Tempest All the Leaves Are Brown Bourbon Barrel
We’ve been sitting on some rather special casks for the last few months...
After releasing our incredibly popular imperial brown ale in 2017, the next logical step was to age it. We’ve aged the beer in Heaven Hill Bourbon casks for 6 months then refermented it with Grade A maple syrup.
After releasing our incredibly popular imperial brown ale in 2017, the next logical step was to age it. We’ve aged the beer in Heaven Hill Bourbon casks for 6 months then refermented it with Grade A maple syrup.
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162 reviews
Tweedbank, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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330ml on Alex's porch.
Appearance: brown with a beige head.
Aroma: dark fruits with bourbon notes, roasted malts, molasses.
Taste: along the same lines, fruity, some dark malts, bourbon.
Overall: good one.
Poured from 330mL can. Very dark brown, near black with tan head. Really nice molasses-y burnt maple treacle with a touch of bourbon, some wood, hint of chocolate. Really nice flavours.
Can sample at troubles. Black. Vanilla, walnut, hazelnut aroma, roasty, a bit alcoholic, maple taste. Smooth texture, full body, vanilla and maple finish.
At Dror's place, pours black with a beige head, aroma of chocolate, caramel, toffee, acidity, flavor of chocolate, nuts, acidity, bourbon, vanilla, medium to full bodied, nice
26-02-21 // can. No tasting notes writte ndown unfortunately but a lovely bourbon barre laged dark beer. aromas well embedded and balacned. not too boozy at all.
16-APR-2021, can @home, from Saveur-Bierre.
Dark, dark brown with a lasting, slightly lacing, low, tan head.
Aroma is quite weak, only some faint, sweet malty notes.
Luckily the taste is much much better. Fine Bourbon notes on top of licorice, chocolate, caramel, vanilla. Full body, sweet, soft carbonation, bitter, alcoholic. Very nice.
Burk från hopt.se. Mörkaste brun med ett brunt skum. Dofter av mörk choklad, kaffe, karamell och vanilj. Smakinslag av kaffe, lakrits, rostad malt, choklad, vanilj, trä och karamell. Fyllig kropp, oljig munkänsla. Värmande alkohol.
33cl blik. Helder donker bruin kleur, fijne romige bruine schuimkraag. De geur is koffie en chocolade. Smaak is zoet, whisky, chocolade en vanille. Vol body en veel koolzuur.
Can @Luppolo Station (Rome). Nera, densa, impenetrabile, schiuma beige media. Naso un po' spento, note di cacao, vaniglia, legno, zucchero di canna. In bocca è molto intensa, cioccolato, vaniglia, malti tostati. Corpo pieno, carbonazione medio-leggera. Non male, anche se alla lunga stucca un po'.
Pours a pitch-black coloration with a medium, fluffy head. Smells of bready, toasted, caramel malt, with some quite nutty aroma, as well as some chocolate and hints of maple syrup, vanilla and Bourbon-soaked oak. Taste is an excellent balance of bready, toasted, caramel malt, some chocolate covered nuts, with notes of walnut, hazelnut and dark chocolate, as well as lighter maple syrup, vanilla and Bourbon-soaked oak, with just a hint of bitter, earthy hops as well. Finishes bittersweet, with a light/medium bitterness and some toasted malt, nuts, chocolate, maple syrup and Bourbon lingering in the aftertaste.
Brown Ales are a rare find in these parts, so this barrel-aged example of the style was a real treat with its subtle complexity and great balance of sweet and bitter notes. I really like the interplay of the dominant maple syrup and nutty notes here, which provides a great balance of sweet and bitter elements that is enhanced by some vanilla and dark, bitter chocolate, while the barrel-aging really shines through here with a very nice, mellow but warming Bourbon presence in the finish, which doesn't feel too boozy at all, while providing some musty, earthy oak as well, along with the subtle, earthy and bitter hops.
330mL can, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out lush bourbon barrels, some vanila, toasted caramel, and dark fruits. Flavour is loaded with sweet bourbon and vanilla, caramel, and some dark fruits. There really isn't much complexity here, nor is the integration all that great. I'm not in agreement with the prevailing ratings here. It's decent at best, but it really let's down.
0,33l can from Hoptimaal web store. Very dark brown, bit red, almost black beer with medium, very stable and beautiful brown head. Aroma has licorice, sweet caramel, malts, maple syrup, wood, bourbon barrel and vanilla. Flavor has sweet caramel, malts, dark fruits, plum, maple, wood, bourbon barrel and vanilla. Quite spicy at the end. Full body, smooth and creamy, excelent.
Belle noire à mousse brune plutôt stable.
Odeurs : chocolat, vanille, fruits noirs, alcool, caramel puis fruits secs genre coco.
Saveurs : whisky/bourbon, du rôti, de la vanille, du caramel, des fruits secs (noisette, coco), du chocolat noir.
Bière douce et pourtant épicée et alcoolisée, facile à boire mais sucrée et assez liquoreuse.
Rondeur et personnalité. Top !
Black with a tan head, malty, maple, vanilla, bourbon aroma, medium body, sweet, chocolate, vanilla, maple, bourbon with a warming slightly boozy finish, lovely
Can sample at a tasting. Deep brown with brownish head. The aroma has notes of wood, dark chocolate, vanilla, coconut, wine, bourbon. The flavor is sweet and mild bitter with notes of wood, bourbon, coconut, vanilla, wine. Full-bodied.
Can. Dark brown/black colour, beige foam. Nose of caramel, roasted matls, toast, some smoke, vanilla and whisky. Taste is rather sweet, caramel, molasses, light smoke. Well balanced. Better when warming up. Very good, but too expensive for what it is.
Can at a tasting. Brown with reddish hues. Aroma of wood, prunes, nuts. Sweetish, prunes, chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, caramel, molasses, wood, alcohol. Medium full bodied, oily.
33 cl bottle @ home, BBE 06.12.2024
Aroma has salty licorice, soy sauce. Also bourbon and alcohol. Flavour has licorice, rubbery tones, alcohol, mild bourbon tones. Finishes with odd spicy aromas, cinnamon, gingerbread? Warming alcohol also. Unusual and a bit of a disappointment.
Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Very dark brown. Malt, caramel, a bit of coconut, vanilla, nuts, some dark fruits, maple, sweet, full-bodied.
Can from the brewery. A really unique beer. There’s liquorice, caramel and a kind of dark smoky thing going on. Not my thing, but well made and a sipper, not a glugger.
Can from Indiebeer, Holloway. Aroma has caramel... nougat, with a boozy smokey streak - they compliment each other. Dark brown. Opaque and oly. Foamy tan head. Flavour had underlying sweetness - caramel again so burnt sugar rather than saccharine. Also sweet salted liqourice, smoke and roast are in the mix, with a bitter boozey edge. Again they all compliment each other. If anything the BA elements lift the sweetness. Thick. Oily. Average carbonation. Long finish. A touch of the astringent.
Pours thick dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of caramel, bourbon, vanilla, and chocolate. Taste is sweet chocolate, caramel and warming alcohol. Thick mouthfeel.
Bottle
Aroma-caramel, chocolate, cocoa, vanilla, toffee
Appearance-brown, hazy, tan foam
Taste-medium sweetness, light sourness and bitterness
Palate-full body, slick, average carbonation, long finish
Overall-very good
330ml can. Pours jet black with a medium head. Aroma is chocolate, bourbon and maple syrup. Taste has chocolate, maple syrup and bourbon. A hint of coffee.
Corpo color ebano con testa beige dalla texture fine e dalla veloce evanescenza. Olfatto: melassa, caramello, cioccolato, ciliegia, vaniglia, sciroppo d’acero, resina, legno e bourbon. Al palato: caramello, cioccolato, frutta secca, prugna e ciliegia disidratata, sfumature di vaniglia e quercia, sciroppo d’acero e gentile abbraccio etilico. Finale secco luppolato resinoso. Retrogusto con ritorno di sciroppo d’acero e bourbon. Corpo medio e rotondo e bassa carbonazione.
Direct from the brewery 330ml bottle. 11.2% a lovely dark ale. Had away at Polin Croft.
0.33 l can from 'Ace Drinks', canned in September 2020. Black with a thin, frothy, almost stable, beige head. Sweetish-malty, slightly boozy and a little roasty aroma of caramel, nuts, chocolate, maple and bourbon. Rather sweet, malty, slightly roasty taste of brownies, toasted nuts, bourbon, maple, caramel fudge and cocoa, followed by a long, gently roasty-bitter, slightly boozy finish. Full body, smooth and slightly creamy mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Tasty beer, very sweet but still balanced, the bourbon matches very well with the nutty aromas.
33 cl bottle.
Pours black color with a small beige head. Toasted malty aroma, caramel-y, slightly syrupy too, some spice notes, bourbon and faint nutty notes. Flavor starts spicy, toasted malty, some caramel and maple syrup sweetness, faint bready notes, nuts and hints of ripe fruits on the finish, bourbon-y vanilla on the aftertaste. Not sure if I like the spicy side of this brew, otherwise quite nice.
4525
Bottle pouring dark brown color. Aroma is caramel, dark fruits, plums, caramel, vanilla, maple syrup, sugar and alcohol. Taste is heavily sweet combined with malts and dark fruits, a lot of maple syrup notes combined with bourbon and vanilla. In a good way rich and strong taste, a bit boozy, which works well in here. Tons of sweet notes, but not very sweet beer overall.
Chocoladesmaak en heel veel alcohol. Donkerbruin bier.