Maple Bourbon Barrel Aged Reserve
Balsam Lake Brewery & Market
- From:
- Balsam Lake Brewery & Market
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- Doppelbock
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 2.9 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 09, 2025
- Added:
- Aug 09, 2025
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Balsam Lake Maple Bourbon Barrel Aged Reserve is a smooth ale aged in maple bourbon barrels for several months.
Made with a malt blend of caramunich, Vienna, malts and traditional noble German hops.
Excellent with friends and family for dinner, holidays or for no reason at all.
15 IBU
Made with a malt blend of caramunich, Vienna, malts and traditional noble German hops.
Excellent with friends and family for dinner, holidays or for no reason at all.
15 IBU
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Victory_Sabre1973 from Minnesota
2.9/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2.75
2.9/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2.75
From a 750ml bottle.
Nice smoke upon opening the bottle. The wax was easy and safe to remove. This beer has a nice amber color to it. There's a great stream of carbonation bubbles rising in the glass. The head is a 2 finger frothy off white colored head that has great retention and some lacing on the glass.
The nose is very disappointing. There's nothing there at all. I am getting just the most faint hint of maple and nothing else. I only drop below 3 if the nose is off putting, but I have to go lower because I am disappointed with it so much.
Taste - Wow, I hate to say it, but the flavor takes after the nose - there's almost nothing there. I am getting some maple. There's a super faint hint of caramel malt.
The body is quite bubbly feeling. The beer does go down smooth. Decent full body to the beer.
Well, this is the one I wasn't sure I wanted to get, and I wish I would have left it on the counter. This is a disappointing beer on the key levels.
Aug 09, 2025Nice smoke upon opening the bottle. The wax was easy and safe to remove. This beer has a nice amber color to it. There's a great stream of carbonation bubbles rising in the glass. The head is a 2 finger frothy off white colored head that has great retention and some lacing on the glass.
The nose is very disappointing. There's nothing there at all. I am getting just the most faint hint of maple and nothing else. I only drop below 3 if the nose is off putting, but I have to go lower because I am disappointed with it so much.
Taste - Wow, I hate to say it, but the flavor takes after the nose - there's almost nothing there. I am getting some maple. There's a super faint hint of caramel malt.
The body is quite bubbly feeling. The beer does go down smooth. Decent full body to the beer.
Well, this is the one I wasn't sure I wanted to get, and I wish I would have left it on the counter. This is a disappointing beer on the key levels.
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