Parting Kiss
Twa Dogs Brewing
- From:
- Twa Dogs Brewing
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +2 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.62 | pDev: 8.84%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 03, 2023
- Added:
- Sep 25, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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When one of our young amber ales met up with a cask from Maker’s Mark and our Victoria Caledonian whisky spirit, sparks of love filled the air, and spurred twa of our dogs to howl at the moon in delight! The Parting Kiss is medium bodied with a velvet texture; the subtle caramel, toasted oak, whisky, malt & vanilla dance in the glass with just a touch of Goldings hops in a perfect union of suds.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Beersnake from California
3.77/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a can just warmer than fridge temp. Pours a nice dark amber with a thin layer of head. The nose is bourbon, toffee, hay, clove, mint.
The taste is pretty good. Definitely some bourbon, vanilla, oak, Christmas spice, fruit cake, toffee, cherries, and slight rhubarb.
Mouthfeel is fairly light and the aftertaste is semi-sweet with some dark chocolate notes.
Jul 03, 2023The taste is pretty good. Definitely some bourbon, vanilla, oak, Christmas spice, fruit cake, toffee, cherries, and slight rhubarb.
Mouthfeel is fairly light and the aftertaste is semi-sweet with some dark chocolate notes.
Reviewed by TooManyGlasses from Canada (AB)
3.84/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours a clear reddish brown/tawny colour with finger plus of tight bubbly khaki/light tan head.
Aroma is malty, toffee, vanilla and hint of bourbon; earthy hops in back.
Sweet caramel malt on the palate - brown sugar, bourbon, vanilla and oaky flavours with a subtle fruitiness - almost cherry like.
Medium bodied - thinner than anticipated - bereft of significant bitterness with a lingering oaky caramel malt sweetness.
Jun 19, 2021Aroma is malty, toffee, vanilla and hint of bourbon; earthy hops in back.
Sweet caramel malt on the palate - brown sugar, bourbon, vanilla and oaky flavours with a subtle fruitiness - almost cherry like.
Medium bodied - thinner than anticipated - bereft of significant bitterness with a lingering oaky caramel malt sweetness.
Reviewed by altstadt from Canada (BC)
3.9/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Clear dark red-brown color. Not light enough to see internal carbonation. Formed a thick head that reduced to a skiff across the top after two minutes. No lacing.
Tarry dark roasted malt scents with a faint green vegetable scent. Swirling the glass added in a faint barnyard and some smoke.
Huge flavor profile that continually evolves as different taste buds get overwhelmed and take a break. Starts with a malt that is on the edge of being over-roasted. Something tart joins the malt and the ride begins. The sweet bourbon shows up about mid way through. The aftertaste bounces back to the malt and adds in a mild bitterness and maybe some wood. The aftertaste continues for a long while as taste buds recover from their swoon.
Foams up more than expected based on the level of carbonation that can be observed. Turns into fairly large bubbles. It becomes difficult to swallow. Medium-heavy body.
According to the label, this starts as a golden ale before it is aged with old bourbon oak. I'm unsure if it is aged in the casks or if chips of casks are added to a tank of ale. This is a really amazing taste adventure. The first mouthful is the best, as many of the flavors seem to overwhelm and don't show up again. The slight negative is how dark the malt has been roasted; if it was dialed back a notch I would have rated the taste as a 5. I strongly suspect that this is not a good style representation, but I don't think that is what the brewmaster was trying for.
Reading some of the prior reviews it is apparent that the recipe has changed substantially since it was first brewed. I can't see how anybody can say this particular vintage is "lacking in flavor". Note that it won a bronze medal in BC in 2018.
Sep 22, 2019Tarry dark roasted malt scents with a faint green vegetable scent. Swirling the glass added in a faint barnyard and some smoke.
Huge flavor profile that continually evolves as different taste buds get overwhelmed and take a break. Starts with a malt that is on the edge of being over-roasted. Something tart joins the malt and the ride begins. The sweet bourbon shows up about mid way through. The aftertaste bounces back to the malt and adds in a mild bitterness and maybe some wood. The aftertaste continues for a long while as taste buds recover from their swoon.
Foams up more than expected based on the level of carbonation that can be observed. Turns into fairly large bubbles. It becomes difficult to swallow. Medium-heavy body.
According to the label, this starts as a golden ale before it is aged with old bourbon oak. I'm unsure if it is aged in the casks or if chips of casks are added to a tank of ale. This is a really amazing taste adventure. The first mouthful is the best, as many of the flavors seem to overwhelm and don't show up again. The slight negative is how dark the malt has been roasted; if it was dialed back a notch I would have rated the taste as a 5. I strongly suspect that this is not a good style representation, but I don't think that is what the brewmaster was trying for.
Reading some of the prior reviews it is apparent that the recipe has changed substantially since it was first brewed. I can't see how anybody can say this particular vintage is "lacking in flavor". Note that it won a bronze medal in BC in 2018.
Rated by booby_hill from Canada (AB)
3.25/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.25/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Really Lacking in flavor
May 13, 2018
Reviewed by LampertLand from Canada (BC)
3.78/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.78/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Twa Dogs 'Parting Kiss' Bourbon Barrel Ale @ 7.0% , served from a 650 ml bottle & a 473 ml can
A-pour is a light cola brown from the bottle/can to a dark amber/brown in the glass with a medium size off-white/beige head which quickly dissipates leaving a minimal lace ring along the snifter/tulip
S-bourbon , hints of malts
T-boozy start , strong swallow , bit harsh overall
MF-ok carbonation , feels full bodied
Ov-the initial smell/start showed hope , taste doesn't deliver , revisited Feb05/2023
prost LampertLand
Dec 06, 2017A-pour is a light cola brown from the bottle/can to a dark amber/brown in the glass with a medium size off-white/beige head which quickly dissipates leaving a minimal lace ring along the snifter/tulip
S-bourbon , hints of malts
T-boozy start , strong swallow , bit harsh overall
MF-ok carbonation , feels full bodied
Ov-the initial smell/start showed hope , taste doesn't deliver , revisited Feb05/2023
prost LampertLand
Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.13/5 rDev -13.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.13/5 rDev -13.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
650ml bottle - a 'Bourbon barrel ale'. I'm guessing from the label screed that this probably involved oak chips.
This beer pours a clear, dark red-brick amber colour, with three fingers of puffy, finely foamy, and somewhat fizzy tan head, which leaves a few instances of thick streaky lace around the glass as it quickly abates.
It smells of bready and doughy caramel malt, some vanilla-accented rye whiskey, wet raisins, subtle earthy yeast, and very weak leafy, musty, and floral green hop bitters. The taste is semi-sweet, grainy and doughy caramel malt, a weird cold meaty essence, cheap vanilla extract, damp rye bread, muddled dark orchard fruit, and some still plain weedy, musty, and floral 'verdant' hoppiness.
The carbonation is damned near non-existent in its weak-sauce frothiness, the body a so-so middleweight, and rather pithy in its bearing. It finishes off-dry, the generic malt jangling the keys to the end of the day.
Overall - this brewery continues to underwhelm me with its bland as uncooked chicken 'character'. I'm sure that no actual Bourbon County barrels were harmed in the production of this offering, and that at least makes up a bit for this one's various shortfalls.
Dec 05, 2017This beer pours a clear, dark red-brick amber colour, with three fingers of puffy, finely foamy, and somewhat fizzy tan head, which leaves a few instances of thick streaky lace around the glass as it quickly abates.
It smells of bready and doughy caramel malt, some vanilla-accented rye whiskey, wet raisins, subtle earthy yeast, and very weak leafy, musty, and floral green hop bitters. The taste is semi-sweet, grainy and doughy caramel malt, a weird cold meaty essence, cheap vanilla extract, damp rye bread, muddled dark orchard fruit, and some still plain weedy, musty, and floral 'verdant' hoppiness.
The carbonation is damned near non-existent in its weak-sauce frothiness, the body a so-so middleweight, and rather pithy in its bearing. It finishes off-dry, the generic malt jangling the keys to the end of the day.
Overall - this brewery continues to underwhelm me with its bland as uncooked chicken 'character'. I'm sure that no actual Bourbon County barrels were harmed in the production of this offering, and that at least makes up a bit for this one's various shortfalls.
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