Friggin Huge Wee Heavy
The Fort Collins Brewery
- From:
- The Fort Collins Brewery
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 4.22 | pDev: 0%
- Reviews:
- 1
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 30, 2007
- Added:
- Nov 30, 2007
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
81
Good
81
Good
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by rowew from Colorado
4.22/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
4.22/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Presentation: Growler from the brewery. This was part of the Ft Collins Tap Club, and was apparently aged in whiskey barrels from Stranahan's (the distillery associated with Flying Dog).
Appearance: Pours dark brown with a bit of ruby around the edges. Nice sized head fades to leave a thick lacing on top of the beer, and a bit on the glass.
Smell: Tons of caramel, and a bit of burnt sugar. Smells like a nice creme brulee or something like that.
Taste: Wow - the caramel and burnt sugar comes through here too - but its got some smooth vanilla as well. Despite all of this it isn't overly sweet.
Overall impression: This is a really interesting beer - you can definitely taste some of the barrel characteristics in the vanilla, and they go really well with the caramel flavors of the beer. I'm not too familiar with the style - but I doubt this is a typical example. Despite that, its very interesting and worth trying if you ever get the chance.
Nov 30, 2007Appearance: Pours dark brown with a bit of ruby around the edges. Nice sized head fades to leave a thick lacing on top of the beer, and a bit on the glass.
Smell: Tons of caramel, and a bit of burnt sugar. Smells like a nice creme brulee or something like that.
Taste: Wow - the caramel and burnt sugar comes through here too - but its got some smooth vanilla as well. Despite all of this it isn't overly sweet.
Overall impression: This is a really interesting beer - you can definitely taste some of the barrel characteristics in the vanilla, and they go really well with the caramel flavors of the beer. I'm not too familiar with the style - but I doubt this is a typical example. Despite that, its very interesting and worth trying if you ever get the chance.
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