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Burly Gourd
The Bruery
- From:
- The Bruery
- California, United States
- Style:
- Sweet / Milk Stout
- ABV:
- 6.66%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.69 | pDev: 16.26%
- Reviews:
- 51
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 08, 2017
- Added:
- Nov 05, 2011
- Wants:
- 13
- Gots:
- 34
No description / notes.
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Ratings by ehammond1:
Reviewed by ehammond1
3.83/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.83/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle (2011)
Thanks for the gift, NoSignsOfPain!
Dark brown mahogany with a thick, tight brown head that eventually leaves messy spots of lace down the glass. The beer looks particularly thick for a milk/sweet stout. Beautiful.
The aroma is full of cedar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and mild pumpkin/gourd characteristics--more earthy than sweet. I find none of the acidity I'm fearful of in milk/sweet stouts.
The flavor is too much dominated by cedar for it to really triumph, hiding some of the more nuanced earthy pumpkin. There's plenty of nutmeg and pumpkin pie character, which is nice, but the cedar is definitely dominating.
Medium to full bodied with moderate to high carbonation.
A very nice pumpkin pie/cedar beer, though I wish the pumpkin character was more present in the flavor.
Jan 08, 2012Thanks for the gift, NoSignsOfPain!
Dark brown mahogany with a thick, tight brown head that eventually leaves messy spots of lace down the glass. The beer looks particularly thick for a milk/sweet stout. Beautiful.
The aroma is full of cedar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and mild pumpkin/gourd characteristics--more earthy than sweet. I find none of the acidity I'm fearful of in milk/sweet stouts.
The flavor is too much dominated by cedar for it to really triumph, hiding some of the more nuanced earthy pumpkin. There's plenty of nutmeg and pumpkin pie character, which is nice, but the cedar is definitely dominating.
Medium to full bodied with moderate to high carbonation.
A very nice pumpkin pie/cedar beer, though I wish the pumpkin character was more present in the flavor.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.19/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
3.19/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
Pours a brown color, good 1/2" lighter brown head. Aroma of roast and is it pumpkins and yams along with some cedar. That might be the best thing about this beer.
Surprised at the bitterness, I guess it is roast derived. Still some cedar (I like), cinnamon, nutmeg and other Thanksgiving feels to it. Thought it might need more lactose to smooth and balance it out.
A lot of stouts that the Bruery makes that I am more into. I think this one could be salvaged in a bourbon barrel though.
Feb 08, 2017Surprised at the bitterness, I guess it is roast derived. Still some cedar (I like), cinnamon, nutmeg and other Thanksgiving feels to it. Thought it might need more lactose to smooth and balance it out.
A lot of stouts that the Bruery makes that I am more into. I think this one could be salvaged in a bourbon barrel though.
Reviewed by cvm4 from Mississippi
3.71/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
2011 vintage
L - Pours as I'd expect and looks just like a legit milk stout. The head was very billowing, 3 fingers of dark tan at most.
S - Lots of pumpkin, spices and cedar. There's a tartness or acidity I can't pinpoint.
T - The taste does not mirror the nose. Pumpkin flesh, nutmeg and cinnamon. The cedar is in the background. Good roasted malt character as well.
F - Medium bodied and medium carbonation. A very smooth and velvety mouthfeel.
O - The label said it could age for a year and I think it's mistaken. For a 6.66% abv beer, it was very full of flavor and didn't seem to be going downhill. I'm not a huge pumpkin beer guy, but I dig this one.
Apr 15, 2015L - Pours as I'd expect and looks just like a legit milk stout. The head was very billowing, 3 fingers of dark tan at most.
S - Lots of pumpkin, spices and cedar. There's a tartness or acidity I can't pinpoint.
T - The taste does not mirror the nose. Pumpkin flesh, nutmeg and cinnamon. The cedar is in the background. Good roasted malt character as well.
F - Medium bodied and medium carbonation. A very smooth and velvety mouthfeel.
O - The label said it could age for a year and I think it's mistaken. For a 6.66% abv beer, it was very full of flavor and didn't seem to be going downhill. I'm not a huge pumpkin beer guy, but I dig this one.
Burly Gourd from The Bruery
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
162 ratings
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