Raspberry Bourbon Barrel Temptress

Bet there'll probably be special announcements for it if it indeed leaves the brewery.

Also they did put out a huge ass list of where Raspberry Temptress will be on tap, here it is if you can't see it on their facebook:

 

ISO: Both of those glasses.

 

Lonestar will be doing samples and selling the glass on the left at 5 today....

 

Holy crap...want both glasses and the beer! Now!

 

what do you think is a good time to go up to the brewery on Saturday?

 

I didn't even catch that there was a reg and bb version. I had the Raspberry Temptress last night...may have to find time to make it to the brewery this weekend and try the barrel version. For science, of course.

 

So how is the regular Raspberry? Is it worth skipping the Peticolas tour this Saturaday and going to Lakewood instead?

 

I sampled the Reg Raspberry Temptress tonight at Lonestar...good time as always, and the Lakewood guys were great...the beer itself was def sweeter than reg Temptress, but I just did not get much Raspberry flavor, on the nose, in the mouth or on the finish. Every once in a while it would whiff in, but just not enough to make me think "Raspberries". If you gave this to someone blind, I doubt they would be able to pick out any specific fruit. Having said that, still a very good beer, I just hope if they bottle it next year they bump up the flavor a bit, if possible...

 

I see what you did there.

 

Bought a glass and a growler last night at whole foods and thought it was great but the raspberry was subtle and right at the front. Drinking another one now and it is def more present. Great stuff, crazy how your pallet can change like that. Hoping for the same with vanilla noir as I didn't taste that much at the craft and growler bottle share but the next guy to me called it a vanilla bomb.

 

The vanilla was huge if you let it warm. Cold, even slightly chilled, not much vanilla came though.

 

Anyone know what kind of barrel's Lakewood has been using for Temptress. As much as I like it, there is room improvement still.

 

Fort Worth Flying Saucer will be tapping this on Friday and giving the glass away.

I'm going to try and be there.

 

I'm hoping to get out to the tour tomorrow, sounds like a great beer to try.

I'm pretty sure the BB Raspberry is brewery only, FS is probably tapping the non-barrel aged Raspberry Temptress.

 

Thanks for clarifying that. My bad.

 

Non-BBA stuff is good and worth finding. The raspberry is subtle but pleasantly so. Too much raspberry would have added more acidity and thinness to the beer than it should have. Raspberry is more obvious as the beer warms.

 

And Four Roses the year before if memory serves me correctly.