Big Boss Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Horniblow’s Tavern / Big Boss Brewing Company - Out of business

Established in 2006

Contact
1249 Wicker Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27604, United States
Description
Big Boss has been through a lot of incarnations. In 1996 Tomcat Brewing started which became Pale Ale (it was really owned by the same people), then it became Rock Creek, and that’s when Brad Wynn became involved. Rock Creek became Chesapeake Bay for a very short time and nearly went under. We came back and started Edenton, and then, fortunately, Geoff Lamb bought it and we became Big Boss.

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from Harris Teeter, Hampstead, North Carolina. Golden with a carbonation. Strong tasting well styled Belgian ale with banana eventually coming to the fore in both aroma and taste.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jun 2017 at 08:01

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
This beer is a clear brown color with a medium light beige head that dissipates quickly to an outer ring. Short strings of lace. Roast malt, chocolate and slight hops in the nose. Light-bodied with flavors of chocolate malt, nuts and mild hops. The finish is sweet with a short malty aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.
Tried on 19 Feb 2017 at 21:50

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
Sample at NC Rare Beer Festival in Durham. Dark brown color, almost black. Massive coffee aroma. Taste has vanilla, coffee, bourbon. Tasty.
Tried on 30 Jan 2017 at 15:14

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft guest at Gibb’s Hundred courtesy of Ross, thank you sir! Hazy to cloudy golden color, white head. Aroma of stone fruit. Taste has soft sourness, overripe fruit. Very tasty.
Tried from Draft on 09 Dec 2016 at 08:10

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pour is a black with a small tan head. Aroma is a big raspberry with some char malt and alcohol. Flavor is a thick sweet cloying raspberry, a minor roasted malt with a little alcohol heat. Finish leaves a nice berry on the tongue as this goes down. I don’t get much "Belgian" aspects out of this but as a fruit flavored porter this is fine just a little bit too much of boozy hotness.
Tried on 26 Nov 2016 at 18:32

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Clear deep golden with small. Aroma is bourbon, medium body, low carbonation, and good lacing. Taste is bourbon and a little vanilla.
Tried on 02 Sep 2016 at 16:26

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Clear light orange with small white head. Aroma is funky, light body, low carbonation, and some lacing. Taste is funky.
Tried on 02 Sep 2016 at 16:21

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
Clear orange with small white head. Aroma is light pumpkin, light body, low carbonation, and some lacing. Taste is light pumpkin.
Tried on 02 Sep 2016 at 16:15

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle: Slightly hazy pale gold, white head. Orange, wheat aroma. Wheat malt, orange-lemon taste..... Ok, but not a lot of zest to it.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2016 at 15:58

5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle. Musty lemon, coriander, and wheat malt aroma. Clear golden yellow with small head. Lightly sweet citrus, coriander, wheat malt, and mildly bitter straw flavor. Body pretty light.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jul 2016 at 19:07