Chronology:6 - Wee Heavy
The Bruery
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- Style:
- Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy
- ABV:
- 13.7%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 4.09 | pDev: 7.82%
- Reviews:
- 16
- Ratings:
- From:
- The Bruery
- California, United States
- Avail:
- Retired (no longer brewed)
- Wants
- 7
- Gots
- 30
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
Notes:
We’re at it again with Old Father Time for a new Chronology Series - a Scotchology, if you will, with a base resembling a Scotch-style ale. In this installment, we brewed a wee heavy - known for rich, malt-forward flavors - and set it to age in bourbon barrels. Every six months, we’ll take a quarter of the barrels, blend them and bottle them. This first bottling represents the nuances imparted to the base beer after six months of barrel aging.
Reviews: 16
| Ratings: 67
Reviews by Grackos:
4.15/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I don't get much barrel but it's still a solid Scotch ale.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I don't get much barrel but it's still a solid Scotch ale.
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More User Reviews:
4.14/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours rusty brown with a 1/2 inch khaki head that quickly disappears completely. The smell is of caramel, brown sugar, vanilla and bourbon. The taste is of caramel malt, brown sugar, subtle vanilla and bourbon. Sweet but, not cloying.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours rusty brown with a 1/2 inch khaki head that quickly disappears completely. The smell is of caramel, brown sugar, vanilla and bourbon. The taste is of caramel malt, brown sugar, subtle vanilla and bourbon. Sweet but, not cloying.
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4.53/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Split with JLindros.
A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a nice dark brown almost black hue with a thin mocha head and a foamy halo.
S - Big aromas of caramel, toffee, and dark fruits. Light vanilla.
T - Taste is similar to the nose with loads of caramel and toffee. Loads of creamy vanilla, candy caramel cream. Lovely malts.
M - Mouthfeel is lightly carbonated, creamy, alcohol hidden incredibly well. Practically luscious.
O -Overall this was a very solid scotch ale. Excellent caramel and vanilla. Super easy to drink.
Serving Type: bottle
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Split with JLindros.
A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a nice dark brown almost black hue with a thin mocha head and a foamy halo.
S - Big aromas of caramel, toffee, and dark fruits. Light vanilla.
T - Taste is similar to the nose with loads of caramel and toffee. Loads of creamy vanilla, candy caramel cream. Lovely malts.
M - Mouthfeel is lightly carbonated, creamy, alcohol hidden incredibly well. Practically luscious.
O -Overall this was a very solid scotch ale. Excellent caramel and vanilla. Super easy to drink.
Serving Type: bottle
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4.53/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Split with rudzud
Big creamy tan head, good retention and lacing, darker hazy brown color
Nose sweet brown sugar, big caramel toffee candy like, sweet bourbon barrel, dark fruits candied fig, light vanilla
Taste big sweet candy malt, coffee, little butterscotch, caramel, toffee, mild sweet bourbon, vanilla barrel, mild dark fruits again candied fig date, nougat, light alcohol, drier finish
Mouth is fuller bod, rich creamy smooth caramel, medium carb, light alcohol
Overall very nice, super smooth drinkable, nice barrel, great base
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Split with rudzud
Big creamy tan head, good retention and lacing, darker hazy brown color
Nose sweet brown sugar, big caramel toffee candy like, sweet bourbon barrel, dark fruits candied fig, light vanilla
Taste big sweet candy malt, coffee, little butterscotch, caramel, toffee, mild sweet bourbon, vanilla barrel, mild dark fruits again candied fig date, nougat, light alcohol, drier finish
Mouth is fuller bod, rich creamy smooth caramel, medium carb, light alcohol
Overall very nice, super smooth drinkable, nice barrel, great base
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4.26/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.75/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.35/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.49/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
3.22/5 rDev -21.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.96/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4.09/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.25/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.86/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Taster at the taproom. Thin off white head. Very boozy on the nose with a heavy malt undertone and very sweet. Gives off an alcoholic heat. Could definitely benefit from more aging. The barrel doesn't hide much with this one. Taste is a very sweet light malt and slightly woody tang on the finish, hints of vanilla. I expected a bit more from this, but it's very hot. Looks great, but doesn't satisfy me as much as the others.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Taster at the taproom. Thin off white head. Very boozy on the nose with a heavy malt undertone and very sweet. Gives off an alcoholic heat. Could definitely benefit from more aging. The barrel doesn't hide much with this one. Taste is a very sweet light malt and slightly woody tang on the finish, hints of vanilla. I expected a bit more from this, but it's very hot. Looks great, but doesn't satisfy me as much as the others.
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4.27/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.51/5 rDev -14.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5
Dark burnt copper-red with a thick, light tan foam blanket that dies to nothing at all, leaving a shiny brandy-looking beer.
Smell is soggy toast, toffee, graham, bourbon, and scotchy caramel.
Taste is caramel, bourbon, dried leafs, bourbon, toffee, bourbon, and dry wood! Needless to say--hot! With a dry, chewy finish.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5
Dark burnt copper-red with a thick, light tan foam blanket that dies to nothing at all, leaving a shiny brandy-looking beer.
Smell is soggy toast, toffee, graham, bourbon, and scotchy caramel.
Taste is caramel, bourbon, dried leafs, bourbon, toffee, bourbon, and dry wood! Needless to say--hot! With a dry, chewy finish.
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4.93/5 rDev +20.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
3.73/5 rDev -8.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Chronology:6 - Wee Heavy from The Bruery
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
67 ratings
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