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Chunga's Old Bruin
Jackie O's Brewpub
- From:
- Jackie O's Brewpub
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- Flanders Oud Bruin
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 92
- Avg:
- 4.15 | pDev: 10.12%
- Reviews:
- 29
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 12, 2018
- Added:
- Dec 07, 2008
- Wants:
- 63
- Gots:
- 14
A Flanders style brown ale. We took Chomo-lung-ma (our organic honey nut brown) and aged it in a second generation Woodford Reserve barrel (subtle bourbon flavor, notes of American oak) for four months with 30lbs of tart cherries and a specially blended culture of wild yeast and beer souring bacteria. Chunga's Old Bruin exhibits and aroma of sweet cherries and faint chocolate/ roasted malt complemented by a faint oak bouquet. The flavor has a pronounced sour character with the caramel, chocolate, and roasted malt finish.
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Ratings by Mora2000:
Reviewed by Mora2000 from Texas
4.32/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.32/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Thanks to bu11zeye for sharing this bottle.
Bottle 56 of 72. Bottled 12/3/09. The beer pours dark brown with a tan head. The aroma is chocolate powder with some oak and tartness. The flavor is oak, chocolate, tart cherries and vanilla. The chocolate stands out more when the beer is cold, but as it warms the flavor improves as the tartness gets more and more assertive. Medium mouthfeel and low to medium carbonation.
I drank the beer right as it came out of the fridge as well as when it had warmed to room temperature. I think the warmer the beer got, the better it got.
Jun 05, 2010Bottle 56 of 72. Bottled 12/3/09. The beer pours dark brown with a tan head. The aroma is chocolate powder with some oak and tartness. The flavor is oak, chocolate, tart cherries and vanilla. The chocolate stands out more when the beer is cold, but as it warms the flavor improves as the tartness gets more and more assertive. Medium mouthfeel and low to medium carbonation.
I drank the beer right as it came out of the fridge as well as when it had warmed to room temperature. I think the warmer the beer got, the better it got.
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Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
2.47/5 rDev -40.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2
2.47/5 rDev -40.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2
Clear burnt brown with no head, the smell is old man and dog breath with dirty socks and sticky stale cherries.
Taste is a different story, with a toasty char, cherry, oak, and cigar skin that has a nice sourness, but also a thin body and semi-dry finish.
It's too bad the smell is horrendous.
Apr 02, 2018Taste is a different story, with a toasty char, cherry, oak, and cigar skin that has a nice sourness, but also a thin body and semi-dry finish.
It's too bad the smell is horrendous.
Chunga's Old Bruin from Jackie O's Brewpub
Beer rating:
92 out of
100 with
109 ratings
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