Bourbon Barrel Aged Huma Lupa Licious
Short's Brewing Company in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Triple Rotating|
Score
6.81
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Our flagship American India Pale Ale aged in bourbon barrels.
Bourbon Barrel Aged Huma Lupa Licious is our flagship American India Pale Ale aged in bourbon barrels. Initial malt sweetness is replaced with flavors of charred oak and sweet vanilla, followed by the standard Huma hop punch to the palate. This new combination creates the sensation of sipping on a sweet Bourbon that finishes like a bitter hop theme park in your mouth.
Bourbon Barrel Aged Huma Lupa Licious is our flagship American India Pale Ale aged in bourbon barrels. Initial malt sweetness is replaced with flavors of charred oak and sweet vanilla, followed by the standard Huma hop punch to the palate. This new combination creates the sensation of sipping on a sweet Bourbon that finishes like a bitter hop theme park in your mouth.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
s: honey - rich malts - alcohol a: nice crisp golden body - thin off-white head t: strong syrup - light bourbon - dry oak p: apricots - good balance - no bitterness o: raisins - sweet end - missing a big bourbony/oaky component 65 cL bottle - Taylor Party Store: Taylor, Michigan - US$11,99 - 12-November-2023 - sampled: 24-December-2023 8,3,8,3,14
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2024
at 17:20
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried
on 01 Oct 2021
at 01:36
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 oz bottle. Pours a rather clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is a sweet caramel bourbon, citrus hoppy blend. Flavor is kind of similar, sweet bourbon and caramel blending into pine and citrus hops. Vanilla and oak barrel in there. The barrel and the beer interact really nicely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2018
at 05:50
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 10/13/2016. This batch is 11.8% per their website. Pours clear deep orange/light copper color with a 2 finger dense and rocky off white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, caramel, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, bread, light pepper, and floral/grassy/oaky earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/pine hops, bourbon barrel, and moderate dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Some increasing barrel booziness in the aromas as it warms. Flavors of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, caramel, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, bread, light pepper, and floral/grassy/oaky earthiness. Light-moderate pine/grassy bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon/orange peel, pine, caramel, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, bread, light pepper, and floral/grassy/oaky earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops, bourbon barrel, and moderate dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero astringent hop flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from hop bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a smooth, moderately creamy/sticky, and slightly resinous balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is fairly well hidden with a small warmth and a bit of barrel booziness lingering after the finish; but not overwhelming. Overall this is an excellent barrel aged DIPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops, bourbon barrel, and moderate dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to sip on for the huge ABV. Less vibrant/aggressive on the hops/bitterness than the base beer, but has nice balanced barrel complexity; and is not overwhelming on the bourbon, though is a bit boozy. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2016
at 21:20
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a hazy vibrant copper color with a large foamy orange-white head that lingered and left decent lacing. The aroma was bitter, piney, fruity, rough and earthy. The flavor was bitter, floral , herbal, earthy and rough. Long finish. Medium body. Disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2016
at 20:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From very old notes - Well, apparently I didn’t write much about this one, but there’s a rating and I thought it was very good. Full bodied. Big, bitter hop flavor with citrus. Long, bitter finish.
Tried
on 16 Apr 2014
at 17:38
4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Draft at Crunchy’s, East Lansing. Slightly hazy medium orange-brown body, medium off-white creamy head. Huge oily diacetyl nose. Popcorn butter-soaked, faded bitter hops and white oak body, unpleasant, nay, bad. I hope to try a better batch, but was disappointed the brewery brought this keg to a brewer’s night and did not notice anything was wrong with the beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Dec 2011
at 17:27
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled at the MBGSF ’10. Poured a amber with a thick white head that dissipated quite slowly. Aroma had a clear bourbon note with melded nicely with the pine hops. There was a bit of a backing bread/cereal note. Flavor was more malty with a bourbon kick and the pine hops becoming more of a background flavor.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2010
at 12:42
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at the RBSG Grand Tasting. Pours a clear copper color with a medium tan head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of bourbon, nutty notes, toffee and leafy, earthy hops. The taste is bitter, leafy hops, bourbon and a bit of chocolate. Medium-full bodied. Nice beer.
Tried
on 25 Jul 2010
at 17:47