Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale

This 8.19% ABV beer is from Alltech's Lexington Brewing Company of Lexington, Kentucky.  As its name implies this ale is aged in oak bourbon barrels for up to six weeks.  I am not sure what the "up to" means exactly, but let's give it a try.

The beer pours a bright copper and amber, light chestnut in color.  There is a tall half-inch of creamy, foamy head, just off-white in color.  The aroma is elegant, smooth bourbon, cherry, and a touch of oak.  The taste is smooth, creamy, fruity (cherry again), oaky, vanilla, malty ale, with nice bourbon throughout.  The aftertaste has the slight sting of bourbon and a sweet potato maltiness.  This is an easy drinker for a barrel aged beer.  If you like malty ales and bourbon, you had better try this.

Still tasting good in 2019:

The beer pours copper and deep amber in color. There is a short lived head of white foam. The aroma is toasted and caramel malt, bourbon, vanilla. The taste follow the aromas, toasted, caramel sweet, bourbon, light vanilla, along with toasted oak. The finish is moderately bitter with an oaky astringency following up the caramel bourbon sweetness. The beer drinks with a medium body just ample enough to hold up its flavors.