Daniel Boone
Olde Hickory Brewery

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From:
Olde Hickory Brewery
 
North Carolina, United States
Style:
American Brown Ale
ABV:
8.5%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.71 | pDev: 14.02%
Reviews:
31
Ratings:
145
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 18, 2019
Added:
May 11, 2012
Wants:
  7
Gots:
  23
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Rated: 4.04 by BeardedWalrus from North Carolina

Apr 18, 2019
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Reviewed by hman43 from North Carolina

4.06/5  rDev +9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Look: It pours brown with reddish hues. It pours clear ad has an off white head with low head retention.

Smell: It has the initial aroma of bourbon with a nutty mixture. The nutty aroma resemble pecans. There are caramel notes in support with a low level of spiciness.

Taste: The flavor has a mixture of bourbon and nuts with the bourbon being a slight bit more forward in the balance. There are background cherry notes with some low level of spiciness.

Feel: It has a medium full body with a pleasant level of bitterness and a smooth amount of alcohol warming.

Overall, the combination of nuts and bourbon works well with the other background flavors and aromas.
Apr 14, 2019
 
Rated: 5 by Kwright from North Carolina

Mar 25, 2019
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Reviewed by Apellonious from North Carolina

4.12/5  rDev +11.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
22 oz bomber, bottled 10/30/18, poured into an elongated tulip glass. No head, a murky dark brown. The aroma is sweet bourbon, vanilla, and carmel malt. The taste is right in line. As it warms, the brown ale underneath comes through more and the taste becomes more balanced. The almost 11% is well hidden. Mouthfeel is little thin, but not ovrerly so, and the carbonation comes in medium low. Overall, I like the idea mixing a brown ale with some bourbon barrel, and this pulls it off.
Jan 19, 2019
 
Rated: 4.2 by Abstractspirit from Rhode Island

Jan 11, 2019
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Reviewed by beerenjoyer1 from Illinois

4.11/5  rDev +10.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
A lighter colored brown ale, but it is packed with great aroma, flavors of vanilla, malt, bourbon. A mouthfeel being light but full bodied. I will buy this again.
Dec 06, 2018
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Reviewed by Smakawhat from Maryland

3.95/5  rDev +6.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured from the bottle into a snifter glass. Bottled August 23rd 2017.

Burnt and rusted red glowing body, with a touch of amber orange. Khaki and fleeting head that dissolves pretty quickly, but manages a creamy good sized collar. This really looks like a barleywine.

Nice aroma. Comes off a sense of possible wet body perhaps, but a good sticky barrel caramel note, touches of vanilla and cream also. Decent nothing amazing though. There's almost a sense of berry like fruit also.

Nice light palate. Doesn't quite have the heft of a stout, but the flavors are at least their by a slightly wet body. Creamy almost nougat with a light wash of caramel flavors on first sip. A bit of fizz carbonation, which unfortunately distracts slightly. Bit of a touch of hop bitterness that's slightly citrus as well which is interesting.

Very interesting take for an Imperial Brown Ale. Doesn't quite absorb all the great barrel notes, but gets some, and has a good interesting flavor.
Jun 24, 2018
 
Rated: 5 by gia7272 from North Carolina

Jan 24, 2018
 
Rated: 3.77 by khargro2 from Tennessee

Nov 24, 2017
 
Rated: 4.12 by msscott1973 from North Carolina

Oct 13, 2017
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Reviewed by HopsAndGrapesHickory from North Carolina

4.35/5  rDev +17.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
Brewed 2012-14 with a diff face on label, OHB's BBA Imperial Brown is back for '17. Good bourbon taste. Perhaps a bit sweet, that should fade w/age. Great label.
Oct 08, 2017
 
Rated: 4.04 by dbrauneis from North Carolina

Sep 23, 2017
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Reviewed by AngusOg from North Carolina

4/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Not bad, and totally drinkable, but I stand by my notion (and many others I'm sure), bigger more robust beers make better base beers, and benefit more from barrel aged treatments. Still worth a go, especially because of great price point.
Sep 19, 2017
 
Rated: 4.62 by RochefortChris from North Carolina

Sep 10, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by ADTaber from South Carolina

Nov 21, 2016
 
Rated: 3.16 by DaPan from Canada (ON)

Nov 14, 2015
 
Rated: 3.46 by Farinag16447 from Florida

May 05, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by nathanmiller from New York

Mar 14, 2015
 
Rated: 3.94 by LeeEvolved from Virginia

Mar 09, 2015
 
Rated: 3.54 by jfstilling from South Carolina

Feb 24, 2015
Daniel Boone from Olde Hickory Brewery
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 145 ratings