BGW Whos Your Daddy? Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Porter
Tyranena Brewing Company in Lake Mills, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.65
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2015 vintage: 7.5% abv
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(sampled at the Düsseldorf RB gathering) Black coloured with a short tanned head. Sweet toast-malty, slightly vinous aroma with strong notes of vanilla and traces of cacao and marzipan. Moderately sweet flavour, full bodied with a smooth mouthfeel. Roasted taste with caramel, vanilla and liquorice. Sweet and slightly bitter finish with marzipan in the aftertaste. Pleasant.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
A deep red beer with a disappearing brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of alcohol, sweet soy sauce, and roasted malt. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of chocolate, roasted malt, and sweet soy sauce, as well as hints of vanilla and coffee.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours a clear, dark brown with a vague tint of red and a small, light brown head. Very delicious chocolate aroma with notes of vanilla and bourbon. Smooth, rich body with notes of coffee, chocolate and bourbon. Very delicious indeed - yum. Courtesy of madsberg. 120207
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle (@D’dorf Gathering): Black coloured, tanned head, sweetness, smoke and wine in the nose, the spirit of Bourbon is detectable; smoked taste, sweetish-bitter, coffeeish finish. A conoction lagered in Whisky barrels: that’s an incestous affair.........
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle at the Düsseldorf Gathering. Black, muddy body. Pours like sirupe. Lightly brown head. Aroma of liquor, vanilla (very much, like there’s a whole vanilla bean in your glass) and very strong malts. Very complex and interesting aroma. Very intense, bitter-sweet flavour. Very complex flavour and well balanced. Very nice!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Thansk to kp for this one! I got a weak pft when I lifted the cap so I poured this one right down the middle and got a small head of creamy tan to form. The small head fell quickly into a very dark brew. I usually don’t look for lace in anything other than Belgians but this made beautiful patterns on the sides of the glass that made up for a weak head. Rich, sweet, milk chocolate covered cherry candy aroma came easily when cold. As it warmed, coffee then massive vanilla notes appeared. The flavor is sweet and complex. I really like this one! Is this not a Baltic Porter??
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
12oz bottle Pours out black black black. With a dark tan head. Has a very nice bourbon bite also with some almond joy. Great over all. Thanks Indiana_Red
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle pours a very dark brown with a rich dark tan head Actually had the bubbles going down syndrome. Very rich woody, chocolately woody, notes with also some notes of sweet purple grapes. Flavors of sweet chocolate and the burbon flavors really come through. Plenty of residual sugars and softly carbonated. Lates slightly smokey trailer with some tootsie roll hints. A wonderfull example of the style. A big thanks to Captain Cougar for this gem
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bonus bottle! from StewardofGondor consumed with OldGrowth on 4/6/06
Head sticks around for a minute or two and then fades to partial cover and eventually a ring. Burnt sienna in color, atop a deep crimson, transluscent (at first) body, that settles out with transparent clarity. Light, spotty lacing left behind.
Aroma is heavy on the barrel, at first. Dry wood tannins pile in, with tons of coconuty-bourbon notes. Faint note of alcohol at first, fully passing. Quite dry and tannic, but as it breathes, fudgy cake emerges rather triumphantly, adding some depth. Alcohol passes, as said, while the tannins lay off. Behind them, however, is only light fudge and chocolate. That’s really the extent of the malt depth. Though, near the end of the glass, after fully warming, I am getting a smoky, charred wood note from the barrel. No roasted malt, not really any crunchy, earthy barley. And even more lacking are the fruits. Almost zero fruitiness. No hops, no yeast.
Flavor is woody, dry, moderately tannic but sweetens considerably towards the end. More German chocolate cake. Very Zywiec-like, actually. Would almost think this a Baltic porter minus the roast (though Zywiec is very light on roast too). But it dosent have an ale yeast fruitiness to it, though I imagine it is an ale yeast. Some dark plums are about the extent of that. Coconuts on the end, accentuate the barrel character and dont really bother the malts. The texture is lightly chewy, sort of in between on filtration. Not too heavy, but could be less. Malts evolve, somewhat, with graham crackers, adding a crusty, lasting quality. Dry tannins definitely hold back the sweetness and alcohol is well concealed (I hate it when alcohol is used to balance). Ends with simple chocolate and easygoing barrel character. Low carbonation. A simple man, with simple pursuits.