Bourbon Barrel Brown
Great Waters Brewing

"Cask"ading action is short lived but impressive gold tones flurry then settling to a nice dark amber walnut color with a steady finger high head of ivory creamyness, continent shaped lacing sticks well. Smell is faint sweetness of fruit, peach and lightly lemony. Unique soft taste of sweet bourbon, an interesting mix of tenderness and rigid ripeness, malts and fruits dance lightly together with a twinge of bitterness, sour-like grapefruit notes. It goes right through and down as far as feel, lightly astringent and velvety textured, smokey and limpid. A wee bit lighter then I was expecting, has a sour drying of lemonyness into the finish thats nice. Worth a try, quite interesting, on cask makes it worth while.

On cask at the brewpub...Jim Beam bourbon is pitched into the pot, in great quantities according to the bartender...

Hazy sienna color with a very light tan head of uniform sugary bubbles. Laces are speckly, dots of thick and thin froth that shimmer. Slight red wine aroma and senses of caramel. Tastes of medium oakiness, raisin, slight anise, and the barest sense of chocolate. Nice full mouthfeel and an agreeable light lemon hop sense at the finish. Not noticeably alcoholic, nor too much bourbon (which I drink often). Pretty nice, one of my favorite Great Waters brews thus far, and always nice to get a casker...