Magic Rock Brewing Bearded Lady - Bourbon Barrel

Bearded Lady - Bourbon Barrel

 

Magic Rock Brewing in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Stout - Imperial Special
Score
7.82
ABV: 10.5% IBU: - Ticks: 87
10 Month Bourbon Barrel-Aged Bearded Lady, our uncompromisingly big and beautiful Imperial Stout. Born from our Dark Arts recipe, she uses masses of magical malts to deliver deep chocolate, rich coffee and vinous berry flavours, all complemented by a balanced yet subtly spicy hop profile. Powerful, robust, intriguing: yet decadently smooth and sumptuous, the lady demands respect. The barrel-ageing softens the beer, adding rich bourbon, sweet vanilla and a hint of oak. Already barrel-aged for 10 months this beer will continue to develop in the bottle for many years. Annual Release 2013.
 

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8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

@ Borefts 2014. Black colour, dark brown head. Soft carbonation. Aroma of roasted malts and coffee with caramel, vanilla and sweet molasses. Well balanced, but a tad too sweet.

Tried on 29 Sep 2014 at 08:42


9.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Sampled draft @ Borefts 2014. Thank you! Pitch black, creamy mocha head. Very warming mocha, bourbon, caramel, syrup nose, amazing. Very warming, thick light liquorish, candy, brown sugar, pancake syrup, some roast, crazy thick beer. Absolutely amazing.

Tried from Draft on 29 Sep 2014 at 05:46


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

On tap @ Haandfest 2014. It's pretty much black looking in the glass this one. Only a small islandy brown sidesticking top. Lovely nose. Lots of rich chocolate and vanilla. Bourbon booziness and licorice. Tons of licorice in the taste a bit like drinking liquefied IFA (Norwegian salty licorice pastilles). Yeah, this is how a beer should taste superbly flavorful. It has a thick and oily feeling in the mouth and a soft orickling carbonation level. The licorice, salty kind dominates the taste. It's also sharp and you can really sense the alcohol here. Lingering chocolate and something that reminds me of a chili burn in the aftertaste. Most likely just the alcohol though. Yeah, a lovely one! 24.05.2014

Tried from Draft on 01 Sep 2014 at 04:33


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

Tap at CBC 2014. Beer in the glass deep black, small head. Heavy malty aroma. Starts strong, heavy malty, intense, earthy, peat, hints of liqourice. Warming-malty finish. Not bad!

Tried from Draft on 22 Aug 2014 at 05:21


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

660ml bottle from BeerRitz. Annual release 2014. Pours black with a frothy tan foam head leaving some lacing and aroma of chocolate, woody oak, vanilla, caramel, berry fruits, coffee. Taste is sweet caramel, toffee, chocolate, molasses, dried fruity, followed by wood, oak, vanilla, roast malt, coffee and then boozy earthy grassy notes. Smooth mouthfeel, full bodied, soft carbonation, lingering chocolatey roast bitter finish. Very drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2014 at 14:30


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle from Beer Central, Sheffield. 2014 release. Clear, dark cola colour. Minimal, but sticky, pale tan head. Raisins steeped in Bourbon. Old Jamaica chocolate. Vanilla. Fudgy toffee. Some fusty orange hop. Treacle. Taste is sweet, with the vanilla coming through first. Light, smoky molasses thing going on after that. Lots of boozy warmth. Palate is big, oily, smoky, and cocoa delicious. Finish is all of that. Very good.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jul 2014 at 15:43


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Woodshed 3.0! Sample courtesy of nbutler11, muled back from the UK. Thanks Nick. The bottle pours with a mahogany colored body that supports a tan head. The aroma is inviting and offers up fairly rich coffee goodness, dark roasted malts, a dash of burnt malts, smooth bourbon and a sliver of sweet marshmallow. The taste is pleasing and rich as it delivers dark roasted coffee that is sweetened by malts and molasses and then it rolls into a smooth sweet bourbon note that has a thin edge of booziness to it. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jun 2014 at 18:13


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Haand Festival -14. An almost black one, topped by a dense dark beige head. The aroma has chocolate, bourbon and coffee, some sourish malts blending in. It has a nice bitterness in the flavor, with roasted malts, chocolate, coffee and some bourbon. Warming, full-bodied and with a pleasant carbonation level. Mostly roasted finish with some bourbon notes. Overall, too much bourbon for my likings, but sure nice. 140523

Tried from Draft on 19 Jun 2014 at 12:59


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at Craig’s. Pours black, dull toffee nose, roasted bitter chocolate taste, sweet sticky toffee, dry. -3.4 Keg at Spitfire. Pours black, nose and taste is all bourbon, coconut, some chocolate. Honestly a bit too boozy.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2014 at 14:59


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Draught @ Haand Ølfestival 2014
Pours pitch black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, oak and alcohol. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, vanilla, oak and chocolate finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried on 05 Jun 2014 at 22:45