Beer with caramel taste

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  1. standardcherry

    standardcherry Initiate (0) Jan 17, 2011 Massachusetts

    Just finished a BA 4D by Kuhnhenn and it had a lot of caramel flavors. It was excellent.
     
  2. frankthetank86

    frankthetank86 Initiate (0) Dec 24, 2012 New York

    Founders Backwoods Bastard. great scotch ale very complex with hints of oak, vanilla, and caramel taste imo. one of my favorite beers
     
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  3. BB1313

    BB1313 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,278) Jul 16, 2009 Ohio
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    It looks like liquid caramel too!
     
  4. jmgrub

    jmgrub Initiate (0) Nov 20, 2010 California

    Some styles that come to mind: Old Ale, English Barleywine, Wee-heavy, English Strong Ale. I've also picked up some caramel notes in vienna lagers and marzens before.
     
  5. DaveAnderson

    DaveAnderson Initiate (0) Jan 11, 2011 Minnesota

  6. Shagator

    Shagator Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2012 Kentucky

    Love the Avatar. I remember when my wife showed me that for the first time
     
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  7. williamjbauer

    williamjbauer Initiate (0) Jan 17, 2012 Colorado

    Founders dirty bastard
     
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  8. spitshaded

    spitshaded Initiate (0) Nov 12, 2012 Virginia

    I remembered getting some caramel from Founders Curmudgeon & Samuel Smith's Yorkshire Stingo.
     
  9. VegasBeerMan

    VegasBeerMan Initiate (0) Jul 28, 2007 Nevada

    Firestone Walker Double DBA
     
  10. tectactoe

    tectactoe Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2012 Michigan
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    For easy to find, Fat Tire is loaded with caramel flavor.
     
  11. Dajtai007

    Dajtai007 Initiate (0) Jan 15, 2009 Texas

    Again, not easy to obtain but Wooden Hell has tons of caramel deliciousness!
     
  12. Hash

    Hash Initiate (0) Jan 24, 2013 Pennsylvania

    For great caramel flavors try the Scotch Ales as mentioned by others in this post -- the process of making that style creates toffee notes from caramelizing the malt. And I agree with williamjbauer -- try getting your malty caramel fill from Founders Dirty Bastard. Oh yeah.
     
  13. Harlequin

    Harlequin Initiate (0) Jun 27, 2005 Washington

    Maritime Pacific Jolly Roger Christmas ale
     
  14. Michigan

    Michigan Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2012 Michigan


    I just stared at this for a few minutes and convinced myself I need it... ISO!! FT: Werther's Original Hard Candies...
     
  15. ediaz

    ediaz Initiate (0) Nov 23, 2011 Florida

    This
     
  16. robboyd

    robboyd Initiate (0) Aug 7, 2011 Indiana

    Pretty much anything aged in a brandy barrel has developed caramel notes in my experiences. Also, barrel aged barley wines hit caramel notes for me a large percentage of the time. The founders mentions above were pretty spot on.
     
  17. mkennedy119

    mkennedy119 Zealot (729) Nov 13, 2011 Illinois
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    Anchor Old Foghorn
     
  18. jlordi12

    jlordi12 Pooh-Bah (1,844) Jun 8, 2011 Massachusetts
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    This could be the biggest understatement of all time
     
  19. LMT

    LMT Initiate (0) Oct 15, 2009 Virginia

    I'd also add in Troegs Troegenator...and even Spaten Optimator.
     
  20. EdelweissDad

    EdelweissDad Initiate (0) Jun 27, 2012 Georgia

    The malt spectrum of syrup to caramel to vanilla tends to predominantly consist in brown ales, scottish ales, and barleywines. Obviously, brewers can do whatever they want--but generally speaking, I'd search out some good beers within those styles. Also (just my opinion) don't go with beers that say "caramel" or "vanilla" on them. Most of them use exorbitant amount of adjuncts to try and achieve that flavor--but they tend to go overboard, resulting in an overly sweet beer (again, my opinion). Instead, look for a beer that already has that natural malt complex. I think you'll enjoy the subtleties of a sweetness that's intrinsic to any given malt more so than the overt sweetness of added flavors.
     
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