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Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. is the producer of award-winning beer and spirits and one of the few joint brewing and distilling operations in the world. Since its founding in 1999 by Irish entrepreneur Pearse Lyons, founder of Alltech. Its Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale® has grown to become the brewery’s flagship brew, capitalizing on the brewery’s proximity to fresh Kentucky bourbon barrels.
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7.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of jsquire. Clear, deep golden with a small, off-white head. Distinct bourbon aroma. Medium body with lightly sweet caramel but otherwise completely dominated by smooth bourbon flavours. The finish is dry. Quite intriguing an idea to bourbon barrel such a "small beer". 180907
Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2007 at 07:25

5.4/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of jsquire. Clear, pale golden with a white head. Clean, malty nose. Light in body with a fairly good and clean malty feel. The finish is dry without much bitterness. 180907
Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2007 at 07:16

4.8/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Hazy golden color. Funky aroma, of light Bourbon vanilla, candies and glue. Sweet mouthfeel, with some sweet vanilla too (which is not bad), but lacking of other elements. It has a nice Bourbon vanilla touch, but the rest is missing. And it’s quite strange.
Tried from Can on 18 Sep 2007 at 12:38

3.2/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Light hazy blond color, no head. Light plastic aroma. Strange flavor, it’s a very simple and dry Lager, with some light citrus acidity… Not enough to make of it a good beer.
Tried on 18 Sep 2007 at 12:06

7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
5/1/07 Bottle from shigadeyo; nose of whiskey, grain, and vanilla; clear copper witha small offwhite head; flavor like a VO and water, a lot of water, with some vanilla notes.More like a weak hard liquor drinl than a beer. I enjoy the flavors but it doen’t taste like any amber i’ve had! Drink this at a party and impress your friends with how much alcohol you can hold. Put a couple bottles in a big glass and chug it down! 10/5/17 Draft on the Disney Wonder. Nose is malty caramel, light bourbon, and vanilla. Clear amber orange with a big heavy lacing off white head. Flavor is malty with light bourbon and vanilla. Much better than the bottle I had 10 years ago.
Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2007 at 18:41

5.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
12 oz. bottle, from trade at the Flossmoor RateBeer event. Geez., I think this is only my second new state this year, grumble, grumble. Well, to the beer: Nice looking pour, a burnished brass under a disappearing head, but a touch light for its style, settles out with very few bubbles. Nice ale smell, but with a touch of camphor. Taste is noce malts, a hint somewhere of cola, and a very slight ale fruitiness. Hops are indisitinct. I did get this in a "white elephant trad," and there’s no date, so it may be aged. Enjoyable, but mostly average.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2006 at 21:45

7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
Bottle. Vanilla cream, campfire smoke, and bourbon aroma. Nice amber color with small head. Smoky malt and light bourbon flavor with fairly strong vanilla flavor coming out and lasting well after swallowing. High acidity that gives a tingling sensation to the lips. Nice oak aftertaste. Very nice - really more like a bourbon and soda than a beer. Really like this beer, but I also love bourbon so really is the best of both worlds.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2006 at 17:21

5.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Orange amber beer with white head. The aroma was a sweet odor of malt. Sour at first to the tongue but finishes with a nice malt finish.
Tried on 17 May 2006 at 07:35

6.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
2005 Knoxville Brewer’s Jam Medium gold color with a thin ring of white as a head. Aroma is unmistakably Bourbon. Little malt of hop aroma as the Bourbon takes over. More Bourbon in the flavor. I think this one needs a stronger malt presence to balance the Bourbon, but some like it as it tapped out early in the day. Probably the lightest barrel aged beer I’ve had.
Tried from Draft on 17 Oct 2005 at 06:56

6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Light fruity malt aroma - subtle. Coppery red color - little head. Cherry malt flavor - slightly sweet and slightly tart - quite enjoyable.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Dec 2004 at 18:51