ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2013
at 13:52
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared by Joes. Almost pitch black color with a slight deep dark red glare coming through. Small beige to slightly light brown head. Aroma has lots of bourbon, actually that’s all the aroma. Like it though. Taste malts, wood, a slight sour hint, bourbon off course. The aroma is superior to the flavor imo. I don’t like the sourness. Nice body for 6.5% ABV, medium carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2013
at 09:41
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
12 oz. bottle, pours a deep dark, dark brown / amber with a small beige head. Aroma of light bourbon barrels, some slight red wine qualities and not much else surprisingly. Flavour certainly shows the bourbon barrels on top of toasted nuts and crusty bread, finishing quite burnt and crusty. Never had the regular, but this one seems quite barrel heavy, as well as burnt. Not refined at all and thus low drinkability. Not the best.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2012
at 19:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From a bottle at t klooster in delft. Aroma is smoky with a hint of urine, perhaps from the glass. Nice flavor though. Very balanced. Very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2012
at 13:46
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at Klooster. Pours black with a ring tan head. Aroma of bourbon, vanilla, raisin, wood and roasted malt. Flavour is over medium sweet and light bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2012
at 12:42
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sample from kermis. Woody aroma. Very thin tan head. Clear dark pour. Complex aftertaste.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2012
at 12:39
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12oz bottle from Tim, thanks
Appearance: Pours black with a mediums sized tan head and good lacing
Aroma: Bourbon, vanilla, chocolate and woody
Taste: Toasted malts, bourbon, vanilla, chocolate with a bitter finish
Nice, lots of bourbon. I haven’t had the base beer, but this is all bourbon and vanilla.
Appearance: Pours black with a mediums sized tan head and good lacing
Aroma: Bourbon, vanilla, chocolate and woody
Taste: Toasted malts, bourbon, vanilla, chocolate with a bitter finish
Nice, lots of bourbon. I haven’t had the base beer, but this is all bourbon and vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2012
at 18:47