O.B.A. Our Barrel Ale
Anchor Brewing Company in San Francisco, California, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Special|
Score
7.23
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home .. coded 5S0.. deep brown red . thick tan head ... soft peppery spicy toffee malts nose ... light boozy fruit ... soft sweet caramel... soft toffee malts .. ligth sweet caramel toffee malts .. juicy sweet caramel malt roast .. woddy peppry caramel toffe malts .. juicy malts
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Keg at Tempest - SF. Pours clear, deep brown with a foamy topping. The nose holds ripe dark fruits, berries, toasted toffee. Medium sweet flavour with some plums, berries, more toffee. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Sweet finish with low bitterness, more ripe, dark fruits. Tasty beverage.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at PIB 2016, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small tan head. Aroma brings out leather, cocoa, bready notes and English malt. Flavour is complex, with bready caramel malt, toasted English malt, cocoa and light barrels. Complex and well-integrated. Excellent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
How: Bottle.
Where: Systemboalget.
Appearance: Amber colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Spices, caramel, roasted malt, dried fruit.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Caramel, spices, roasted malt, chocolate.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12oz bottle thanks to Toby. pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is big pit fruit sweetness sweet malts oak barrel belg notes. Taste is more of the pit fruit sweetness booze oak barrel. This is very nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at Eight friends Inn. Pours black with a small tan head. Sweet and smooth brew with a taste of tarr pastils and bourbon.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Keg at Tempest, SF, 28/01/16. Light black with a decent tan cap. Nose is chocolate, dark malts, nutty, light wood, toffee. Taste comprises burnt chocolate, scrapings of barrel, toffee, dark fruit, light tobacco trace. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok.
DSG (25989) reviewed O.B.A. Our Barrel Ale from Anchor Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
[2/4/16] Draught at Firewood Grill in San Francisco Airport. Dark brown. Aroma of caramel, wood, dark fruits, molasses, a bit of licorice. Sweet flavor with caramel, dark fruits, licorice, wood, and a bitter finish with a spicy alcoholic note. Medium-bodied.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
From a Growler bought at Liquor Shed in Casper.
2 finger head of foam sitting on a pitch black brew. Off white it tis, long lasting it tis, leaving some nice lacing it does.
Our Special Ale nose intact with a small hint of oak. In other words, some spice and a strong malt backbone.
Malty, roasty, mild but there spices, milder oak presence that works for me. By no means too sweet. .like I said, this maintains the qualities of the base beer remarkably well.
Medium for both body and carbonation.
This is a real treat! I’m glad I bought a Growler and not a Howler.