Bourbon Barrel Aged Orthus
Thirsty Dog Brewing Company in Akron, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Dubbel Regular|
Score
7.10
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sampled from a bottle this beer poured a very dark brown color with a huge foamy tan head that left a bit of lacing. The aroma was whiskey, wood, malt, dust and hints of molasses and dark fruit. The flavor was sweet and malty with whiskey, molasses, bread crust and raisin. Medium length finish. Medium body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sample at the brewery tap room. Cloudy reddish-brown color with a medium light beige head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Bourbon, malt and ripe fruit in the nose. Medium body with flavors of oaky bourbon, caramel malt, earthy yeast and dark fruit. The finish is somewhat boozy with a bourbon and fruit aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
750 ml bottle into chalice, 2015 vintage bottling. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy dark reddish brown color with a 1 finger fairly dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big raisin, plum, cherry, fig, pear, apple, pepper, caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, light nuttiness, and yeast/oak earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, dark/bready malt, and bourbon barrel notes; with good strength. Taste of big raisin, plum, cherry, fig, pear, apple, pepper, caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, light nuttiness, and yeast/oak earthiness. Moderate peppery yeast and bourbon/oak spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of raisin, plum, cherry, fig, pear, apple, pepper, caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, and yeast/oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, dark/bready malt, and bourbon barrel flavors; with a great malt/barrel/yeast spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Some light-moderate dryness from carbonation and yeast/oak spice as well. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/silky, and lightly sticky/prickly balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a light warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is a very nice barrel aged dubbel style. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, dark/bready malt, and bourbon barrel flavors; and very smooth and easy to sip on for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft @ Tørst, Brooklyn. Pours a dark ruby amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty strong bourbon aroma with weak yeasty caramel hints. Fruity malty bourbon flavor with weak hints of vanilla and caramel. Sweetish malty bourbon vanilla and caramel finish with weak yeasty hints.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft - Lots of raisin and prune. Deep maroon with a decent beige head. Dark fruit, dark sugars and a sweet raisin boozy finish. Bourbon is there but works well with the flavours. Palate is a bit light.