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Southern Gentleman
Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company
- From:
- Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company
- Mississippi, United States
- Style:
- English Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 4.39%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.51 | pDev: 16.52%
- Reviews:
- 10
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 22, 2022
- Added:
- May 26, 2011
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 4
Bourbon Barrel-Aged Southern Pecan.
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Reviewed by dd53grif from Michigan
3.56/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A Microbrewed Beer Club offering. Pours a medium brown color with a minimal head that disappears quickly. Aroma is brown sugar and vanilla. Taste is sweet malts and vanilla.
May 22, 2022Reviewed by BigGold from Mississippi
3.84/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Finally got around to trying Southern Gentleman, poured from 25.4-oz. bomber, label edge notched bottled in June 2019, into snifter. Note: ABV listed as 7.0.
Pours apparently light brown but deep, cloudy honey-gold when backlit, with 1-finger very light tan head, which dissipates to a persistent ring and partial film, and leaves only a few specks of lace. Big aroma of mild bourbon and spicy hops off the pour, joined by nice malt and mild nutty aromas as warms. Begins with carbonation, then mild malt and whiskey, some pecan flavor, and some surprising fruit leading into a slightly-warming alcoholic finish. The barrel aging banishes the excessive sweetness of LM's Southern Pecan, and is an excellent use for that beer.
Feb 03, 2021Pours apparently light brown but deep, cloudy honey-gold when backlit, with 1-finger very light tan head, which dissipates to a persistent ring and partial film, and leaves only a few specks of lace. Big aroma of mild bourbon and spicy hops off the pour, joined by nice malt and mild nutty aromas as warms. Begins with carbonation, then mild malt and whiskey, some pecan flavor, and some surprising fruit leading into a slightly-warming alcoholic finish. The barrel aging banishes the excessive sweetness of LM's Southern Pecan, and is an excellent use for that beer.
Reviewed by mothmanscott from Georgia
3.55/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
From notes taken in January, 2014: Pours a dull medium brown producing less than a finger of light tan, shortlived head that leaves no lacing. Aroma bourbon, vanilla/wood, nutty, caramel & toasted malts, faint chocolate all wrapped up in a fruity (sour apple) undertone. Taste is similar with the bourbon, wood & sour notes dominating, spicy hints. Mouthfeel medium bodied with low-medium carbonation, smooth but dry.
Mar 06, 2017Reviewed by compass40204 from Kentucky
3.48/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Honestly I love their Southern Pecan. This version seems to fall a bit short of expectations.
Aroma is mild bourbon. I didn't get any oak or pecan in the nose, but it was served in a shaker pint with no head, so what potential aroma it has was lost from the start.
Appearance is a hazy shade of honey, barely a wisp of head. The head dissipates quickly and leaves no lacing at all.
Tastes primarily of bourbon, and slightly watered down at that. Sweet, with vague oak notes. I'm not detecting much remnants of the base beer underneath the barrel flavors.
Mouthfeel is also unimpressive. Kinda thin and leans a little toward syrupy.
Overall it's not a bad beer, but living in Kentucky I have high expectations of anything aged in bourbon barrels. As another recent review suggests, this was originally brewed under the prior alcohol limit and thus suffers from forced constraints. Of this were brewed with no limits on alcoholic strength it might have scored higher and had a much bolder flavor, though as subtle as the base beer is it may still have gotten lost in the barrel.
Jan 25, 2014Aroma is mild bourbon. I didn't get any oak or pecan in the nose, but it was served in a shaker pint with no head, so what potential aroma it has was lost from the start.
Appearance is a hazy shade of honey, barely a wisp of head. The head dissipates quickly and leaves no lacing at all.
Tastes primarily of bourbon, and slightly watered down at that. Sweet, with vague oak notes. I'm not detecting much remnants of the base beer underneath the barrel flavors.
Mouthfeel is also unimpressive. Kinda thin and leans a little toward syrupy.
Overall it's not a bad beer, but living in Kentucky I have high expectations of anything aged in bourbon barrels. As another recent review suggests, this was originally brewed under the prior alcohol limit and thus suffers from forced constraints. Of this were brewed with no limits on alcoholic strength it might have scored higher and had a much bolder flavor, though as subtle as the base beer is it may still have gotten lost in the barrel.
Reviewed by icehawk from South Carolina
4.45/5 rDev +26.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.45/5 rDev +26.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Tap Appearance: Clean dark/amber brown Aroma: Vanilla, booze, hint of toasted nuts Taste: No bitterness, nice sweet vanilla, bourbon undertones, slight nutty earthiness. Palate: Light body, extremely drinkable. Overall: The light body of this beer makes it exceptionally drinkable, but also allows for the bourbon and oak to come through and blend with the pecan backbone. Shows that you can make a complex, tasty beer without going through the roof with ABV. (from notes)
Aug 07, 2013
Southern Gentleman from Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
33 ratings
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