Bourbon Barrel Aged Winter Warmer - Rahr & Sons Brewing Company

MattSweatshirt

Texas

4.19/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

A vigorous pour yields a couple fingers of khaki head on a opaque brown and red body.

Big dark fruit, caramel, vanilla, and oaky coconut goodness.

The flavor brings forth notes of dark fruit, caramel sweetness, light bourbon, and barrel character.

Light carbonation, medium bodied and super smooth.

So sad I've skipped over this before due to being a Rahr beer. This beer rules.

Serving type: bottle

01-27-2013 23:16:28 | More by MattSweatshirt

IPeteA91

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

05-12-2013 22:05:17 | More by IPeteA91

Compton25

Texas

4.75/5  rDev +13.9%

05-10-2013 03:34:07 | More by Compton25

J_Dub

Texas

5/5  rDev +19.9%

04-22-2013 22:00:25 | More by J_Dub

bmurray10

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

04-22-2013 17:59:15 | More by bmurray10

StArnoldFan

Texas

3.75/5  rDev -10.1%

04-03-2013 13:02:04 | More by StArnoldFan

Lare453

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

04-03-2013 00:52:15 | More by Lare453

ElCommodoro

Texas

4.71/5  rDev +12.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75

This beer is hella-mazing. It smells like scotch. Seriously, I smelled it and couldn't figure out how to describe what I was smelling except, "whiskey?" It's got a pervasive smoked peat flavour and a real whiskey-like flavour despite the relatively low alcohol content. I don't know how it attains that flavour and bite at under 9% ABV. But it does an amazing job of it. Besides the peaty, woody, whiskey flavour, there's a character of overall sweetness and maltiness. Roasted malt and maybe a little bit of chocolate malt can be detected. This tastes to me like an exceptional Scotch ale, which certainly makes a nice winter warmer in my opinion. Very musty, very warm, and overall whiskey flavour. Yummm

Serving type: bottle

04-02-2013 06:19:06 | More by ElCommodoro

jaminjohnson

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

04-02-2013 05:43:55 | More by jaminjohnson

jbdaves72

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

03-26-2013 03:24:15 | More by jbdaves72

chanokokoro

Illinois

3.96/5  rDev -5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

2011 Vintage poured from a 22 oz. bottle into an unbranded snifter

Pours a murky dark amber capped by a fluffy two finger khaki head. Some light lacing is evident, slightly above average retention. Caramel, toffee, light oaky notes, and some faint bourbon accents on the nose. Caramel, almond, toffee, coconut, vanilla, some light cocoa power and hints of chocolate maltiness . Finishes with toasted oak and gentle warm bourbon booziness. Heavy medium body to lighter full body. Creamy, smooth and silky. I tend to enjoy unspiced, more traditonal winter warmers. This brew fits the bill and the bourbon barrel is an added plus.

Serving type: bottle

03-19-2013 05:42:06 | More by chanokokoro

BG83

Texas

4.75/5  rDev +13.9%

03-17-2013 11:38:59 | More by BG83

wogreen

Arkansas

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

03-14-2013 13:28:42 | More by wogreen

Woodee

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

03-12-2013 13:24:22 | More by Woodee

JeffSuttonTX

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

03-10-2013 20:49:08 | More by JeffSuttonTX

adkieffer

Washington

4/5  rDev -4.1%

03-06-2013 20:11:14 | More by adkieffer

Stevotex

Texas

3.75/5  rDev -10.1%

02-25-2013 03:07:22 | More by Stevotex

valkyre65

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

02-24-2013 19:02:53 | More by valkyre65

hash_tagger

Texas

4/5  rDev -4.1%

02-21-2013 07:12:56 | More by hash_tagger

jealousmonk

California

3.75/5  rDev -10.1%

02-18-2013 09:13:16 | More by jealousmonk

johndonor3

3.75/5  rDev -10.1%

02-17-2013 03:56:50 | More by johndonor3

SanFranJake

California

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

02-14-2013 03:32:09 | More by SanFranJake

wtkphoto

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

02-13-2013 17:51:22 | More by wtkphoto

baybum

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -10.1%

02-10-2013 21:36:24 | More by baybum

stampfler07

Georgia

4/5  rDev -4.1%

02-04-2013 23:46:26 | More by stampfler07