Provisions Series: Burly Gourd - The Bruery

wagenvolks

Texas

3.98/5  rDev +8.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

750ml bottle as part of the Reserve Society membership.

Pours well, an expected deep brown body that verges on opaque. Well-retained tuft of toasted caramel foam floats on top and leaves behind some fat swatches of lace. Neat aroma, very bright with light spices and cedar planks leading the way. Pumpkin pulp and a hint of milk lactose in the background.

Flavor follows the aroma, starts sweet with a creamy body, chocolate, and spice on the top of the palate. Reminds me of pumpkin pie with whipped cream and cinnamon. Cedar blends nicely into the complex flavor profile. Mouthfeel is on the thin side for the style with medium carbonation. Finishes clean and dry with a lingering hint of wood and pumpkin spice. Bourly Gourd is a complex beer, but not so much that it overwhelms the palate. Good stuff...

Serving type: bottle

12-04-2011 21:48:00 | More by wagenvolks

moonknight31

California

3.75/5  rDev +1.9%

06-06-2013 06:09:19 | More by moonknight31

ajzy

Wisconsin

3.75/5  rDev +1.9%

06-04-2013 00:35:37 | More by ajzy

tastyville

California

3.75/5  rDev +1.9%

05-16-2013 22:29:30 | More by tastyville

orangesol

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -11.7%

03-20-2013 01:06:46 | More by orangesol

t0rin0

California

3.75/5  rDev +1.9%

03-01-2013 15:27:08 | More by t0rin0

Rmatuszak2

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +15.5%

02-23-2013 03:26:18 | More by Rmatuszak2

djrn2

New Jersey

2.5/5  rDev -32.1%

02-15-2013 01:45:58 | More by djrn2

Shirin

5/5  rDev +35.9%

02-11-2013 04:56:42 | More by Shirin

Azrael

2.5/5  rDev -32.1%

02-09-2013 06:11:14 | More by Azrael

Stevie_Janowski

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev +1.9%

01-26-2013 20:08:04 | More by Stevie_Janowski

spycow

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -4.9%

01-13-2013 20:03:58 | More by spycow

westcoastbeerlvr

California

2.5/5  rDev -32.1%

01-09-2013 00:38:51 | More by westcoastbeerlvr

baybum

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -4.9%

01-06-2013 00:38:31 | More by baybum

BlackTuesday

California

3.75/5  rDev +1.9%

12-28-2012 07:22:25 | More by BlackTuesday

NickT1218

4/5  rDev +8.7%

12-14-2012 04:07:37 | More by NickT1218

thegerm87

Connecticut

3.5/5  rDev -4.9%

10-23-2012 23:51:48 | More by thegerm87

IMSPEAKNOENGLISH

Illinois

4/5  rDev +8.7%

10-13-2012 16:28:15 | More by IMSPEAKNOENGLISH

djaeon

California

3.75/5  rDev +1.9%

10-09-2012 00:05:09 | More by djaeon

Travisnin

Idaho

3.75/5  rDev +1.9%

09-13-2012 05:44:39 | More by Travisnin

brotherloco

California

4.25/5  rDev +15.5%

08-19-2012 23:57:04 | More by brotherloco

acurtis

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -4.9%

08-11-2012 12:51:34 | More by acurtis

AgentMunky

California

4.13/5  rDev +12.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Poured from a 750mL bottle into a St. Bernardus goblet. Presumably brewed for Halloween 2011. I appreciate the 6.66% ABV.

A: Two fingers of thick, fluffy brownish-tan head. Very dark brown. Very opaque.

S: Super spicy. Loads of cloves and allspice. Overpowering, but pumpkiny, I guess.

T/M: Mmm, silky smooth and full of chocolate. Still, there's a sort of tart fruitiness lurking in the background along with a spicy-clean finish laced with cloves. Mm. Perhaps the best pumpkin porter I've come across.

O: Highly recommended! Delicious and excellent. Everything is well-balanced, but the lactose makes it with an excellently smooth mouthfeel accentuated by tingly spices.

Serving type: bottle

08-08-2012 06:23:18 | More by AgentMunky

AApparel

California

2.75/5  rDev -25.3%

08-06-2012 21:14:53 | More by AApparel

johnnnniee

New Hampshire

2.68/5  rDev -27.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A pumpkin milk stout with spices aged on cedar, Finally!
Severe carbonation makes this one a challenge to pour but leaves a solid black liquid with a creamy foamy tan head that takes forever to recede and litters the glass with webs of lace. Smells like a cigar box mostly. Heavy cedar aroma with hints of vegetables are really all I can find in the aroma. I thought cigar city had the lock on over cedar-ed beers, but apparently the Bruery is right up there too. The flavor is sweet at first with a hint of chocolate and caramel before the cedar takes over. Earthy, spicy, woody, and herbal with barely a beer to counter it. Medium body with an insane level of carbonation and a sweet tannic mouthfeel. ?Uhm yeah I'm not sure what this was supposed to be, but there is a good chance that we are not going to be able to finish this bottle. Too much cedar!

Serving type: bottle

07-30-2012 00:04:38 | More by johnnnniee