Shotgun Wedding
Country Boy Brewing

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From:
Country Boy Brewing
 
Kentucky, United States
Style:
American Brown Ale
Ranked #159
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
86
Ranked #19,901
Avg:
3.8 | pDev: 13.16%
Reviews:
52
Ratings:
283
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 10, 2023
Added:
May 08, 2012
Wants:
  17
Gots:
  79
Brown ale brewed with bourbon-soaked vanilla beans.
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Ratings by callmeoz:
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Rated by callmeoz from Kentucky

2/5  rDev -47.4%

Feb 15, 2013
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Reviewed by Cdriver0414 from Kentucky

3.84/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
A very mellow brown ale. Easy drinking and the vanilla bean at the end compliments the beer very nicely. If you enjoy lighter dark beers then this is a good choice. I would love an imperial version of this aged in barrels a little longer
Dec 10, 2023
 
Rated: 3.94 by 1mrbeer from Ohio

Oct 13, 2023
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Reviewed by Quadman from Ohio

4.09/5  rDev +7.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Good brown ale. Looks great. The bourbon profile is very subtle on the finish. Smell is vanilla, coffee, a little cocoa. If your not a big fan of bourbon/whiskey beers, then you shouldn't have a problem with this ale.
Sep 30, 2023
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Reviewed by jadpsu from Georgia

3.81/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Purchased a 6 pack in Huntington W. VA
Listed on this site as having a 5.3 ABV.
LOOK: Pours a dark chestnut brown with a tan foamy head that way too quickly disappears to nothing more than a thin, thin 360 degree glass ring.
AROMA: Some sweet roasted malts, with toasted vanilla beans along with some coffee and molasses scents
TASTE: Roasted malts are most prominent. Also get coffee and molasses, whiole the vanilla is more in the after taste, but quite good.

Low carbonation and also very thin on the tongue.
Sep 26, 2023
 
Rated: 4.13 by Boone757 from Virginia

Aug 27, 2023
 
Rated: 3.74 by Mriley_0221 from Kentucky

Jul 30, 2023
 
Rated: 3.81 by Tree_powers from Indiana

Jul 14, 2023
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Reviewed by RickCorn from Ohio

5/5  rDev +31.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Absolute best beer I have ever tried! I have turned so many friends and strangers on to this beer. I can be sitting at our local Bdubs (Buffalo Wild Wings) and here comes another beer someone has bought me, saying thanks for telling me about Shotgun Wedding!
May 24, 2023
 
Rated: 4.06 by BeerBeast from Florida

Apr 24, 2023
 
Rated: 3.25 by n2492004 from Michigan

Apr 22, 2023
 
Rated: 4.08 by coolconan from Ohio

Apr 17, 2023
 
Rated: 3.75 by DOCRW from Kentucky

Apr 11, 2023
 
Rated: 2 by AbeO

Feb 25, 2023
 
Rated: 4.05 by Zanico from Ohio

Oct 18, 2022
 
Rated: 3.89 by hozersr from Pennsylvania

Oct 16, 2022
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Reviewed by smbslt from Illinois

3.86/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Found it at a WV Kroger and even though it was 6 months in the can the name was too interesting too pass up.
Rich brown with a very creamy, cappuccino colored head that slowly broke down to a thin layer.
Faint malt aromas with no vanilla.
Tastes rich, full of malts and sugar with the vanilla showing up at the very end.
Full mouth but with a juiciness that works.
Very, very good beer.
Sep 03, 2022
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Reviewed by brewerburgundy from West Virginia

3.44/5  rDev -9.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12oz can, tulip, canned 2/16/22.

It’s a heady pour, but thin and sort of auburn, atop a light cola colored beer.

Turbinado sugar, burnt sugar, some vanilla, and a small bit of nutty and woodiness.

Overall quite sweet, with some serious vanilla washing over everything. What it’s flowing over is lightly roasted malt, milk chocolate, light wood. I’m reminded of cream soda.

Light body, moderate carbonation, and a surprising drying finish given all the sweetness.

The bourbon was there a couple months ago. It’s a low ABV dessert beer and more of those would be fun.
Aug 16, 2022
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Reviewed by BucBasil from Rwanda

3.98/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured on tap at Apollo Pizza in Berea KY. The beer is a cola reddish brown with a fizzy off white head with moderate retention. Smell is slightly roasty, a bit of pumpernickel, molasses and burnt sugar. Taste is cola, roasted coffee, a bit of spice, caramel. Overall, this is a solid brown ale that hits the right notes.
Jul 18, 2022
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Reviewed by Radome from Florida

3.5/5  rDev -7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Great appearance. Not much aroma at all in pint glass, no hop aroma, so I’d assume it’s an English Brown style, but that’s not what the description says. Disappointing lack of malt complexity and no hops to speak of in flavor or aroma. Crisp, light body, low hops bitterness and little alcohol presence. Overall, this is a quenching, quaffable beer, but just not very interesting. My pint was served VERY cold, so I wonder if a warmer pour would have brought out more character.
Jun 14, 2022
Shotgun Wedding from Country Boy Brewing
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 283 ratings