Bourbon County Fruited Variant Curiosity

had regal about a week after friday. lots of berry, i didn't get much salt. i thought it was great though a few others in the group didn't care for it

 

I've had Regal twice on draft. The first time, I didn't get much salt and very little if any fruit presence, probably similar to what you were tasting. The second time (different keg, ~ a month later), the salt and fruit came through beautifully and it was a much better beer for it.

As for the others:
- Backyard is my favorite both fresh and aged
- Cherry Rye is pretty excellent right now, but was entirely too medicinal fresh
- I still haven't had Bramble.

 

I LOVED Regal Rye. Fantastic beer.

 

Same. Fantastic beer. I found it to be better than VR, Backyard, Bramble, and several other BC variants I tried on the same night this year.

Edit: I guess it was last year at this point; regardless, it was in the past 3 months

 

Man, +1 to that. This year's regular is so good. I'm not even sure I want to experiment with a french press!

 

I had two Cherry Ryes , I drank one I traded the other. For my palate that kinda says it all. I had one backyard and I traded it to a BA friend who asked if it was available, I was happy to pass it on. Sitting on a Regal, but it will sit at least a year.

 

Had Cherry Rye on tap recently and I thought it was great despite the cherry mellowing out over time. Backyard after a year was great. Regal has been my least favorite, but could be interesting in the future. Nothing tops Vanilla; match made in heaven w/ BC- drinking really well right now.

 

I've had Backyard a few times as well as Regal and Cherry. Backyard is one of the best beers I've had (the times I had it were fresh and then about 9 months after its release).

I had Cherry for the first (and only) time last year and thought it was phenomenal.

Regal was disappointing, but I have a pair of bottles that I'm hoping to sit on for a bit to see how they turn out with some age.

I've always wanted me some Bramble Rye, but have never been able to find a bottle/get any interest on trading for one, sadly. So hey, if you're out there with a spare bottle and want to unload it, I'm all ears....

 

Bramble, to me, was awful fresh. Traded away all I had almost immediately. Now, it's like the greatest thing that was ever invented. It's pretty good - had a small pour this past Thanksgiving.

 

Two year's back (2014) on Black Friday, the shop I lined up at had a single case of Backyard they raffled off. Wish I had gotten a bottle. All I hear about it is how amazing it is :/