Hidden Surface Bourbon BA
Marlobobo in Sande, Vestfold, Norway 🇳🇴
Mead - Melomel Regular|
Score
7.86
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Cherry and plum mead with vanilla, aged in a Widow Jane bourbon barrel for 11 months.
It genuinely reminds me of crème brûlée with fresh fruit, if you aged it in a bourbon barrel...
If you love fruit, caramel, vanilla and bourbon, this is definitely for you!
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Barrel origin:
Widow Jane 10 y/o (11 months aging)
Honey varieties:
A complex honey bill containing honey from three different locations in Norway:
Two harvested mid-summer and one harvested late in the fall. The main share being quite caramel-forward in flavor.
Cherry variety:
Stevnsbær
Plum varieties:
Mallard and Opal
Maturation on Madagascan vanilla beans.
It genuinely reminds me of crème brûlée with fresh fruit, if you aged it in a bourbon barrel...
If you love fruit, caramel, vanilla and bourbon, this is definitely for you!
-------------------------- 2023 --------------------------
Barrel origin:
Widow Jane 10 y/o (11 months aging)
Honey varieties:
A complex honey bill containing honey from three different locations in Norway:
Two harvested mid-summer and one harvested late in the fall. The main share being quite caramel-forward in flavor.
Cherry variety:
Stevnsbær
Plum varieties:
Mallard and Opal
Maturation on Madagascan vanilla beans.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours clear crimson, no head, no lacing. Aroma is berries, bourbon, honey. Flavor is super sweet, light bitter. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2026
at 04:01
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled at Winter Affair 2026. Red body. Enormous caramel and vanilla blasts in the aroma, along with alcohol and a bit less fruit, smooth. Caramel, vanilla, berry touches, smooth notes, honey, clean, warming, tasty! The barrel and vanilla took over, and I'm not complaining!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2026
at 11:30
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Tap at Zichovec Winter Affair 2026. Great. Just great. Lots of honey, BBA only light, complementary. Fruity, great.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jan 2026
at 05:17
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2025
at 22:15
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle pour at Henry and Sally's. Pours clear ruby, nose is plum, vanilla, berries, taste is similar, juicy, some custard cream. 8/9/9/8/8 --- Beer merged from original tick of Bourbon BA Hidden Surface (2023) on 09 May 2025 at 20:28 - Score: 8. Original review text: Bottle pour at Henry and Sally's. Pours clear ruby, nose is plum, vanilla, berries, taste is similar, juicy, some custard cream. 8/9/9/8/8
Tried
on 14 May 2025
at 08:55