Big Bang - Woodford Bourbon
Barreled Souls Brewing Company

Big Bang - Woodford BourbonBig Bang - Woodford Bourbon
Beer Geek Stats
From:
Barreled Souls Brewing Company
 
Maine, United States
Style:
American Barleywine
ABV:
13.3%
Score:
+6 ratings needed
Avg:
4.45 | pDev: 1.35%
Ratings:
4 | reviews: 2
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 03, 2024
Added:
Oct 10, 2021
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
Our American Barleywine, Big Bang, aged in Woodford Bourbon barrels for 11 months and 26 days.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 4.36 by Knapp85 from Pennsylvania

Apr 03, 2024
 
Rated: 4.5 by PhineasMcClintock from Massachusetts

Apr 03, 2024
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Reviewed by jzeilinger from Pennsylvania

4.43/5  rDev -0.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bottled on : 2021
Thx to PhineasMcClintock for sharing this bottle.

A - Dark brown pour with ultra thin lacing.

S - Toasted toffee, oak, and a little bit of Bourbon.

T - Toasted toffee and caramel, oak, Bourbon, and finishes on the sweeter side with lingering toffee / caramel / Bourbon all expertly blended.

M - Light syrupy body that's a little frothy around the edges and warming in the back of the throat.

O - This is well worth checking out and really dig this beer.
Apr 03, 2024
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Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut

4.5/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Sampling a cellar temp 500 ml bottle poured into my snifter. Bottled on 4/27/2021 after 11 months in bourbon barrel. Picked up at the brewery on October 2021 and been in my cellar since then.
The beer pours a deep rich mahogany color and reveals garnet highlights when held up to a light source. A large fluffy beige colored head of about 2 cm foams up even with a gentle pour. This foam sticks around throughout the sampling as a dense surface covering and creates dense lattice when I take a sip or swirl the glass.
the aroma on this beer is bold right from the cap popping! I get big brown sugar notes and bourbon richness mixing. there is a bit of a fig note as well and a little bit of fusol alcohol bite on the nose. No hint of hop character here.
First sip reveals a sort of thicker body with sticky texture that leaves residue on my lips on each sip. Instantly notice a sweetness on the flavor, and the carbonation is very soft, spacious and mild.
Flavor is brown sugar, vanilla, bourbon and some fig and raisin notes. Definitely on the sweeter side and again not really any hop profile. Booze is also pretty hidden with no heat or pepper bite. Danger at 13.3%!
This is a great BBA barleywine, which is no surprise from this brewery. Easy worth the purchase, but dangerously easy to drink!
May 15, 2022