Big Bourbon Series Discombobulation Celebration Ale
Shoreline Brewery in Michigan City, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.44
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Refrigerated 750 ml brown bottle poured into a glass. Clear copper with small with small off-white head. Aroma is caramel, medium body, mediumk carbonation, and littlelacing. Taste is caramel, bourbon, and wood.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
750mL 3 feet thick wax. Pours dark copper almost brown color. Some light tan soapy head. Aroma is fortunately not big and bourbon-y. Dark, lightly alcohol woodsy, barrel malts but mellowy. A little chocolatey and the alcohol works without being over-the-top. Flavor is actually less alcoholy, I get a a good deal of age, a bit watery. Dark woodys malts. Not thick, reduced carbonation. If I drink a brown barleywine that is barrel aged, this would work. Of course, this price tag is restrictive. But I have to than my girl L-Black for sharing this with me, Billiam, and my lady.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle - Sweet caramel and sweet bourbon notes. Cloudy brown with no head. Upfront barrel notes, caramel, vanilla and toffee. Not bad, but barrel heavy. Light on the palate.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sample from 2009 bottle at the Blarney Wine tasting on 03/16/2013: Clear copper-brown color with a medium light beige head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of bourbon, malt and caramel. Full-bodied with flavors of oaky bourbon, brown sugar, malt and mild hops. The finish is sweet with a caramel malt and oak aftertaste. Solid overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
2nd October 2010
Slightly hazy dark red - brown beer. Residual off white head. Silky smooth palate, a little dry. Low carbonation. Light oaky bourbon nose. Bittersweet dark toffee. Bags of bourbon, lots of smooth oak but with just a light touch of vanilla oak and coconut. Semi dry finish. Boozy warming afterglow. Delicious!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
2007 vintage bottle shared by badnewsbeers. Murky red-brown body, thin tan head to ring of carbonation. Oxidized nose with lots of raisin and prune in addition to caramel and alcohol; heavy and sweet with dusty dead yeast and hints of rubber cement. Layered, heavy, oxidized body with toast and prune, modest alcohol, and a dry wood or sawdust finish. Bourbon notes present but muted. Nearly flat. Drink now.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
2007 vintage thanks to footbalm. Pours out dark copper with some red highlights topped with a sand head. Aroma was of caramel, spice, vanilla, wood, bourbon, and some rich malts. Taste was more of the sweetness chocolate, brown sugar, spice, bourbon, and some pit fruit.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Moved from my rating incorrectly placed as the regular Discombobulation, which I sampled several years ago at a beer fest where it was called Discombourbonlation. I see now that was just the first serving of this brew ---------------------------------- draft at Mad Anthony Oktoberfest - Pours dark brown with a thin head. The bourbon barrel aging shines through in the aroma that also features caramel malts and some dark fruit, perhaps plum. It tastes malty with a good hops balance and just the right amount of bourbon flavor to be noticeable without overwhelming the beer. The alcohol is just noticeable, definitely well concealed for being 10%. I agree with Hotstuff that this beer was the star of the show at this year’s MA Oktoberfest. They had it labeled "Discombourbonlation".
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle 750ml.[ Trade by Papsoe ]. Clear medium to dark red brown color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, coconut, wood - oak, vanilla, light roasted, plum, bourbon notes. Flavor is heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, alcohol warm. Body is medium to full, texture is creamy, carbonation is soft, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. [20100416]