Ursus - Barrel-Aged
Greenbush Brewing Company
- From:
- Greenbush Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Old Ale
- ABV:
- 9.7%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.66 | pDev: 10.11%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 15, 2014
- Added:
- Apr 06, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Aged in local Tabor Hill Winery port wine barrels.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Treebs from Illinois
3.29/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.29/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
Had on tap at Greenbush. Served in a snifter. This is their regular Ursus aged in local Tabor Hill Port Wine Barrels.
A: Pours a murky brown color with a yellowish head forming on the pour. Nice retention as I drink. It recedes slowly down the glass leaving behind sticky sheets of lace.
S: This is super grapey. Very vinous and sweet. A little boozy with a touch of oak as well. At this point the base is pretty lost and it's mostly port barrel.
T: Thankfully the dominance of the Port barrel takes a backseat and the base beer is back. The red grape from the Port barrel is back with a touch of wet oak as well. Dry roasted malts and a touch of sweet bread as well. Minimal leather with a caramel sweetness as it warms. Minimal background tartness.
M: Medium to heavy bodied with a medium carbonation level. Drying finish with a grape sweetness as well.
O: The Port barrel was extremely aggressive in this beer and the base got slightly lost. If it was toned down a little bit it would have been much better.
Apr 06, 2013A: Pours a murky brown color with a yellowish head forming on the pour. Nice retention as I drink. It recedes slowly down the glass leaving behind sticky sheets of lace.
S: This is super grapey. Very vinous and sweet. A little boozy with a touch of oak as well. At this point the base is pretty lost and it's mostly port barrel.
T: Thankfully the dominance of the Port barrel takes a backseat and the base beer is back. The red grape from the Port barrel is back with a touch of wet oak as well. Dry roasted malts and a touch of sweet bread as well. Minimal leather with a caramel sweetness as it warms. Minimal background tartness.
M: Medium to heavy bodied with a medium carbonation level. Drying finish with a grape sweetness as well.
O: The Port barrel was extremely aggressive in this beer and the base got slightly lost. If it was toned down a little bit it would have been much better.
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