Flying Buffalo - Bourbon Barrel Aged - Root Beer Float
Griffin Claw Brewing Company
- From:
- Griffin Claw Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 13.9%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.88 | pDev: 15.98%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 08, 2026
- Added:
- Nov 19, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Aged 9 months in bourbon barrels and brewed with creamy lactose and rich vanilla. The result is a smooth, full-bodied stout with classic root beer flavor, layered over deep-roasted malts and a warm bourbon finish.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by PapaGoose03 from Michigan
4.15/5 rDev +7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev +7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I don't know how you get a root beer flavor into a beer but it's nicely there. However so is the alcohol burn, but not the flavor of its source barrel. Whether its bourbon barrel-aged or whiskey, or whatever, the root beer and the alcohol burn masks that flavor. But it's still a very good beer.
Additional note: the mouthfeel really thickens as the beer warms.
Jan 31, 2026Additional note: the mouthfeel really thickens as the beer warms.
Reviewed by The_Snow_Bird from Michigan
2.75/5 rDev -29.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
2.75/5 rDev -29.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
Pours jet black with a very thing dark caramel head on top. HOLY smells like an A&W root beer. Along with some vanilla. Taste is weird? Root beer but has something else to it. Not good.
Nov 20, 2025
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