Lemon Cello - Bourbon Barrel-Aged

Grassroots Brewing in Greensboro Bend, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸

Collab with: Hill Farmstead Brewery / Tired Hands Brewing Company / Casita Brewing Company / Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
Brewed at/by: Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
IPA - Sour / Wild Special Out of Production

Score

7.08

ABV: 12.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 3

Originally brewed in 2010 to evoke the popular Italian drink, Limoncello, Lemon Cello was imagined and created for the RateBeer festival in Rome. Crafted from oats, lactose, lemon juice, and lemon zest, and then kettle soured, it was a landmark beer: hopped as if it were a double IPA, sour, citrusy, and with a creamy full body. The new version brewed in Colorado omits the kettle sour—instead opting for mixed culture fermentation in foudres. A portion of that original brew was conditioned for over 15 months in Bourbon barrels from our favorite distillery. The bourbon barrel version conjures spirited cocktail notes and has internally been referred to as “whiskey sour.”

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7.6

Leighton (34888) reviewed Lemon Cello - Bourbon Barrel-Aged from Grassroots Brewing 1 year ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at home in Canaan - picked up from HF. Pours clear gold with a creamy, white head. Light-medium sweet flavour with a little pale wood, citrus, booze, sourdough, decent acidity. Medium bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Quenching finish, warming, more sourdough, citrus fruits, a little pale woody dryness. Very tasty beer.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2024 at 02:30

7.2

djd07 (28898) reviewed Lemon Cello - Bourbon Barrel-Aged from Grassroots Brewing 2 years ago

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

Bottle. Pours a hazy gold with small white head that lasts. The aroma is citrus, pine, wood, earth. Slick body, citrus, grass, wood, boozy finish, very good.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2023 at 18:12

7.6

explosivedog (14053) reviewed Lemon Cello - Bourbon Barrel-Aged from Grassroots Brewing 3 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle, thanks to Chris D. Pours gold orange. Lemon, tart, funk, honey, vanilla, sweet nutty bourbon notes, whisky sour. Medium body. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Aug 2022 at 10:54