Tongue Buckler - Bourbon Barrel-Aged
Ballast Point Brewing Company

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From:
Ballast Point Brewing Company
 
California, United States
Style:
Imperial Red Ale
ABV:
10%
Score:
90
Avg:
4.02 | pDev: 8.96%
Reviews:
20
Ratings:
54
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 10, 2018
Added:
Apr 14, 2011
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  5
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Ratings by Fantalek:
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Rated by Fantalek from New York

3.75/5  rDev -6.7%

Aug 23, 2013
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Reviewed by VABA from Virginia

4.05/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
A very nice dark color with a slight head and lacing, a very pleasant aroma and taste. Medium bodied with decent carbonation and a very pleasant character.
May 10, 2018
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Reviewed by dave_ackbar from Hawaii

4.1/5  rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4oz. Served on tap.
Look is the typical brownish red expected from a red ale.
Smell is smoky, definitely a barrel aged smell.
Taste is very smooth with the slight burn of the familiar bourbon after taste.
Feel is fine, nothing exceptional.
Overall not bad. When I drink a bourbon barrel aged beer I want to know I’m having a bourbon barrel aged beer. This definitely has that feel.
Dec 12, 2017
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

3.98/5  rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
a pretty intensely flavored beer here, basically a barleywine at this point, a nice fall complexion to it though, and a perfect beer for standing outside in the cold rain, if for some reason you find yourself doing that and this beer is miraculously available like it was for me this weekend. its murky and deep crimson color, just short of brown and with a ton of viscosity. it has a strong whiskey aroma, almost scotch ale smelling for a moment, a hint of peat here, wood, and a nice kilned malt warmness about it. subtle honey and vanilla notes, fusel alcohol heat, sweet caramelized grain sugars, wet oak, and a breadiness, almost european for a moment in the grain. the flavor is all of this, with the wood mellowing some of the sweetness and the booze heat, but both are still quite prominent here. i wish it were a little drier, this is hard to drink through much of, but its a tasty variant on the original, just a lot of beer in the glass if you know what i mean. it seems a little rougher than the original, somewhat less refined to me, but i like the flavors that the barrel adds, it just does less for the feel that i suspected it would. enjoyable anytime a big beer is needed though. did this get bottled?
Nov 14, 2017
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Rated by BEER88 from North Carolina

3.91/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Balast point, stone, and sam adams all taste the same!
Sep 05, 2017
 
Rated: 4.53 by milwaukee512 from Wisconsin

Jun 06, 2017
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Reviewed by AmeriCanadian from Tennessee

3.84/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Barleywine-esque in terms of its size, booziness, feel, and complexity. An awful lot going on here, which in many cases can easily come off as muddled, but here tows the line (barely) of cohesion and makes for a very interesting slow sipper.
Dec 06, 2016
 
Rated: 3.78 by Zazzi82 from Tennessee

Dec 04, 2016
 
Rated: 4.06 by MickeyHops from California

Nov 23, 2016
 
Rated: 4.09 by tbone1384 from Wyoming

Nov 21, 2016
 
Rated: 3.93 by hanagan08 from Maryland

Apr 02, 2016
 
Rated: 3.96 by imstimpy from Texas

Dec 12, 2015
 
Rated: 4.17 by rawfish from California

Sep 09, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Brewcycler from California

Aug 04, 2015
 
Rated: 4.06 by leilei143 from California

Aug 04, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by The_Jerk from California

Nov 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by cfrobrew from Texas

Oct 30, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by spycow from Illinois

Oct 11, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by DrBier from Pennsylvania

Jul 14, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Smarty_Pints from California

May 19, 2014
Tongue Buckler - Bourbon Barrel-Aged from Ballast Point Brewing Company
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 54 ratings