Bourbon Barrel Aged Arctic Ale - Cinnamon & Orange
Hailstorm Brewing Co.
- From:
- Hailstorm Brewing Co.
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
- ABV:
- 15.3%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.86 | pDev: 13.47%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 23, 2020
- Added:
- Aug 23, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by GrumpyGas from Illinois
4.24/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
12oz can dated 12/10/19 and poured into a short stange shows a muddy, orange-tinged, opaque, brown, ever-so briefly floating a 1/8" cap of off-white tiny bubbles, yet leaving infinitesimally small-bubbled lacing that falls back to an edge-hugging ring.
Aroma is an inviting cinnamon, warm breakfast pastry forward deliciousness with a bourbon cream glaze. As it comes to temperature the orange peel notes join in and the flavors match.
Not as velvety as the base barleywine as the cinnamon implies a powdery sense, but still a very pleasant experience evolution in this elixir. No booze warmth, no cinnamon heat, both good qualities as far as I am concerned.
Overall a good aroma addition to the base, but the cinnamon and orange peel, while in no way overpowering, still cover the toffee, butterscotch, and vanilla flavors, for which I prefer the base barleywine.
Nov 23, 2020Aroma is an inviting cinnamon, warm breakfast pastry forward deliciousness with a bourbon cream glaze. As it comes to temperature the orange peel notes join in and the flavors match.
Not as velvety as the base barleywine as the cinnamon implies a powdery sense, but still a very pleasant experience evolution in this elixir. No booze warmth, no cinnamon heat, both good qualities as far as I am concerned.
Overall a good aroma addition to the base, but the cinnamon and orange peel, while in no way overpowering, still cover the toffee, butterscotch, and vanilla flavors, for which I prefer the base barleywine.
Reviewed by Stooven from Illinois
3.12/5 rDev -19.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.12/5 rDev -19.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Poured from a 12oz can, dated Dec 2019, advisory to drink within 12 months. Check.
Pours a muddy, reddish brown, with a thin but ever-present tan head around the rim. No lacing.
Smells like cinnamon. Pastries, baking, but mostly sweet cinnamon buns.
Taste is a blast of cinnamon, underscored by chocolate soda. I might taste orange, but that might be the power of suggestion.
Mouthfeel is fizzy, which is where I might have made the chocolate soda connection. I'm not liking this. Less than halfway through the 12 oz, and I'm pouring it out. Keep in mind, I spent $6 on this can. At the same time I'm happy I didn't buy a $24 four-pack.
Nov 17, 2020Pours a muddy, reddish brown, with a thin but ever-present tan head around the rim. No lacing.
Smells like cinnamon. Pastries, baking, but mostly sweet cinnamon buns.
Taste is a blast of cinnamon, underscored by chocolate soda. I might taste orange, but that might be the power of suggestion.
Mouthfeel is fizzy, which is where I might have made the chocolate soda connection. I'm not liking this. Less than halfway through the 12 oz, and I'm pouring it out. Keep in mind, I spent $6 on this can. At the same time I'm happy I didn't buy a $24 four-pack.
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