Knuckle Sandwich - Bootlegger's Brewery

anabar

Illinois

4.75/5  rDev +9.7%

10-31-2012 03:02:52 | More by anabar

tom10101

Quebec (Canada)

4/5  rDev -7.6%

05-19-2013 17:06:04 | More by tom10101

taospowder

New Mexico

4/5  rDev -7.6%

05-18-2013 13:33:29 | More by taospowder

Shogun730

California

5/5  rDev +15.5%

05-17-2013 21:29:43 | More by Shogun730

Rainblows

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -13.4%

05-16-2013 14:27:19 | More by Rainblows

Zbeetleman

California

4.25/5  rDev -1.8%

05-16-2013 03:04:05 | More by Zbeetleman

TheRuss9585

Vermont

4.25/5  rDev -1.8%

05-14-2013 00:48:24 | More by TheRuss9585

Gamblor14

Minnesota

4/5  rDev -7.6%

05-11-2013 01:56:12 | More by Gamblor14

PHBoiler

Illinois

4/5  rDev -7.6%

05-09-2013 19:45:29 | More by PHBoiler

caguiar

New Hampshire

4.25/5  rDev -1.8%

05-09-2013 15:32:47 | More by caguiar

littlebeer

California

4.25/5  rDev -1.8%

05-08-2013 08:13:11 | More by littlebeer

ObeMaltKinobee

California

4.25/5  rDev -1.8%

05-08-2013 07:31:00 | More by ObeMaltKinobee

cadaugherty

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -1.8%

05-07-2013 23:53:35 | More by cadaugherty

smitty5245

California

4.5/5  rDev +3.9%

05-07-2013 16:39:20 | More by smitty5245

lonewolfcry

Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev -1.8%

05-06-2013 19:12:28 | More by lonewolfcry

DrewShalvoy

California

4.75/5  rDev +9.7%

05-05-2013 16:06:36 | More by DrewShalvoy

CoolEthan

California

4/5  rDev -7.6%

05-04-2013 19:39:04 | More by CoolEthan

DovaliHops

California

3.29/5  rDev -24%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Awesome extra in a recent trade. Pours a hazy, mahogany color with a small, off-white head that disappears quickly. Scent is packed with tropical fruit, citrus hops, and more tropical aromas. Has a very sweet aroma with a pretty heavy malt backbone. The aroma is very nice on this one. Taste is interesting. It starts off with some lovely tropical fruit flavors...it kinda gets messy here. Flavor is VERY boozy and sweet. And it's very hard to get over this stage... The hops seem to have been very mute in this beer, and the booze and sweetness take over. I'm really hoping this is just an old or bad bottle, because I've heard great things and been wanting to try this for a very long time. Mouthfeel is nicely carbonated and slightly sticky. Drinkability is not very high. Overall, pretty disappointed in this one. Way too sweet and boozy. I can handle sweet and boozy IPAs if the hops are there to back it up, but they just weren't there. Wish they put dates on their bottles so I could see if this was just a really old bottle.

Serving type: bottle

05-04-2013 08:41:56 | More by DovaliHops

ystazi

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +3.9%

05-04-2013 03:11:16 | More by ystazi

KHanz

California

4.5/5  rDev +3.9%

05-04-2013 01:54:04 | More by KHanz

IPAyForHops

California

4.25/5  rDev -1.8%

05-02-2013 23:40:44 | More by IPAyForHops

cgentzkow

California

4.5/5  rDev +3.9%

05-02-2013 17:18:50 | More by cgentzkow

maximum12

Minnesota

3.93/5  rDev -9.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Redundant thanks again to Kyle2k10 for a trade that is reaching epidemic proportions, & knocking this long-time want off my list. 22 oz. bottle split with my wife.

First, nice bottle art...then the pour, which is lively, orange, & looks like is has hops, malt, & water. Orange, filtered, middling clear. Nose is promising, pine, grapefruit, with a backing band of light, sweet fruits.

Knuckle Sandwich is...balanced. Stingers of caramel come out of the firehose with bruising force. The pine & grapefruit in the nose comes through, but it's held down by the malts. Waves of sweet follow; a slow, moderate, lingering bitterness rounds the beer off. I'll give its due for being easy drinking, this is a beer of mass destruction.

A very good beer; a little less balance & heavier hand on the hops would have pushed this skyward easily. So close to great in this mouth. But, heck, I'd never turn one down.

Serving type: bottle

05-02-2013 02:29:48 | More by maximum12

uncccegr

North Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -13.4%

05-01-2013 00:30:52 | More by uncccegr

FreshmanPour77

Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +3.9%

04-29-2013 17:15:12 | More by FreshmanPour77