Bourbon Barrel-Aged Double ESB
Shipyard Brewing Company
- From:
- Shipyard Brewing Company
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
- ABV:
- 11.94%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.84 | pDev: 14.58%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 9
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jan 01, 2019
- Added:
- Oct 07, 2012
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 14
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
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Reviewed by BWood from California
3.91/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.91/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Not a bad barleywine. I like the barrel taste in it. I don't understand why there is a lot of low ratings. I think it is mostly from people who do not like barleywines. Trust me if you are a barleywine fan this will be up your alley.
Sep 17, 2015
Reviewed by johnnnniee from New Hampshire
1.91/5 rDev -50.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2
1.91/5 rDev -50.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2
Tap at Cask and Vine.
Reddish amber color. Paint thinner and vodka aromas mixed with wood tannins and light sugary malt. This is horrible, I didn't finish the 5oz in front of me!
Aug 13, 2015Reddish amber color. Paint thinner and vodka aromas mixed with wood tannins and light sugary malt. This is horrible, I didn't finish the 5oz in front of me!
Rated by Lu075
4.01/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Don't chug this monster, very strong and really heavy. Love it
Mar 27, 2015
Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky
3.54/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
"Hey, we could make a proper British Extra Special Bitter. Or.. we could imperialize it... and put it in a bourbon barrel. Make it twelve-percent alcohol. Yea, let's do that instead" I can see how that conversation goes all across the landscape of Recipe & Development rooms inside brew houses.
And that "why not" spirit comes to mind as the ale pours a dark honey, medium amber hue. Somewhat dense and rich to the eye, its hazy appearance allows for a soft dimly lit glow. As a patient sheet of ivory-white foam amounts, the froth is tightly woven as the ale speckles the glass with random lace. As with many strong ale, the foam eventually succumbs to its power and prefers port-like appearances.
It aromas are caramel-sweet and backed by fruit flavors of apple, orange, cherry and grape. The bourbon influence piles on with unmistakable drunken oak, coconut, vanilla and maple. Giving the ale a candied scent of hard maple candy and marzipan.
To taste, any notion of ESB is lost on the palate. However more Barleywine flavors coat the palate with shortbread and caramel. Hedging on toffee, its maple, honey and marmalade flavors saturate the sweet tooth, especially when the fruit flavors of orange, peach, apple and grape complement the mix. Its slow-fading sweetness is sliced by all those barrel contributions of wood spice, vanilla and coconut.
The beer's rich body is unwavering as its dense bready texture lingers on. Its lacking dryness extends indefinitely with butter rum, pecan, maple and bourbon. Warm in its finish, the ale is a welcome after dinner sipper.
Where any beer of such immense alcohol content and malt balances would easily classify as a Barleywine, its only glimmers of ESB are its biscuity sweetness and body and its estery fruit contributions. I would like to see the ale back off to about eight percent and better demonstrate those classic ESB flavors.
Feb 21, 2014And that "why not" spirit comes to mind as the ale pours a dark honey, medium amber hue. Somewhat dense and rich to the eye, its hazy appearance allows for a soft dimly lit glow. As a patient sheet of ivory-white foam amounts, the froth is tightly woven as the ale speckles the glass with random lace. As with many strong ale, the foam eventually succumbs to its power and prefers port-like appearances.
It aromas are caramel-sweet and backed by fruit flavors of apple, orange, cherry and grape. The bourbon influence piles on with unmistakable drunken oak, coconut, vanilla and maple. Giving the ale a candied scent of hard maple candy and marzipan.
To taste, any notion of ESB is lost on the palate. However more Barleywine flavors coat the palate with shortbread and caramel. Hedging on toffee, its maple, honey and marmalade flavors saturate the sweet tooth, especially when the fruit flavors of orange, peach, apple and grape complement the mix. Its slow-fading sweetness is sliced by all those barrel contributions of wood spice, vanilla and coconut.
The beer's rich body is unwavering as its dense bready texture lingers on. Its lacking dryness extends indefinitely with butter rum, pecan, maple and bourbon. Warm in its finish, the ale is a welcome after dinner sipper.
Where any beer of such immense alcohol content and malt balances would easily classify as a Barleywine, its only glimmers of ESB are its biscuity sweetness and body and its estery fruit contributions. I would like to see the ale back off to about eight percent and better demonstrate those classic ESB flavors.
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