5 Round KO
Tucked Away Brewing
- From:
- Tucked Away Brewing
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
- ABV:
- 8.1%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.18 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 28, 2019
- Added:
- Feb 19, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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An Amber Ale with balanced malt and hop profile. Aged several months in KO Distilling Whiskey Barrel.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
4.18/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
On tap at brewery:
Admittedly entered this skeptical of a barrel-aged amber, as it is a lighter style that could be overwhelmed (also an admitted slight bias against smaller brewers being able to deftly handle barrel aging). I also have no problem admitting I was wrong. This beer has a light but obvious touch of the barrel on a light base that still shows up.
This is a lovely dark ruby color that has light blocked solely by the darkness. A medium thin slightly rusty ring keeps me company, but doesn’t leave anything behind.
Nose has a light melanoidin, dark cherry and caramel note that holds the whiskey more than barrel in check. It reminds me of a more mild cherry pipe tobacco in some ways, but also ever so slightly of cherry cough syrup (but not at all as medicinal as that sounds).
Taste is mildly sweet, but the amber ale plays a strong role. The vanilla and light char of the barrel aging adds without taking over, which is mildly impressive to me. The feel stays within the medium-light amber ale expectations and the alcohol adds a minor bite which is fine as a whiskey-aged offering.
Well done. I increased my initial rating upon having this a second time. It’s slightly reminiscent of a lighter Backwoods that lacks its depth but isn’t expected to have it.
Apr 28, 2019Admittedly entered this skeptical of a barrel-aged amber, as it is a lighter style that could be overwhelmed (also an admitted slight bias against smaller brewers being able to deftly handle barrel aging). I also have no problem admitting I was wrong. This beer has a light but obvious touch of the barrel on a light base that still shows up.
This is a lovely dark ruby color that has light blocked solely by the darkness. A medium thin slightly rusty ring keeps me company, but doesn’t leave anything behind.
Nose has a light melanoidin, dark cherry and caramel note that holds the whiskey more than barrel in check. It reminds me of a more mild cherry pipe tobacco in some ways, but also ever so slightly of cherry cough syrup (but not at all as medicinal as that sounds).
Taste is mildly sweet, but the amber ale plays a strong role. The vanilla and light char of the barrel aging adds without taking over, which is mildly impressive to me. The feel stays within the medium-light amber ale expectations and the alcohol adds a minor bite which is fine as a whiskey-aged offering.
Well done. I increased my initial rating upon having this a second time. It’s slightly reminiscent of a lighter Backwoods that lacks its depth but isn’t expected to have it.
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