Holly King
Green Man Brewery in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.16
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Bourbon whiskey in appearance with a small head. Aroma was strongly oak with hints of vanilla. Taste is also of oak, vanilla and slight roasted grains.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2025
at 05:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
$3.30 2018 bottle (11%) from Wine Warehouse. Pours murky orange with a small off-white head. Aroma is chocolate, barrel, earth. Flavor is chocolate, bourbon, earth, wood, spice, caramel, light char.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2018
at 23:41
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Green Man, pours a cloudy dark orange with a small beige head. Aroma brings out toasted bready caramel, light oak, and red fruits. Flavour is robust and well-balanced, with red fruits, toasted caramel and bready malt. Nicely balanced, without much brutality from the barrels. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Aug 2018
at 05:25
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at taproom. Clear amber colour, steady white head. Toffee and bourbon in the nose. Medium-bodied to full-bodied. Malty, toffeish, hoppy, alcoholic (Bourbon). Good barley-wine / American Strong Ale although somewhat simple.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Mar 2018
at 18:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a murky brown with a large tan head. Aroma is some caramel and plum with a slight oak vanilla. Flavor is a cigar tobacco with some treacle and molasses. The barrel is completely gone by now but the other components shine through. This had a slight dark fruit to it which if it was more pronounced it would have raised the score. My bottle said this was 9.8% so this is a definite winter warmer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2018
at 18:13
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Excellent beer! Poured with a nice fluffy long lasting fluffy cream colored head and some lace. Aroma is mostly toffee caramel and a bit of roast malt. Taste is where it gets really good had some of that coffee and caramel plus oak tobacco slight hint of bourbon sweet upfront bitter finish.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2016
at 19:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
RBWG14 Trip Rating #135. Bottle shared at the Grand Tasting. Pours a hazy dark amber color with a creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of stone fruits, herbal notes, spice, apple, bourbon finish. The taste is bourbon forward with apple and spice. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2014
at 19:33