Akin to a barley wine, we suggest this ale as an after dinner drink.
It has a truly unique & sophisticated flavor due to the use of wildflower honey as the catalyst for the production of alcohol. We simply use pale malt and a very small amount of Target hops in this Belgian style ale. The bulk of the body, color and sweetness come from the 2,000 lbs. of honey we add to the boil.
The Brother is cellared for up to a year before it is bottled, which helps to marry the flavors and create the complex palate in this Bragget.
Beer Ratings and Reviews:
[1] Review by staleyiv from Newnan, GA, USA who has tried this beer once. (2/25/2008 9:27:39 PM)
"(Green's Trip: 08) I have seen reviews here and there on this brew so when I saw it sitting on a shelf amongst many other fine ales, I decided to pick this one up and purchase it. Aroma on this brew is very aromatic with some sweet maltiness coming through as well as some caramelized brown sugar and some honey with some earthy overtones like some fig and dark fruits. Appearance is a slightly hazy, reddish-orange to rusty-amber when held to the light with a smaller head on top that is creamy and an off-white in color and diminishes to a stringy lacing that adheres to the glass. Mouthfeel is medium-bodied with tons of honey complexity as well as malty balance and is rather dry with a palate that is well-rounded and a bit slippery. Flavor is of honey with some sour notes and tartness as well as some sweet malt with an aftertaste that is dry-like and woody to some extent and a bit of sherry coming through with a finish that is clean, dry, complex, and strong with some aloholic overtones and sweetness. Overall, this is a very complex brew and is like a cross between barleywine and mead and very unique and worth buying again to let it age with the best of em'... "
Aroma:
9/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
9/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4.1)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 22oz @ $8.99 Unit Cost: $6.54 per Pint
[2] Review by bfeldmann from Wilmington, DE, USA who has tried this beer once. (5/26/2007 8:37:40 AM)
"Hmmm not sure, different then all the meads i have had before. Poured a dark orange color with good head. Aroma was of honey and grains. Flavor was very Belgian like some light fruits, sweet. Good not sure if this one even goes in a style of beers, but good though."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.7)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[3] Review by eaglefan538 from DE, USA who has tried this beer once. (5/20/2007 8:08:19 AM)
"Poured an orangey-golden color, decent initial head, frothy. The lacing was even ok. The aroma was honey, barley, grainy. The flavor was a golden belgian base (pears, cookies, apples, white grapes) along with the mead honeyness, somewhat of a sweet slant on the mead-Belgian style. Mouthfeel was carbonated, moderately to heavily bodied. A neat concoction, but when all is said and done, I'd probably rather have either a belgian or a mead, not a blend."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.5)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 22oz @ $11.99 Unit Cost: $8.72 per Pint
[4] Review by doulos31 from Middletown, DE, USA who has tried this beer once. (5/19/2007 7:45:27 PM)
"More like a beer than a mead, which is good for me. Dark honey brown color with even a little head. Sweet belgianesque aroma. Sweet candied sugar, belgiany yeasties with a touch of honey. Good stuff."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.9)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[5] Review by aracauna from Adairsville, GA, USA who has tried this beer once. (1/21/2007 9:46:16 PM)
"Pours a clear russet with a fizzing head. The aroma is alcohol backed up by a caramel malt melding with honey. It’s a bit hot from the alcohol, but this is not off-putting. Pretty tasty overall."
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.4)
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure Compared to this brewer's other beers: Not Sure
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