Dirty Beaver Juice Weekend - The Bruery

femALEist

California

4.28/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Did I hear Dirty Beaver Juice Weekend calling my name? Wow just wow. It's a Boozy American Strong Ale and 15% and not made anymore. It was only brewed once for Beachwood BBQ's 3rd Anniversary. The name was taken from suggestions from the crowd at the bbq and each word was taken out of a hat- ala Grateful Dead style.

It poured a murky, cloudy mahogany. It smelled of caramel, raisins, prune, bourbon and some wood. It tasted amazing: vanilla, a bit of nuttiness, burnt sugar, butterscotch, bourbon, mmmm. Apparently it is a blend of: Bruer's Anniversary Ale (2010 version, which will be called Coton), White Oak Sap (100% barrel aged White Oak) and a special smoked beer.

Serving type: on-tap

03-25-2010 20:49:56 | More by femALEist

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largadeer

California

4.35/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

750ml bottle shared by nickd717. Thanks a lot, Nick.

Muddy, murky brown, this beer is appropriately named. Moderately carbed, pouring with a thin head that settles to a collar pretty quickly. A lot of floaties and sediment.

The nose makes up for the appearance and then some. Plenty of glorious bourbon -bal on display here, along with burnt caramel, smoke, toffee candies and vanilla. Surprisingly, there's not a trace of booze.

Palate is rich and complex. Unexpected fruitiness, toffee, bourbon and vanilla at the forefront, with a subtle note of smoke. Very full bodied and sweet in the usual Bruery fashion, with lower-moderate carbonation. Some pleasant oxidation comes out as it warms up, lending even more depth. An awesome beer, hopefully they'll revisit this blend.

Serving type: bottle

08-13-2011 20:21:03 | More by largadeer

scottfrie

California

3.73/5  rDev -15%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A very warm thank you to Nick for sharing his bottle. Thanks Nick.

A: Chunks in every pour. This beer pours a hazy, dirty, shit colored brown with tons of floating chunks of what I can only imagine is dirty beaver juice. Not much of a head but some soapy lacing was left down the glass.
S: Smells sweet with notes of chocolate and something smoky. The smell is strange and unique, and kind of salty. I can pick out the alcohol as well.
T: Tastes like a strange mix of cleaned out tap lines and alcohol, but not necessarily in a terrible way. I get notes of bourbon, caramel, toffee, chocolate and more alcohol.
M: Fizzy carbonation but it’s low. Mouthfeel is heavy with a syrupy alcoholic body. For such a high ABV though, this is crazy easy to drink.
O: This one was definitely weird. It was good, but the flavors were all over the place. I do thank you for the tick though, Nick. Cheers.

Serving type: bottle

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mothman

Saskatchewan (Canada)

4.2/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

I thought I had lost my review notes for this one, but found them in my binder as I was cleaning through it.

Had this on tap at the Reserve Society Initiation.

Served in my wine-like tasting glass.

Pours very little khaki colored head. Color is a murky brown with a slight ruby hue to it. Nothing overly appealing, but what does a strong ale look like?

Aroma: Some bourbon and oak right up front. Lots of malts here. Caramel shines through the most. Has some dark dried fruits. A really big beer.

Taste: Again, the bourbon is right up front with the malts. Caramel and toffee show easily. More dark fruits. Apples, raisins, and a hint of molasses. Also get the oak flavors.

Mouthfeel: This is a fairly large bodied beer. It is pretty warming, but decently smooth. A low to medium amount of carbonation. Ends with a nice dose of bourbon.

Overall, I had no idea I was drinking a 15%. It drinks pretty easy in that sense. I am glad I got to try this one before the keg kicked at the party. It was an interesting treat and pretty good overall. I had no problem with my glass, but knowing it was 15% may have made me drink it slower.

Serving type: bottle

07-13-2010 14:49:33 | More by mothman

Ineedabeerhere

Connecticut

4.13/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Wow, thanks to FUCT, I get to review a thimble sized pour of this.

Fairly still pour, no surprise, burnt orange in color, dots of lace fall with a bit of winelike legs.

Wow, great aroma, rich caramels, booze through the back (stinging at times), just barely enough smoke in a toaster oven kind of way. More bourbony booze. Great complexity throughout with vanilla, some nuttier notes, huge maltiness with deep raisiny fruitiness, doses of smoke. Very low carbonation, practically non-existant, but never felt as massive as some of their other 'big' beers somehow (BT, papier). Still good and enjoyable to sip on, though boozy. I kept it on the side throughout sampling a few other beers and really liked it. I wonder if this will ever make a bottled or wider tap debut.

Serving type: growler

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Overlord

California

4.38/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Pours a hazy orange-y brown. Wisps of foam, no head at all. Kind of interesting looking, actually. Someone likened it to rusty tap water. I sort of agree. Good thing a minor issue like a beer's looks isn't weighted too heavily on this site!

Smells like booze, alcohol soaked caramel, alcohol soaked vanilla, just a touch of raisin cakes, and bourbon-y vanilla. Boozy.

Tate is all over the place. Insanely complex. Surprisingly light mouthfeel for such a pungent, heavy tasting beer. A bit of leathery smoke in the aftertaste. And the main flavor is boozy rum cakes with raisins, toffee and roased caramel, and a brown sugar-y bourbon-iness. And some vanilla. And ... do my tastebuds deceive me ... is that some grapefruit rind adding some citrus!

Interesting. Insanely complex.

Serving type: on-tap

05-23-2010 18:04:15 | More by Overlord