Morning Wood
Funky Buddha Brewery
- From:
- Funky Buddha Brewery
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Porter
Ranked #1 - ABV:
- 12%
- Score:
- 100
Ranked #48 - Avg:
- 4.62 | pDev: 6.71%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 203
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 07, 2025
- Added:
- Jan 19, 2012
- Wants:
- 898
- Gots:
- 225
SCORE
100
World-Class
100
World-Class
What's better than beer for breakfast? How about a little Morning Wood. This Imperial version of Maple Bacon Coffee Porter is aged in Bourbon barrels for months, lending smoothness to the smokey, salty, rich combo of maple syrup, fresh roasted coffee, and bacon.
ABV varies from batch to batch
ABV varies from batch to batch
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Ratings by Affinity:
Rated by Affinity from Missouri
4.41/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Apr 30, 2022
4.41/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Apr 30, 2022
More User Ratings:
Rated by OompaMentor from Georgia
4.29/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This was a 2019 bottle that I found hiding in my refrigerator. It held it’s own as far as mouthfeel, and drink ability
Jun 09, 2025
Reviewed by moysauce from Illinois
4.64/5 rDev +0.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.64/5 rDev +0.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Had at Funky Buddha on Nov 5, 2018. Review from my Untappd
WOW. Thsi could easily be a 4.75+ if I tasted some of the bacon, but none of that. Again. Spectacular beer. Also - nitro, for what it's worth.
Mar 30, 2024WOW. Thsi could easily be a 4.75+ if I tasted some of the bacon, but none of that. Again. Spectacular beer. Also - nitro, for what it's worth.
Reviewed by Rug from Massachusetts
4.47/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.47/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2017 vintage
Beer 1400!!! I purposely saved this one for this landmark review since I reviewed the base version and the imperial version a few weeks back. This has been a long time want of mine, and luckily I was able to get the whole series at once. This bourbon barrel-aged variant has been sitting at the highest rated Imperial Porter for a long time on BA, and #38 overall. Let’s see if it lives up to the hype
Pours a very dark brown with a finger of creamy dark tan head that fades to a ring and leaves minimal lacing
The bourbon is definitely present in the nose, making the whole thing quite a bit sweeter but still really good. I’m picking up on aromas of sweet bourbon, charred oak, salty bacon, medium roast coffee, milk chocolate, maple syrup, burnt caramel, and light brown sugar
It’s an absolute smack in the face of every single element in taste, wow. On the front end of the sip I’m tasting smoky bacon, milk chocolate, maple candy, sweetened coffee, sweet bourbon, raisin, toasted oak, creamy vanilla, and caramel. The swallow brings notes of salty bacon, charred oak, dark chocolate, medium roast coffee, burnt caramel, brown sugar, maple syrup, smoked malt, and vanilla
A medium full body pairs with gentle tingling carbonation, resulting in a smooth and silky beer. Finishes mostly dry with a warming alcohol presence
Man, it’s been so much fun trying my way through this series. This one is the clear winner. I hope I get a chance to try them all fresh one day
Nov 26, 2022Beer 1400!!! I purposely saved this one for this landmark review since I reviewed the base version and the imperial version a few weeks back. This has been a long time want of mine, and luckily I was able to get the whole series at once. This bourbon barrel-aged variant has been sitting at the highest rated Imperial Porter for a long time on BA, and #38 overall. Let’s see if it lives up to the hype
Pours a very dark brown with a finger of creamy dark tan head that fades to a ring and leaves minimal lacing
The bourbon is definitely present in the nose, making the whole thing quite a bit sweeter but still really good. I’m picking up on aromas of sweet bourbon, charred oak, salty bacon, medium roast coffee, milk chocolate, maple syrup, burnt caramel, and light brown sugar
It’s an absolute smack in the face of every single element in taste, wow. On the front end of the sip I’m tasting smoky bacon, milk chocolate, maple candy, sweetened coffee, sweet bourbon, raisin, toasted oak, creamy vanilla, and caramel. The swallow brings notes of salty bacon, charred oak, dark chocolate, medium roast coffee, burnt caramel, brown sugar, maple syrup, smoked malt, and vanilla
A medium full body pairs with gentle tingling carbonation, resulting in a smooth and silky beer. Finishes mostly dry with a warming alcohol presence
Man, it’s been so much fun trying my way through this series. This one is the clear winner. I hope I get a chance to try them all fresh one day
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