Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bomber. Brownish cloudy pour white head. Floral malt aroma. Pine sol. Caramel malt and hoppy resinn marriage

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can at home. Aroma is malt, caramel, sweet ripe fruits, grapefruit, hint of toffee, fruity piney hops. Flavour is moderate to medium sweet and bitter. Body is above medium. Very tasty ripe fruity piney hoppy malty IIPA-ish beer, my kind of ’winter ale’.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

(Can) clear, bright orange amber colour with a small cream coloured head; aroma of berry jam; balanced flavour with a long, medium bitter finish

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

(Tap) clear, bright orange color with a small cream colored head; aroma of wet wood, compote; balanced flavour with a long, light tart and bitter finish

Admittedly an old bottle. Hazy brown body medium foamy tan head. Bready toasty caramel aroma, some oxidation. Bready caramel toasty bitter flavorm Medium body moderate carbonation. 7/4/7/3/14 3.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

16 oz from the Brewvana 12 Beers Of Christmas Advent box. Aroma has notes of sherry, toffee, coconut, oak, bourbon, vanilla. Pours hazy amber with a one finger bone white head with decent retention. Taste is moderately bittersweet with beautiful bourbon barrel aged flavors.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Taster from a 16oz can. Slightly hazy reddish amber. Nice burbon and caramel aromas and flavors. Smooth palate and fairly bitter woody bite at the end

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

It’s December 1st so time for another Christmas beer! Hopworks Bourbon Barrel Abominable BBA Winter Ale 9.5% Reddish brown with a wispy beige head that doesn’t linger. On cracking the can you got bright piney hops, you also get whiskey/bourbon and tannic oak with some sweet malty caramel elements. Full bodied and very barrel forward with loads of sharp bourbon heat, barrel, oak, vanilla, and more bourbon. The beer is kind of hidden beneath the barrel but actually it’s still pretty good.
Earlier Rating: 12/23/2015 Total Score: 3.8
Hopworks Kentucky Christmas 7.8% 2014 version Served in a snifter it pours a beautiful orange-gold. The aroma is surprisingly bright citrus with mild barrel character. The taste is almost like a barrel-aged IPA as it starts with bright citrus notes, gives you some malt sweetness while the barrel oak and bourbon comes through in the finish/aftertaste. Very smooth drinking but not what any of us were expecting from a winter seasonal.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

16 oz can from Brewers Haven. Copper colored pour, small foamy head dissipates. Malty aroma, tobacco, caramel. Taste layers on the bourbon barrel notes, with the caramel malts and a touch of sweetness. Sweet, stick finish, seems thin.