Bourbon ale/beer recommendations?

[silverfish]

Had someone mention bourbon ale/beer recently

and while I'm not a beer drinker at all, my wife

seems interested so I thought I'd ask here if

anyone has any recommendations.

I did a quick check on-line and found these listed

as being not half bad. If anyone has comments

on these (or any others), I'd be interested in hearing

your thoughts. Are they basically beer and if you

hate beer, you'll hate these? Or are some more

"bourbony" than others?

The District Chophouse's Bourbon Stout

Allagash Curieux Bourbon Barrel Aged Tripel

Allagash Odyssey

Allagash Musette

Kentucky Bourbon Ale

Sprecher's Bourbon Barrel Barley Wine

Bourbon Barrel Dopple Bock

Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout

Bourbon Barrel Scotch Ale

Anheuser-Busch's Winter Bourbon Cask Ale

Weyerbacher Insanity

[OscarV]

Anheuser-Busch's Winter Bourbon Cask Ale

Tastes like they poured sugar and vanilla extract in it.

Not good.

[smokinjoe]

Tastes like they poured sugar and vanilla extract in it.

Not good.

I'm with Oscar on the A-B Bourbon Cask Ale. Not good, at all.

But....the Allagash Curieux is mind blowing, if not cheap. I highly recommend it.

There's also the Jefferson's Reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout, which is awesome, as well.

[nor02lei]

Seem to me that different beers benefit or get less good from maturing in bourbon barrel. For my personal taste for example Yeti gets better and Gonzo gets worse.

Leif

[ODaniel]

It depends how much you want to spend. Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale is ok. Founder's Kentucky Breakfast Stout is supposed to be awesome, but expect to pay a lot for it. BBC Bourbon Barrel Stout is pretty good. There are plenty out there, but I haven't been able to try that many. www.ratebeer.com is a good site to get an idea. Try searching Kentucky or Bourbon.

[cowdery]

I like the BBC Bourbon Barrel Stout. Also Goose Island does a bourbon barrel stout from time to time, but I don't believe they bottle it. I've had it at Hopleaf and it is awesome, but very heavy.

[TomH]

Chuck,

Goose Island does bottle a bourbon stout (at least sometimes)....I picked up some at Sam's last year. I liked it better than the Breakfast Stout and it was cheaper.

Tom

[nor02lei]

I www.ratebeer.com is a good site to get an idea. Try searching Kentucky or Bourbon.

There are Swedish beer on place 2 and 24 from a very small micro brewery could Närkes kulturbryggeri. I have visited it twice and it is very small. First time all had there regular jobs and they did the brewing in evenings and weekends, but now one man works full time. The 2 beers are the same except that no 2 is matured in a bourbon barrel. I like no 24 better.

Leif

[silverfish]

Thanks to all who replied (and especially for

the ratebeer link - a VERY helpful site!)

Appreciate the warning about the A-B Cask Ale.

Tho' it'd probably be the easiest to find, I'll try'n

steer clear. Based on your comments and the

RB ratings, I think I'll be looking for some of

these as my first steps:

Goose Island Bourbon County stout

Lost Abbey The Angels Share (Bourbon Barrel)

Founder's Kentucky Breakfast Stout

Kuhnhenn Bourbon Barrel Barley Wine

Allagash bottlings

[nor02lei]

Based on your comments and the

RB ratings, I think I'll be looking for some of

these as my first steps:

Goose Island Bourbon County stout

I love that one!

Leif

[kickert]

I'm with Oscar on the A-B Bourbon Cask Ale. Not good, at all.

There's also the Jefferson's Reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout, which is awesome, as well.

The JR is my fave

[ODaniel]

I will be creating a "bourbon barrel" Extra Stout and Kentucky Common once I perfect the recipes. My Extra Stout is awesome, trying to fine tune it. I will be soaking oak chips in bourbon and putting them in the beer for a couple weeks, then kegging or bottling. Eventually I want to do it with a real bourbon barrel. They run like $75-85 though.

When they're ready I'll trade some bottles for something if anyone is interested.

[cowdery]

I'm with Oscar on the A-B Bourbon Cask Ale. Not good, at all.

But....the Allagash Curieux is mind blowing, if not cheap. I highly recommend it.

There's also the Jefferson's Reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout, which is awesome, as well.

Isn't the Jefferson's Reserve the BBC product? They supposedly use Jefferson's Reserve barrels, which is funny for obvious reasons. But, yes, it's a very good product, although I have trouble rationalizing the price.

[augustgarage]

Another vote for Goose Island Bourbon County Stout - I've got some 2008 in the fridge still. Excellent stuff.

If you like the Allagash, but want more flavor intensity for a special occasion, check out Cuvee de Tomme from Lost Abbey or Bourbon Barrel-aged Quad (BBQ) from Boulevard.