Kentucky Old Fashioned Barrel Ale
Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. in Lexington, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸
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6.42
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Our barrel-aging experts present a unique cocktail crafted ale.
It’s a copper-colored brew that plays off the beloved taste of a bourbon Old Fashioned – the most iconic of Southern cocktails. This seasonal is brewed with tart cherries and orange peel, then aged in fresh bourbon barrels as well as bourbon barrels used to age bitters. Kindly donated Cherry Bitters barrels, originally used by Kentucky’s finest distillers, impart their wonderful character on this beer. Subtly sweet, it’s balanced by bitter hints of hops and bitters, as well citrusy notes of orange.
BARREL-AGED SEASONAL SERIES — Nestled in the heart of bourbon country where bourbon barrels outnumber people, Alltech Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company produces a Barrel-Aged Seasonal Series that capitalizes on its close proximity to the region and the changing taste preferences of the seasons. All of these beers are produced in Kentucky, aged in freshly decanted Kentucky bourbon barrels, 100% barrel-aged, and produced in bourbon barrels only used once.
It’s a copper-colored brew that plays off the beloved taste of a bourbon Old Fashioned – the most iconic of Southern cocktails. This seasonal is brewed with tart cherries and orange peel, then aged in fresh bourbon barrels as well as bourbon barrels used to age bitters. Kindly donated Cherry Bitters barrels, originally used by Kentucky’s finest distillers, impart their wonderful character on this beer. Subtly sweet, it’s balanced by bitter hints of hops and bitters, as well citrusy notes of orange.
BARREL-AGED SEASONAL SERIES — Nestled in the heart of bourbon country where bourbon barrels outnumber people, Alltech Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company produces a Barrel-Aged Seasonal Series that capitalizes on its close proximity to the region and the changing taste preferences of the seasons. All of these beers are produced in Kentucky, aged in freshly decanted Kentucky bourbon barrels, 100% barrel-aged, and produced in bourbon barrels only used once.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
12 oz. bottle. Clear, amber color, with a fairly big, foamy, beige head. The aroma is caramel, walnut, brandied cherries, pumpernickel, and brown sugar. Sweet and sugary, with a mellow, earthy bitterness. Medium body, smooth, and slick. Clean and tasty enough.
Tried
from Bottle
from
J&K Liquor
on 25 Mar 2025
at 14:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Ok, so we take a beer and make it taste like an "Old-Fashioned" mixed drink. Can it be done? Well, considering it is a beer I believe Alltech pulled it off. The color is like a carbonated Old Fashioned with a small head. Aroma and taste is like an Old Fashioned with a splash beer added to it. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2025
at 06:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle labeled "Old Fashioned Bourbon Barrel Ale", picked up at Total Wine.
Pours clear dark brown with a medium sized beige head, light lacing. Woody, bourbon, vanilla, cherries.
Good
Pours clear dark brown with a medium sized beige head, light lacing. Woody, bourbon, vanilla, cherries.
Good
Tried
from Bottle
from
Total Wine & More - Melbourne, FL
on 20 Mar 2025
at 01:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Clear amber pour. Thick beige head. Bourbon, cherry, vanilla, and malt flavor. Caramel palate. Nice drink! Light bodied and light carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2025
at 20:29
8/10
Happy Christmas Eve, y’all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:46
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2024
at 12:25
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Mostly a mess, which is what I've come to expect from these guys. Orange amber pour with OK head and lacing. Booze and caramel. Boozy sweet end. Tap at Yard House DC.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Apr 2019
at 22:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. A- Whisky, oak, mild cherry. A- Copper color, clear liquid, off white head. A- Whisky, oak, caramel, cherry, orange bitters. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, balanced finish. O- Surprised at how low this is rated. I mean of course it's no Old Fashioned but for a beer it immulates the flavor pretty dang well! Lots of Candida style whisky with some cherry and mild angostura bitters. Really good actually and smooth for 10%. Again, surprised with my 2nd Alltech beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2019
at 02:40
8/10
Had no idea this was 10%.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2018
at 23:22