B Side: Bowman's Beard
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
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6.85
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Here at BrewDog, we love the hidden tracks; the unexpected discoveries. The B-Sides.
Take our 10HL pilot kit. It is the place our brewers let those imaginations fly and lay down unpredictable, creative tracks. Our brew team use it to dial in our small-scale experimental brews, each then finding its way to our bars as a draught-only special release.
However, we felt the naming convention used previously – Pilot Brew XXX – didn't fully reflected the ingenuity displayed by our brewers. To depict this a little better we now release each pilot brew as a bona fide B-Side; alongside our production-batch launches that take place at our bars, you’ll be able to discover a flip side in the form of one of our B-Side releases.
Take our 10HL pilot kit. It is the place our brewers let those imaginations fly and lay down unpredictable, creative tracks. Our brew team use it to dial in our small-scale experimental brews, each then finding its way to our bars as a draught-only special release.
However, we felt the naming convention used previously – Pilot Brew XXX – didn't fully reflected the ingenuity displayed by our brewers. To depict this a little better we now release each pilot brew as a bona fide B-Side; alongside our production-batch launches that take place at our bars, you’ll be able to discover a flip side in the form of one of our B-Side releases.
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9/10
Backlog
Tried
on 04 Feb 2018
at 13:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft.A black beer with a tan head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of alcohol, roasted malt, and caramel, leading to a dry and bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jan 2017
at 14:34
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught@CBC2015. Pretty close to black colour with a small beigeish brown head. Aroma is sweet alcohol, some mild red wine like heaviness, mild toffee, ripe dry fruits and some slight honeylike notes as well. Flavour is very sweet and quite alcoholic with a quite big bitter floral kick to it. Burning alcohol in the finish.
Tried
on 24 Nov 2016
at 15:14
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft @ CBC 2015. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel and dark fruit aroma. Sweetish malty spicy caramel and dark fruit flavor. Has a sweetish malty spicy caramel and dark fruit finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Sep 2016
at 06:39
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap@CBC 2015, Red Session - dark brown coloured pour with beige head. Sweet malty aroma and taste, caramel, brown sugar, dried fruity, some spices on the palate, big boozy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jun 2015
at 15:27
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap @ CBC. Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is malt, caramel, toasted, chocolate with notes of alcohol. Flavour is malt, caramel, toasted, chocolate, alcohol, sweet and dark fruits.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Jun 2015
at 13:14
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
CBC. Black with a lasting light brown head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dried fruit and alcohol. Flavor is extremely sweet and rather bitter. Extremely sweet and rather bitter finish with heavy alcohol. 020515
Tried
on 05 Jun 2015
at 06:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ CBC 2015 [ Red Session ]. - Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2015, Sparta Hallen, Gunnar Nu Hansens Plads 11, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark [ As BrewDog Bowman’s Beard ].Clear dark black brown color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, dark roasted, wood, moderate chocolate, figs - dried fruit, light burnt. Flavor is light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long long duration, molasses, chocolate, sweet malt, roasted, alcohol. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20150502]
Tried
on 03 Jun 2015
at 02:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
1st May 2015
CBC Red Session. Keg. Hazy deep amber beer, decent cream colour head. Palate is smooth with decent fine carbonation. Slightly viscous. Rich dark toffee malts, not that sweet. Wood. Sherry and madeira. Traces of Port Wine like red berry fruits. Some spice. Dry crisp finish. Rich and fruity. Nice one.
CBC Red Session. Keg. Hazy deep amber beer, decent cream colour head. Palate is smooth with decent fine carbonation. Slightly viscous. Rich dark toffee malts, not that sweet. Wood. Sherry and madeira. Traces of Port Wine like red berry fruits. Some spice. Dry crisp finish. Rich and fruity. Nice one.
Tried
on 26 May 2015
at 12:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
[5/2/15] Draught sample at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2015. 3rd session. Brown. Big aroma of whiskey, vanilla, cookies, malt, caramel and some fruitiness. Sweet flavor, malty, with caramel, vanilla, whiskey, some cookies, some fruitiness and a boozy edge. Medium-bodied.
Tried
on 23 May 2015
at 12:40