Ghost Deer - BrewDog

dgilks

Australia

3.53/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Clear dark amber colour with no head. As expected.

Richly sherried with rancio and oak. Nice fruit. Lots of alcohol. Pretty much what you would expect.

Sweet and alcoholic. Not all that complex. Just rich malts and then an interesting rancio character.

Medium-full body with no carbonation. Fine.

This is okay and quite interesting. Not as complex as Utopias but a decent shot nonetheless.

Serving type: bottle

12-05-2012 11:16:16 | More by dgilks

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

3.95/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5

This beer was something I was waiting was looking to trying for a while. When I saw Brewdog released it again I made sure to grab a bottle. Should have ordered two so I could fill my snifter! Anyway it poured out like a whiskey. Beautiful clear looking golden color, no head or lacing, no bubbles. Just like a whiskey to me. The smell of the beer has a big ethenal heat coming off the nose. The aromas of assorted barrels and some vanilla in there too. I'm also picking up some aromas of leather as well. The taste is boozy, the sherry notes come through strong. It's sweet and has little hints of vanilla, honey and maple. Similar to a JW Lees Barley Wine. The mouthfeel is thin, it's got some heat on it for sure, it's something to sip on. Overall it's hardly a Belgian Ale in my opinion but more of a Barley Wine. It's a strong beer for sure, very interesting and extreme to say the least. I'm glad I got to try it. I thought it was worth the wait.

Serving type: bottle

11-27-2012 03:07:27 | More by Knapp85

grapetonix

Sweden

2.2/5  rDev -41%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

Tested an expensive sip of this at Stockholm Beer & Whiskey festival. Let's just say I was not impressed at all. The alcohol taste was overpowering to the point of making this a very uninteresting concoction. Tasted somewhat like BD:s much better beer Tokyo with added syrup, alcohol and creme caramel.

Avoid this and get some Tokyo instead.

Serving type: on-tap

11-13-2011 16:05:38 | More by grapetonix

Sunnanek

Sweden

4.03/5  rDev +8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Thanx to my pal Anders who brought me a sample (in a 5 cl booze-bottle) from the Stockholm beer and whisky festival.

A: Well, clear golden with no visible head - no lace obviously.

S: Kind of boozy, but lots of dark dried fruits, almost a bit syrupy considering the molasses. A bit dry at the end. Very interesting.

T: Sweet, syrupy dark malt. Lots of molasses. Fruity and bitter. Dark dried fruits; tart - almost like a heavy fruit cake. Complex.

M: Body is full or a bit thick (it feels like cream in my mouth). No carbonation. Aftertaste is short and light. But there is a buttery feel in the mouth afterwards. A bit alcoholic.

O: Awsome! Powerful and complex without being over-ambitious. This is the best "really-really-strong-beer" I've had.

Serving type: on-tap

10-14-2011 17:10:52 | More by Sunnanek

bark

Sweden

3.88/5  rDev +4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

The liquid is clear, the colour dark gold. No head, no bubbles, no lacing.

The smell is sweet with notes of treacle and brown sugar. Mellow notes of alcohol. Butter scotch. Smooth flavours.

The taste is very sweet with notes of caramelized sugar and maple syrup. Toffee with some fruit esters. It reminds a lot of the Scottish herb liqueur Drambuie. Surprisingly enough, the taste never gets heavy or dense. Smooth sweet flavours. Warming clean alcohol in the aftertaste. Liqueur-like aftertaste with spices and herbs and even a hint of (Irish) whiskey in the finish.

The liquid is dry. No carbonation.

A grand beer. Better than the freeze-distilled ones.

Serving type: on-tap

10-11-2011 19:51:38 | More by bark