Bonita Applebaum - The Funky Buddha Lounge & Brewery

biggsbowler

Florida

4.4/5  rDev +4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

This beer and vanilla ice cream would be the perfect dessert. The beer is murky brown in color. This beer smells awesome with apples, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Its taste about the same as it smells with some added caramel. Its smells like a super sweet beer, but its really very drinkable. Now where is my ice cream!!!

Serving type: on-tap

10-07-2011 13:13:43 | More by biggsbowler

manutdfan

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +0.5%

04-03-2013 21:26:38 | More by manutdfan

josephwa

Minnesota

3.5/5  rDev -17.3%

03-19-2013 21:15:32 | More by josephwa

MikeMoriendi

Florida

4.5/5  rDev +6.4%

01-24-2013 20:05:50 | More by MikeMoriendi

dcguitar

Connecticut

4.75/5  rDev +12.3%

01-23-2013 19:53:26 | More by dcguitar

oglmcdgl

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +0.5%

01-22-2013 07:17:22 | More by oglmcdgl

Thorpe429

Illinois

2.3/5  rDev -45.6%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

On tap at Churchkey. Served in a mini snifter. Pours a medium brown color with a thin head. Spotty lacing. The nose has a pretty hefty amount of spice and some underlying apple. Loads of nutmeg and other pumpkin-pie type spices really take this one over the tap. Flavor has some sweetness and a bit of a caramel apple thing, but the spices are way out front. Too much going on; just a total crapshoot. Not a fan.

Serving type: on-tap

12-15-2012 19:13:22 | More by Thorpe429

Samwhyz

Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +6.4%

11-05-2012 01:17:26 | More by Samwhyz

FrankShirley

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -11.3%

10-31-2012 23:20:02 | More by FrankShirley

ROGUE16

Delaware

4/5  rDev -5.4%

10-29-2012 15:03:20 | More by ROGUE16

InspectorBob

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +0.5%

09-13-2012 14:14:34 | More by InspectorBob

philaflava

Florida

5/5  rDev +18.2%

08-30-2012 13:15:45 | More by philaflava

ripweblo

Florida

5/5  rDev +18.2%

08-30-2012 12:12:06 | More by ripweblo

TKEbeerman

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A: Poured into a glass this brown ale pours a deep caramel with a very thin head. Not to impressive, but solid non the less.

S: the aroma is sweet apples with hints of cinnamon, almost like the aroma of the crust of an apple pie.

T: the flavor follows the nose. Sweet apples with hints of cinnamon and a little nutmeg.

Mf: mouth feel is a little on the thin side for a brown ale.

Overall this beer is a perfect autumn brew.

Serving type: on-tap

08-25-2012 23:11:00 | More by TKEbeerman

corby112

Pennsylvania

4.45/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Draft at Prohibition Taproom in Philadelphia, PA.

Pours a dark golden amber color with tangerine edges and a two finger light beige head.  Great retention only slowly fading into a lasting ring. Streaks of soapy lace left behind.

Spicy autumnal aroma with tons of cinnamon, ginger and clove along with sweet apples and light malt.  Apple chutney sweetness along with caramel, toffee, cinnamon, apple pie and graham cracker.

Medium body that's bursting with sweet and spicy apple pie flavor.  Lots of cinnamon, ginger, clove and nutmeg along with sweet apple pie filling.   Sweet malt notes underneath as well with some caramel, toffee and hazelnut lingering into a slightly dry finish.  Another great experimental dessert beer from these guys.  They really nailed the aroma and flavors but at the same time it still feels like a beer.  Excellent!

Serving type: on-tap

08-25-2012 03:25:01 | More by corby112

brystmar

New York

4/5  rDev -5.4%

07-16-2012 06:00:23 | More by brystmar

Schlais

Minnesota

4/5  rDev -5.4%

07-04-2012 00:57:01 | More by Schlais

Huhzubendah

District of Columbia

3.13/5  rDev -26%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

On draft at Churchkey in D.C.

The beer is orange to auburn in color with a small head that leaves little in the way of lacing. The aroma brings a heavy dose of cinnamon and nutmeg. Apples emerge more in the flavor. Bready and sweet. This beer is dominated by spice. Cinnamon and nutmeg overrun other more subtle flavors. Thin body with low carbonation. Unbalanced. Mediocre.

Serving type: on-tap

07-03-2012 01:14:28 | More by Huhzubendah

pearljam118

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +6.4%

06-20-2012 02:10:40 | More by pearljam118

drabmuh

Maryland

3.25/5  rDev -23.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

At the time of this review, this is #7 on the "Top Beers - American Brown Ale" list on beeradvocate.com. Served on draft at Churchkey in DC during an event in a snifter.

Beer is dark brown / almost black and clear at the corners with a thin off white head of small bubbles. Decent retention, no lacing, moderate to low carbonation.

Aroma is strong spice, nutmeg and allspice or something similar.

All nutmeg. it is like biting into a clove or an aromatic spice while eating, my palate is wrecked, oh god no. All spice all the time, this is like distilled chai or something. Wow. Nope, not again.

Serving type: on-tap

06-18-2012 20:07:16 | More by drabmuh

billab914

Virginia

3.8/5  rDev -10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

On tap at Churchkey the other night. It had a caramel brown color to it with a thin white head barely covering the top. Nice looking color to it.

In the aroma I immediately get the cinnamon and apples. There is a little bit of a doughy presence to it as well. It pretty much smells like an uncooked apple pie. It was pretty good, but I couldn't help think how good this would be with some bourbon flavors as I love apple cinnamon infused bourbon.

The taste also really reminds me of raw apple pie ingredients, especially the apple and cinnamon mixture that goes into the pie. A little bit of that doughy flavor is there as well. I like apple pie, so this was pretty appealing overall.

The mouthfeel is thin and a little watery with carbonation being on the lower side. Overall I thought it was a pretty interesting and good beer, but it falls a little short of amazing in my opinion. I can only imagine what little heavier mouthfeel and some bourbon could do for this beer.

Serving type: on-tap

06-14-2012 16:00:47 | More by billab914

billyshears

Maryland

4.25/5  rDev +0.5%

06-09-2012 04:02:34 | More by billyshears

nmann08

Maryland

4.25/5  rDev +0.5%

06-08-2012 14:09:58 | More by nmann08

onix1agr

Pennsylvania

4.15/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

On Tap at Hulmeville Inn.

Bonita Applebaum sports a medium brown color with some redness casted throughout. A nice half inch of medium tan foam that sticks around leaving some spray paint type lace. Smell is what is advertised. Apple pie to the max. The toasted malt scent is muted under a heaping of cinnamon and holiday scents. This is a good brown. While the apple and cinnamon dominate in every sense of the word, the base brown ale malts are intact and holding firm. Fruity and semi sweet, not cloying. The body is at about medium with bubbles. I don't know what it is about this beer, but I would want to drink it every X-MAS for some reason or another.

Serving type: on-tap

06-08-2012 04:12:35 | More by onix1agr

Evan

Maryland

4.25/5  rDev +0.5%

06-08-2012 01:47:30 | More by Evan