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Big Bourbon Series Discombobulation Celebration Ale
Shoreline Brewery And Restaurant
- From:
- Shoreline Brewery And Restaurant
- Indiana, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 13%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.03 | pDev: 11.66%
- Reviews:
- 28
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 05, 2019
- Added:
- Aug 18, 2009
- Wants:
- 18
- Gots:
- 16
No description / notes.
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Ratings by lightindarkness:
Reviewed by lightindarkness from Florida
4.13/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
4.13/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
black waxed 750mL bottle, 2008.
Hard pour yields a strong ivory cascading head over deep coppery amber body. Nose of earthy bourbon notes, some dark soft fruits and green wood. Pear and brown sugar.
Taste is initially soft and delicate with pear and light grains, but quickly intensifies into hot bourbon notes over strong barleywine flavors of tightly packed warm grain. Nice mix of depth and up-front flavors. Moments of sweet mixed with bitterness and a deep richness under it all. Bitter bite and hot on alcohol, but quite tasty.
Full and round on the palate, not quite syrupy, but definitely sticks. Overall very very tasty and well worth the try.
Jan 28, 2011Hard pour yields a strong ivory cascading head over deep coppery amber body. Nose of earthy bourbon notes, some dark soft fruits and green wood. Pear and brown sugar.
Taste is initially soft and delicate with pear and light grains, but quickly intensifies into hot bourbon notes over strong barleywine flavors of tightly packed warm grain. Nice mix of depth and up-front flavors. Moments of sweet mixed with bitterness and a deep richness under it all. Bitter bite and hot on alcohol, but quite tasty.
Full and round on the palate, not quite syrupy, but definitely sticks. Overall very very tasty and well worth the try.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by stortore from Illinois
4.04/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
750 ml bottle into a tulip snifter. Not sure from when, probably 2015 or 2016, had 6/3/17.
Pours a very dark amber, mostly opaque, with a one inch head and no cling or lacing. Aromas of bourbon, plums, dates, raisins, figs, malt, grapes. The taste is similar but more malt forward, then bourbon, figs, dates, plums, oak, grapes, light cherries, and a fair amount of alcohol. Fairly smooth, a good medium to full body, well carbonated.
Great aroma, an enjoyable, traditional, English Barleywine. Had a very high price point, though.
Feb 14, 2018Pours a very dark amber, mostly opaque, with a one inch head and no cling or lacing. Aromas of bourbon, plums, dates, raisins, figs, malt, grapes. The taste is similar but more malt forward, then bourbon, figs, dates, plums, oak, grapes, light cherries, and a fair amount of alcohol. Fairly smooth, a good medium to full body, well carbonated.
Great aroma, an enjoyable, traditional, English Barleywine. Had a very high price point, though.
Reviewed by lefty418 from Illinois
4.34/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I was gifted this for my birthday in April but I waited for the perfect time to open it. Last night was the perfect time. When it was open it smelled delicious. It poured beautifully in my tulip. The taste was amazing and just what I had hoped for....barrel aged deliciousness. This was perhaps the best birthday gift I've ever recieved.
Jun 17, 2015Rated by Way2drunk from Illinois
4.49/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.49/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Yummy! Nuff said. Taste like bourbon barrel aged fruit.
Jun 16, 2015Reviewed by bluejacket74 from Ohio
4.03/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
2010 vintage, 750 ml yellow wax capped bottle. Served in a snifter, the beer pours dark brown with about a half inch light tan head that fizzled away quickly. Not much lacing at all. Aroma is nice, the brew smells like vanilla, bourbon, caramel, brown sugar and wood. Taste is similar to the aroma, but there's also some raisin, nuts and molasses noticeable. Mouthfeel/body is medium, it's coating with a moderate amount of carbonation. This brew just got better and better the longer I drank it, I think it's a good barleywine. Kinda pricey at $21.99 a bottle, but I was glad I got to try this one.
Jan 18, 2015
Big Bourbon Series Discombobulation Celebration Ale from Shoreline Brewery And Restaurant
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
66 ratings
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