Founders Barrel Aged Spite Serrano - Founders Brewing Company

Jamesthebrit

Michigan

2.7/5  rDev -25.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

A: Light amber color. Looked like a solid beer, not watery at all.

S: Subtle pepper smell.

Taste: Light and tasty at first with hints of slight hops and fruity flavors, then it gets really hot and tastes like chillies.

M: Like the taste, really a good grip on the palate (as is the case with most founders beers) but after the great fruity taste the hotness becomes overwhelming and sufferable.

Overall: This beer definitely had the same quality as other founders beers: a great grip on the palate with no hints of wateryness and full of taste. I found the lingering hotness of the chillies to be doable, but unpleasant. How I came to drink this beer was my friend ordered it and couldn't handle it so I slew it for him. Founders has great beers, and this is one of them. I, however, was not the biggest fan.

Serving type: on-tap

02-02-2012 02:46:44 | More by Jamesthebrit

hansgruber

Indiana

3.98/5  rDev +10.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Founders Barrel Aged Spite Serrano 
Drank this a few months ago at the brewery.

Orange with a little head.
Mostly peppers in the nose. Bourbon is there too. You can definitely smell the heat. 

Peppers really come through as expected. The heat is intense but not completely overwhelming. There's a little bit of bourbon along with some coconut too. 

Overall a decent beer. Not one you're going to drink a lot of but it's certainly well made. Would've liked a little more balance but it's ok. I love hot, spicy food and was very pleased to be able to try this. The guajillo version was much more balanced and approachable. The habanero was just pure fire in your mouth.

Serving type: on-tap

01-18-2012 06:02:15 | More by hansgruber