Apple Brandy GBS
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery

Apple Brandy GBSApple Brandy GBS
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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:
205
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 10, 2022
Added:
Dec 06, 2015
Wants:
  65
Gots:
  42
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Ratings by Slack:
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Rated by Slack from Virginia

4.55/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

May 16, 2018
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Rated: 4.1 by smi69 from New York

Dec 10, 2022
 
Rated: 4.5 by DCHritz from Pennsylvania

Jan 16, 2020
 
Rated: 4.24 by NolaHopHead from Louisiana

Dec 22, 2019
 
Rated: 4.5 by teamwiggum from Wisconsin

Oct 12, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by imperialking from Illinois

Aug 28, 2019
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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
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, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by Gambyt20 from Illinois

Jun 15, 2019
 
Rated: 3.81 by westcoastbeerlvr from California

Apr 29, 2019
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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
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, 2019
 
Rated: 3.79 by Morey from Pennsylvania

Feb 20, 2019
 
Rated: 4.29 by Dark_Scarecrow from Virginia

Feb 17, 2019
 
Rated: 4.27 by Gkruszewski from New York

Feb 14, 2019
 
Rated: 4.1 by Cpmitchno1 from Virginia

Feb 10, 2019
 
Rated: 4.06 by mig100 from Texas

Dec 24, 2018
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Reviewed by HattedClassic from Virginia

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, 2018
 
Rated: 4.49 by Cwarwick812 from Massachusetts

Dec 10, 2018
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Reviewed 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
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, 2018
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Reviewed by maximum12 from Minnesota

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, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by rossracing from Illinois

Nov 06, 2018
Apple Brandy GBS from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
Beer rating: 96 out of 100 with 205 ratings