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Apple Brandy GBS
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
- From:
- Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- Sweet / Milk Stout
Ranked #45 - ABV:
- 10.4%
- Score:
- 96
Ranked #1,125 - Avg:
- 4.33 | pDev: 7.16%
- Reviews:
- 31
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 10, 2022
- Added:
- Dec 06, 2015
- Wants:
- 65
- Gots:
- 42
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Ratings by Gkruszewski:
Rated by Gkruszewski from New York
4.27/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Feb 14, 2019
4.27/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Feb 14, 2019
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by larryi86 from Delaware
4.56/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.56/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
750 ml bottle, 2017, poured into a tulip
A- Black with a two finger mocha head.
S- Chocolate, apple brandy, cinnamon, oak, some ginger.
T- Chocolate, apple brandy, cinnamon, gingerbread, oak. Think apple pie and chocolate.
M- Smooth, medium to full body.
O- Love the apple brandy barrels with this. A great sipper that’s easy to drink.
Jun 29, 2019A- Black with a two finger mocha head.
S- Chocolate, apple brandy, cinnamon, oak, some ginger.
T- Chocolate, apple brandy, cinnamon, gingerbread, oak. Think apple pie and chocolate.
M- Smooth, medium to full body.
O- Love the apple brandy barrels with this. A great sipper that’s easy to drink.
Reviewed by stortore from Illinois
4.36/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.36/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
750 ml bottle into a snifter. 2017 edition. Had 8/17/18.
Pours an opaque, dark brown, with a half inch head and soapy cling. Aromas of cinnamon, apple brandy, chocolate, malt, caramel, ginger, other spices, light oak. The flavor follows along- cinnamon, chocolate, apple brandy, malt, ginger, some caramel, light oak, spices- maybe nutmeg? Very smooth, a very good full body, well carbonated.
Certainly one of the best BA GBS variants. Rich flavors, incredibly smooth. The apple brandy and cinnamon star, decadent chocolate lays the foundation. This is one to have annually, well worth a purchase.
Mar 19, 2019Pours an opaque, dark brown, with a half inch head and soapy cling. Aromas of cinnamon, apple brandy, chocolate, malt, caramel, ginger, other spices, light oak. The flavor follows along- cinnamon, chocolate, apple brandy, malt, ginger, some caramel, light oak, spices- maybe nutmeg? Very smooth, a very good full body, well carbonated.
Certainly one of the best BA GBS variants. Rich flavors, incredibly smooth. The apple brandy and cinnamon star, decadent chocolate lays the foundation. This is one to have annually, well worth a purchase.
Reviewed by HattedClassic from Virginia
4/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
The beer pours a decent bubbly brown head that dissipates very quickly while the beer itself is a very dark brown that strongly resembles a black with brown hues to it. The smell has a good brandy and tart apple note right upfront while the gbs notes are fairly mute. There is also a nice wooden note to it as well. The taste is the same as the smell even though the wood is a bit more prevalent. The difference is the GBS notes come out more in the finish than it does in the smell. Spices such as the ginger and a bit of the cinnamon comes out but not much else. The beer feels much lighter than it should because of the carbonation but is otherwise full bodied and a bit thin. Overall, not bad.
Dec 24, 2018Reviewed by Riff from Virginia
3.78/5 rDev -12.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev -12.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours nearly black in color with an offwhite head that fades to almost nothing. Smell is ginger, cinnamon, faint apple scent. Taste is ginger, chocolate, a little bit of apple, sugar cookie, hint of gingerbread towards the finish. Bit of an alcohol bite. Medium body. Not sure what to make with this one, some things I like, some things are eh. Would like a bit more apple presence but really, I think this is more or less muddled.
Dec 01, 2018Reviewed by maximum12 from Minnesota
4.18/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.18/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Thanks to the local shedding his cellar for this one. 750ML corked & caged bottle split with my wife.
The pour is dark brown, with a touch of clear radish around the edges. Bits of brandy, chocolate, & ginger end up in my nose.
GBS – Apple Brandy Barrel Aged is the rare barreled-up GBS where the barrel doesn’t detract from the cookie. Christmas cookie including vanilla, gingerbread, cinnamon, plenty of brown sugar, dipped in an appletini of light booziness (well, light in the mouth, blazing a trail of warmth below…no, not that far below, I’d get a course of antibiotics for that). Plenty drinkable, goes down like a middling ABV stout, not double digits.
The rare GBS this brewery stuck in a barrel that didn’t experience a significant decrease in deliciousness, the apple heat seems like a lovely complement, especially if lots of marginal family is involved. Excellent beer.
Nov 29, 2018The pour is dark brown, with a touch of clear radish around the edges. Bits of brandy, chocolate, & ginger end up in my nose.
GBS – Apple Brandy Barrel Aged is the rare barreled-up GBS where the barrel doesn’t detract from the cookie. Christmas cookie including vanilla, gingerbread, cinnamon, plenty of brown sugar, dipped in an appletini of light booziness (well, light in the mouth, blazing a trail of warmth below…no, not that far below, I’d get a course of antibiotics for that). Plenty drinkable, goes down like a middling ABV stout, not double digits.
The rare GBS this brewery stuck in a barrel that didn’t experience a significant decrease in deliciousness, the apple heat seems like a lovely complement, especially if lots of marginal family is involved. Excellent beer.
Apple Brandy GBS from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
Beer rating:
96 out of
100 with
205 ratings
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