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Olde Hickory Brewery
- From:
- Olde Hickory Brewery
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy
- ABV:
- 11.5%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.81 | pDev: 8.66%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 12, 2023
- Added:
- Sep 15, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Bourbon barrel-aged Scotch Ale with Cocoa, Toasted Coconut and Almonds.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by CarolinaCardinals from North Carolina
3.58/5 rDev -6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.58/5 rDev -6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Picked up a 12 oz bottle from the Appalachian Vintner 10-28-22 for $7.99. Bottled 12-10-21; consumed 4-12-23.
Beer poured murky brown with a smallish bubble bath head that dissipated immediately.
Nose is weird, you have a trace of the barrel and sweet malts but is taken over by a kind of wet doggish smell. I suspect something has gone wrong.
Taste seems to be fine. Large malt base is further sweetened by the coconut and cocoa. Barrel does come into a play imparting some notes of vanilla and bourbon alcohol. Finishes on the sweeter side of being balanced.
Mouthfeel is large bodied and very smooth.
Overall a weird outcome. Not sure what to make of the off smell.
Apr 12, 2023Beer poured murky brown with a smallish bubble bath head that dissipated immediately.
Nose is weird, you have a trace of the barrel and sweet malts but is taken over by a kind of wet doggish smell. I suspect something has gone wrong.
Taste seems to be fine. Large malt base is further sweetened by the coconut and cocoa. Barrel does come into a play imparting some notes of vanilla and bourbon alcohol. Finishes on the sweeter side of being balanced.
Mouthfeel is large bodied and very smooth.
Overall a weird outcome. Not sure what to make of the off smell.
Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina
4.36/5 rDev +14.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.36/5 rDev +14.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Pours a toffee color with a thin head that fades; minimal lacing
Smell: Toffee, fig, shortbread, vanilla, toasted coconut and almond tones, warmly ensconced with aromatics from the Bourbon barrel
Taste: Toffee forward, with the shortbread and vanilla underneath; hints of toasted coconut and almonds emerge to add complexity; in the mid-palate, the Bourbon makes an impact; the finish is a complex melange
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with low carbonation
Overall: Well the name here sent me to the dictionary but the beer here is a first class Wee Heavy, not a secondary effect
Sep 15, 2022Smell: Toffee, fig, shortbread, vanilla, toasted coconut and almond tones, warmly ensconced with aromatics from the Bourbon barrel
Taste: Toffee forward, with the shortbread and vanilla underneath; hints of toasted coconut and almonds emerge to add complexity; in the mid-palate, the Bourbon makes an impact; the finish is a complex melange
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with low carbonation
Overall: Well the name here sent me to the dictionary but the beer here is a first class Wee Heavy, not a secondary effect
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