Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle pour shared by ClarkVV--thanks, Clark! Virtually opaque brown with no head/lacing. Aroma is roasted malt, vanilla, mild dark fruit and bourbon w/slight alcohol harshness. Taste is strong vanilla, roasted malt but also significant alcohol. Smooth, strong alcohol contribution, finish as taste. Overall, heat of bourbon is just too overpowering.
CLW (17000) reviewed Return of the Gunslinger from Buttonwoods Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
500 ml thanks to Clarkvv! Aroma is vanilla with a strong amount of oak and mild bourbon. Flavor follows with the addition of chocolate and soft spice. Booze is hidden with a nice mouthfeel. Pretty nice!
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Return of the Gunslinger from Buttonwoods Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
500mL bottle, 2023 (unlabeled), drunk 1/11/25.
Undetermined clarity, Dark brown. Little/no head.
Rich, French oak, with dainty cherry and light bourbon spice. Dark malts with light caramel, lots of vanilla and tons of barrel character.
In the mouth it's rich, malty, very, very oaky. Not bourbon but just straight French oak. Cherry is juicy, not too sweet. Not boozey, with tons and tons of oak. I guess this hinges on how much you like oak barrel. It says bourbon, but it's really just fresh oak.
Aroma is vanilla, coconut, barrel. Taste follows, thick, smooth, lots of flavor. Nice.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Berry Dreams from Buttonwoods Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Canned 11/11/24, drunk 1/3/25.
Lightly hazy, bright pinkish-raspberry. Large, pink head shows moderate retention.
Good amount of funk! Weird Brett, weird fruit fermentation character, moderate-to-heavy mineral including some sulfur. Bright, yet nicely-macerated and aged fruit with no punchy lactic acidity, nor sharp malic acid.
Juicy, sweet, soft, rather round and almost creamy. I'd accuse it of having lactose because it has that sweet, mushy sugar character, but I'd think they'd have to say that on the label. Regardless, the flavor is a bit less interesting than the nose, though the fruit itself is phenomenal, with no sharpness and all sorts of pepper and funky mineral character. Lingering juice but also that rather odd, table sugar/lactose-like sweet element that I don't think belongs.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can, didn't check date, from the brewery, drunk 1/1/25.
Clear medium amber. Small, beige head, moderate-to-low retention.
Crusty and nutty rye with a bit of floral spice. Actual spices are used tastefully and the dominant theme is a bready, crusty, earthy character.
Soft, malty with brown bread and vibrant, not-overdone spice. Ample malt depth, attenuation and balance. Clean and tastefully-done.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Future Inventions from Buttonwoods Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can, forgot to check date, from the brewery, drunk 1/1/25.
Dark with deep amber. Clear. Large, creamy/nitro, beige head steadily to ring.
Plentiful chocolate, mild fruity ester and good base malt showing a caramel-like character. Lots of mineral and clean without excessive roast or toast.
Light toast but very soft and supple removing any trace of scratchy toasted malt. Chocolate, vanilla, caramel, light raisin. Very flavorful, mellow and easy drinking.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Ollie Forever from Buttonwoods Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Canned 12/13/24, drunk 1/1/25.
Moderately-to-heavily hazy, peachy-maize-blonde. Large, white head, good retention.
Very yeast-driven with tons of fruit and a smattering of bubble gum. Rich malts adding white bread and biscuit, easily balancing the lighter hopping. Some tropical fruit, but mostly strong citrus with a touch of light pine.
Clean and malty with tons of fruity yeast and lingering bubble gum and other fruity esters. Juicy, pretty good attenuation. Appropriate bitterness with some lightly sharp pine and citrus at points. Maybe a bit more yeast character than I'd prefer (given that it's a ton of heavy ester and bubble gum).
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Czech Tmavé from Buttonwoods Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Canned 12/2/24, drunk 12/31/24.
Dark, clear. Large, light beige head, good retention.
Nose has plastery mineral, tasteful (light) amounts of dark malt adding only a hint of roast and toast. Utterly clean, yet not sterile with a good yeastiness to it and crisp, herbal and spicy hopping that is also tastefully-done. Very minimal chocolate. Mostly base malt with just accents from the dark malts, which is difficult to do and done very well here.
In the mouth it's soft, almost chewy with tons of malt body yet high attenuation. Crisp yeast, herbal hops, appropriate, not-overdone bitterness and only the aforementioned accents of chocolate, roast, toast, leaving light caramel and honey-like base malt character in its place.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Trick or Treat from Buttonwoods Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Canned 10/4/24, drunk 12/15/24. From the brewery. Dark. Clear. Massive, light-tan head, good retention. Strong sugars with cinnamon, apple, pumpkin, sweet mocha and rich vanilla. Yes, this tastes like a candy bar, only sweeter than a milky way with much more vanilla and a big coffee-mocha character. Soft, lightly watery, a bit chewy at points. Huge brandy-soaked cherry lingering. I mean, I don't hate the flavors, but there's scant beer character here. It's just mostly adjunct flavors with a somewhat watery body for its size.