White Oak - The Bruery

DonDirkA

Arizona

4.23/5  rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

From beer journal:

Nose: Lemon, bready yeast, citrus, oak, vanilla, caramel, spicy notes, herbal (lavender, myrrh, potpourri)

Taste: Caramel, vanilla, oak, lemon, bread, coconut, booze, spice, herbal, bourbon. rich sweetness.

This is an awesome beer. Smelling it I thought "Oh crap, this is just gonna be a shitty wheat ale, and I HATE wheat ales :(" but the taste is soooo different. The bourbon barrel dominates in such an awesome way. I'd drink this every day.

Serving type: bottle

12-05-2012 07:50:18 | More by DonDirkA

sludgegnome

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +8.7%

05-25-2013 21:59:34 | More by sludgegnome

mantissa

California

3.75/5  rDev -4.1%

05-24-2013 21:50:45 | More by mantissa

harrymel

Washington

3.36/5  rDev -14.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Bottled 08MAR13

Pours golden with a solid quilt of light yellow foam; brilliant clarity. Smells like co2, pears, vanilla, some apple skin, some dandelion. Flavor is booze, sweet malt, sweet vanilla, some bourbon, some oak, some more pear and honeydew. Full bodied with moderately hi carb and a semi dry finish. Meh, tastes more like an old ale than a wheatwine, and although I'm not a wheatwine fan on most occassions, this one isn't at the top of that list. I think it will age gracefully however. A little sweet and a little too much pear for me.

Serving type: bottle

05-24-2013 04:56:48 | More by harrymel

Nightrain87

California

4/5  rDev +2.3%

05-23-2013 05:55:13 | More by Nightrain87

ZombieJester

California

4/5  rDev +2.3%

05-23-2013 03:46:49 | More by ZombieJester

LarryMyers

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +15.1%

05-23-2013 03:05:28 | More by LarryMyers

waddellc2

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +2.3%

05-23-2013 01:10:56 | More by waddellc2

bbadger

Texas

3.5/5  rDev -10.5%

05-23-2013 00:14:18 | More by bbadger

Paige

California

3.25/5  rDev -16.9%

05-22-2013 13:54:57 | More by Paige

Resuin

Massachusetts

3.85/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a 750 mL bottle into a hollow stemmed Goblet.

Appearance: Pours a hazy blonde and leaves a solid 2 fingers of fluffy white head. Looks nice and light.

Smell: Wheat, apricot, peaches, Belgian yeast, caramel, vanilla. A load of flavors in the aroma - definitely a lot of standard wheat beer smells as well as some completely different smells like caramel and vanilla which changes the overall profile.

Taste: Caramel, cloves, lemon, banana, vanilla, apricot. Matches the smell but packs a kick at the end. This one has an interesting combination of flavors that meld to make a "wheat-wine" type of profile.

Mouth-feel: Highly carbonated with a medium body. Much thicker than other wheat beers I have had, a little bit of syrupy texture as well. Interesting feel to it.

Overall: A very interesting brew. It reminds me of a wheat beer just taken up a few notches: heavier mouth-feel, more flavor, stronger aroma. I don't get the impression that any of this was aged in bourbon barrels, like the label says that it was, which is interesting. Definitely a lot going on in this one.

Serving type: bottle

05-22-2013 00:48:16 | More by Resuin

gueuzegossage

California

3.5/5  rDev -10.5%

05-21-2013 04:36:29 | More by gueuzegossage

ek_ek

California

4/5  rDev +2.3%

05-21-2013 03:36:28 | More by ek_ek

dcloeren

Texas

3.5/5  rDev -10.5%

05-20-2013 02:28:03 | More by dcloeren

AlexChillton

Arizona

4/5  rDev +2.3%

05-19-2013 09:01:25 | More by AlexChillton

leodarko

California

4/5  rDev +2.3%

05-19-2013 03:20:26 | More by leodarko

FUwolfpacker

South Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -4.1%

05-18-2013 03:12:06 | More by FUwolfpacker

beernads

Florida

4/5  rDev +2.3%

05-17-2013 08:00:10 | More by beernads

Beerswag

California

3.25/5  rDev -16.9%

05-17-2013 01:22:01 | More by Beerswag

sdpaul

California

4.5/5  rDev +15.1%

05-16-2013 22:26:38 | More by sdpaul

HopLuva

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +2.3%

05-16-2013 00:46:39 | More by HopLuva

leftoverburrito

Oregon

2.5/5  rDev -36.1%

05-15-2013 23:40:17 | More by leftoverburrito

MinorThreat

Colorado

4/5  rDev +2.3%

05-14-2013 18:52:57 | More by MinorThreat

Rempo

Indiana

5/5  rDev +27.9%

05-14-2013 18:40:45 | More by Rempo

cooler4life

Quebec (Canada)

4/5  rDev +2.3%

05-14-2013 05:50:43 | More by cooler4life