Sweet, strawberry creamy, bit of booze there later but, it’s just alright

Taster from a 16oz can. Slightly hazy reddish amber. Nice burbon and caramel aromas and flavors. Smooth palate and fairly bitter woody bite at the end

It’s December 1st so time for another Christmas beer! Hopworks Bourbon Barrel Abominable BBA Winter Ale 9.5% Reddish brown with a wispy beige head that doesn’t linger. On cracking the can you got bright piney hops, you also get whiskey/bourbon and tannic oak with some sweet malty caramel elements. Full bodied and very barrel forward with loads of sharp bourbon heat, barrel, oak, vanilla, and more bourbon. The beer is kind of hidden beneath the barrel but actually it’s still pretty good.
Earlier Rating: 12/23/2015 Total Score: 3.8
Hopworks Kentucky Christmas 7.8% 2014 version Served in a snifter it pours a beautiful orange-gold. The aroma is surprisingly bright citrus with mild barrel character. The taste is almost like a barrel-aged IPA as it starts with bright citrus notes, gives you some malt sweetness while the barrel oak and bourbon comes through in the finish/aftertaste. Very smooth drinking but not what any of us were expecting from a winter seasonal.

On tap at Homestead Meridian slightly hazy dull golden with a thin soapy off white head. Form bitterness and a lingering bite. Big and smooth palate

Early rating from Beer Buddy app

Hopworks Great Gourds of Fire 6.5% Fire Roasted Pumpkin Ale with Spices Reddish brown color with fizzy light beige foam. Sweet cinnamon and pumpkin aroma, medium bodied with decent pumpkin and subdued spice flavors. Also strangely enough some waxy flora soapy notes. Alright but the one from Hop Kotan smokes this.

Can. Amber beer with a dark cream head. Grapefruit and light earth aroma with light pine. grapefruit and pine flavor with light caramel and light earth. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and pine linger with light caramel.