Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Blue Mountain Local Species: Review

Blue Mountain Barrel House
Arrington, Nelson County, Virginia, USA


Ale aged in bourbon barrels
1pt 9.4oz bottle
$9.99
6.6% abv
24 IBUs

On the cork: best by June 2014

Appearance: copper body; little cloudy; off-white two finger plus head; nice layers of lacing


Aroma: light bready, soft clove, and nothing else

Flavors: soft rye bread, spice, clove like on the back and aftertaste, I keep on sipping and expecting more and nothing, oh how I wanted the oak barrel to come through, uninspiring,

Mouthfeel: fine fizzy feel from the carbonation, light spice, empty on flavor for a barrel aged ale, short aftertaste

To the Point: plain old uninspiring, it was drinkable, I finished the whole bottle and the flavor nor the mouthfeel ever changed.  I won’t buy again. 


Just got to the last 5 ounces or so in the bottle and I swirled the bottle to get some of the sediment off the bottom of the bottle.  It came out in clumps, big white pasty chunks, don’t do this for this beer.  Looked like cheap home brewer guys yeast. Appearance is creamy caramel and the flavor does not improve.  


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