Weird Beard Brew Co. Boring Brown Beer - Bourbon Barrel Aged

Boring Brown Beer - Bourbon Barrel Aged

 

Weird Beard Brew Co. in London, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Series Out of Production
Score
7.04
ABV: 9.6% IBU: 100 Ticks: 15
The first beer we ever brewed at Weird Beard, back in February 2013, was a beer called Single Hop Chinook. This comprised of Pale Malt, Special B and a f*@ktonne of Chinook. It was basically a really bitter brown beer. But with an ABV over 8%, it was hardly your standard English style bitter. On our 1 year anniversary we could think of nothing we would rather brew again, but this time we named it Boring Brown Beer, An Imperial Best Bitter. We also stuck some in a Heaven Hill Bourbon barrel, as you do, and this is the result.
 

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

Bottle at L6, thanks to Tipple, 13/06/18. Rich chestnut brown with a decent beige covering. Nose is sweet malts, dark fruit rinds, booze, light black peppery spice, cocoa dusting. Taste comprises stewed fruits, booze, bourbon biscuit, fruit loaf, brown bread. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a mellow barrel rip. Solid for the style but a little rough in places.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jun 2018 at 15:25


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle at L6. It pours deep brown with a small beige head. The aroma is earthy, umami, wood, leather, spice, chewy, toffee, slick nd brown bread. The taste is slick, chewy, wood, brown bread, umami, marmite, spice, meaty, bitter, spice and some warming alcohol with a spice with a drying, chewy finish. Medium - full body and fine carbonation. Very meaty, overly so.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2018 at 19:39


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

Bottle shared in London - thanks to Tipple. Pours clear brown with a frothy, off-white head. The nose holds burnt butterscotch, brown bread, earth. Medium sweet flavour with notes of caramel and toffee, well toasted brown bread, a little earth and honey. Full bodied, lightly chewy, with fine carbonation. Warming and oily in the finish, more toasted brown bread and caramel. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2018 at 19:36



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

Unclear, deep amber to brown colored, medium frothy beige head, nice lacing and good lasting. Aroma is malty, caramel, toffee and nutty notes, toast, vanilla bourbon, some alcohol notes. Taste is medium to very sweet malt, caramel, toffee, nuts, toast, light chocolate, lots of bourbon vanilla, moderate herbal hoppy bitterness, bit too much alcohol and warmth. Medium to full bodied, soft carbonation, oily to chewy.

Tried on 25 Apr 2018 at 15:02


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

Bottle @ home from De Coninck. Thanks Elie! Dark brown colour, beige foam. Notes of caramel, red fruit, vanilla. Taste is sweet, light vinous, vanilla, bread. Well balanced. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2017 at 02:09


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle at home. No head, but an appealing deep, dark brown colour. The nose was all vanilla and alcohol. The taste and mouthfeel were both extreme, massive vanilla, caramel and alcohol. After a few sips I realised that I really didn’t like the beer. It was just way too much of everything and, to me, it was unpleasant and sickly. Perhaps it needs time to mature in the bottle, but for me this was a step too far from the brewery.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2017 at 02:37



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

330 ml. bottle. Purchased @ Malt Attacks. Bottled on 04/2014. Dark red copper amber, little tanned head. Nose is odd candy sweet with heavy caramel with light apple pie, dates, light blue cheese hops, even more caramel, cinnamon, sweet candy but oddly not thick. Taste is interesting heavy caramel, UK style malts, light blue cheese, dark fruits, plenty of dates, cinnamon, nutmeg, heavy on caramel malt, tad maple syrup, vanilla, odd very heavy caramel malt,… Oddly light, very heavy on caramel, cinnamon, vanilla, dates,… Huge caramel & sweet spices but no real bourbon taste to me. Way lighter body wise than expected for style & flavor,… Lighter caramel malt body,… Way too light to really carry the flavours. Odd beer as one would expect probably but pleasant still. I don’t think that this style is very suited for barrel aging but that again does beer geek really dig this style.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jun 2015 at 13:35


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle 330ml. @ home on the terrace. [ As Weird Beard Barrel Aged Boring Brown Beer ].ABV: 8.2%. Unclear matt medium brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, bread, nutty, dusty malt, caramel, light chocolate, moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, hoppy, pine, citrus, dark malt, nutty, dusty malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140801] 7-3-8-3-16

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2015 at 08:36