The Bruery 9 Ladies Dancing - Bourbon Barrel-Aged

9 Ladies Dancing - Bourbon Barrel-Aged

 

The Bruery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Series Out of Production
Score
7.55
ABV: 12.6% IBU: - Ticks: 14
The ninth verse in our Twelve Days of Christmas series is inspired by flavors and ingredients found in tiramisu, including ladyfingers, with notes of vanilla, chocolate and coffee. This limited variation was swept of its feet and into bourbon barrels for a year, where it developed an even richer, more chocolaty character, complimented by freshly roasted beans from Ryan Bros. Coffee.
 

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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared at the CBJ tasting, thanks to Kenneth, 18/10/23. Dark mahogany brown topped with a beige head that thins edgewards. Nose is fruit esters, dates, figs, chocolate pot, coffee bean. Taste comprises cocoa powder, dark malts, dates, prunes, coffee, bourbon nip. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced spike of alcohol. Solid sipper.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2024 at 15:31


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle thanks to William. Pours a dark brown with no head. The aroma/taste, cocoa, vanilla, bourbon, wood, dry, good.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2024 at 22:51


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Panda courtesy of Theydon_Bois, cheers Colin! Deep brown colour, thin tan head and aroma of bourbon barrel, wood, oak, vanilla, caramel. Taste is sweetish, malt, caramel, toffee, with bourbon notes, barrel, oak, vanilla, booze, with some woody tannic bitterness. Medium bodied, low carbonation, boozy finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried on 11 Nov 2023 at 17:51


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

Panda thanks to Cloin: Poured a deep brown with a tan head. Aroma is rich malts, chocolate, dark fruits, boozy. Taste is rich malty, boozy, vanilla, chocolate, dark fruits, toffee.

Tried on 03 Nov 2023 at 00:29


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

Bottle shared at CBJ - cheers to MadMitch. Pours slightly unclear amber with a small, creamy tan head. Fairly sweet, lots of dried semi-dark fruits, some peach, but of toasted wood, undertones of toffee. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly warming finish, fruity, a touch of vanilla, more peach. Interesting stuff. Quite tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2023 at 20:42



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

18th October 2023
Bottle share at CBJ. Thanks to me. Just a light haze on this amber brown beer, small tan head. Smooth and semi dry palate, decent fine carbonation, very very light palate for the abv. Remarkably light malts, some creamy sweetness with slightly boozy caramel and toffee. Ripe bourbon fruits and more and sweeter caramel. Smooth and semi dry finish, quite spicy. More Bruery high abv drinkalble nonsense, luv it!

Tried from Bottle on 18 Oct 2023 at 18:39


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

Bottle shared at craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks. A nutty brown coloured pour with a halo of light tan head. Aroma is semi sweet, green apple, spicy green apple,, cinnamon.. Flavour is composed of semi sweet woody, tangy, green apple, spicy cinnamon rolls, green apple nutty.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Oct 2023 at 18:29


8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle pour in share with AirForceHops--thanks, Chris! Appearance is cloudy dark brown with light sparkle, fleeting cap of light brown head and no lacing. Aroma is strong bourbon, chocolate, caramel and vanilla, all well balanced. Taste is rich, sweet flavor as aroma with late hint of apple/dark fruit. Mouthfeel is medium-to-full bodied with thick texture, soft-to-average carbonation, nice alcohol warmth and finish as taste. Overall, not getting the coffee, which is likely related to age, but very well crafted and enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Nov 2020 at 19:18


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

750 ml bottle from the RS. Aroma is milk chocolate, soft bourbon, caramel. Body is thick and full with a creamy texture. Coffee can’t be found at this point. Bourbon warmth is here after the sip and shows a nice warming in the belly. Pretty mellow after 3+ years of aging. However, I think it probably shouldn’t be should’ve been open a year and a half ago.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Nov 2020 at 19:12