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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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
A copper ale with a thin off white head. A sweet nutty caramel malt with light herbal hops, nice and smooth. In mouth, a nice caramel malt with British hops, nice and balanced. On tap at Twin City Brewfest, August 13 2011.
Tried from Draft on 05 Sep 2011 at 16:46

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle from Lowes Foods, Hickory, NC, opened 4/10/11. Pours a slightly hazy orange-yellow color with a medium sized frothy white head. Decent head retention and lacing. The aroma is weird... sweet and candy-ish like Smarties. Citrus, bubblegum. Odd. the taste is citrus, wheat, nutty notes, bready notes, tart finish. Medium bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2011 at 21:42

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draft @ Krankies, Winston-Salem, NC. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty creamy caramel aroma. Fruity malty grainy caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
Tried from Draft on 10 Jul 2011 at 22:43

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
22oz bottle pours an oily opaque black with a thin, spitty beige head. Big raspberry aroma, very jammy, chocolate, very fruity. Flavor is sweet, tart, raspberry, lots of berries, raspberries too, light malt. Medium bodied, sweet finish.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jun 2011 at 21:29

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sampled at SAVOR. Poured a golden color, small white head. Aroma was citrus, notes of grapefruit and pine. Flavor was a good balance between the citrus notes and the malts. Pretty good.
Tried on 15 Jun 2011 at 18:32

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Received this from my Secret Santa KarrHeel03, thanks for the opportunity. Pours a slightly hazy orange color with a two finger tightly bubbled off white head that slowly dissipates to a cap. Smells of nutmeg and pumpkin pie spices mostly. I really can’t get through the spices to find any beer in the nose. Taste is more of the same spices with an almost vegetal taste deep in the background. Medium body that finishes on the dry side. Lightly carbonated. Nothing objectionable here, but nothing spectacular either.
Tried from Can on 27 May 2011 at 19:30

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
12 oz.bottle that I got in a trade with Kajll.Thanks Ken! This was the better of the two Kolsch styles, nice pick. Pored a almost amber / hazy yellow color with a small amount of head.A light bit of hops aroma with some cooked cereal and grain. A very nice nose that I really liked. Light watery body with medium-high carbonation. Starts with light acidity and some grainy sweetness. Mild malt flavor. Mild hops and light bitter finish. I found this to be pleasant, got one more Kolsch tonight.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Dec 2010 at 17:01

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Pour is a gold with a large white head. Aroma is sweet malt with a large sweetness. Flavor is fruit with a sickly sweetness toward the end. Way to sweet to recommend this one. They really went with the candi sugar with this one.
Tried from Can on 09 Oct 2010 at 12:49

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pour is a copper with an average white head. Aroma in lots of pumpkin pie spice. Flavor is a little more muted. Some pumpkin and some spice but nothing like the aroma promised. Worth a try though.
Tried on 09 Oct 2010 at 12:45

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
A hazy blonde wit with a thin white head. A light spice wheaty aroma with light suflury notes. In mouth, a decent light wit with nice cloves and fruity esters. A summer quaffer. On tap at Great North Carolina Brewers Fest., August 28 2010.
Tried from Draft on 01 Oct 2010 at 22:20