Drake's 15th Anniversary Bourbon Barrel Lager
Drake's 15th Anniversary Bourbon Barrel Lager
Rated 3.575 by BeerPals
Brewed by Drake's Brewing Company
San Leandro, CA, United States Style: Strong Lager
13.7% Alcohol by Volume
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A 15th anniversary recipe needs to be unique since so few breweries make it to their 15th year. For this recipe our head brewer Rodger Davis decided to throw out the style guidelines and create his own style. So he fused the finist ingredients, his relentless passion for good beer and topped it off with a bit of creativity. The beer is then aged in a bourbon barrel for 10 months creating a beer that is worthy of drinking for future anniversaries.
ID: 20931 Last updated 2 months ago Added to database 19 years agoKey Stats
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| Overall Rank | 3099 |
| Overall Percentile | 97.2 |
| Style Rank | 1 of 730 |
| Style Percentile | 99.9 |
| Lowest Score | 3.2 |
| Highest Score | 4.3 |
| Average Score | 3.920 |
| Weighted Score | 3.575 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.444 |
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5 Member Reviews
Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9
Rating number 2000. Picked up at Ledger’s in Berkeley at least a year and a half ago. Pours clear amber with copper edges and thin tan head. The aroma is simply huge and can be sensed feet away from the glass. It comes across as rather boozy followed by woody goodness, a touch of caramel, vanilla and a bit of alcohol heat to the snoot. The taste is very smooth and rich. Wow. I get sweet caramel, some solid wood notes and vanilla. The taste then moves on to include hints of dark fruitiness like prunes and plums. Plain old YUM!
Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9
Poured a hazy, reddish amber color with a small, light tan head that quickly diminished, leaving spotty, sticky, lacing on the glass. Aroma of vanilla oak, bourbon, caramel malts, honey and sharp alcohol as well. Taste of nuts, more caramel malts, vanilla, charred wood and a fair amount of alcohol in the finish.
Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
A nipper bottle bought at Hollingshead. Murky brown color with a minimal head, the nose and flavor are basically bourbon. this is a whiskey beer and a bit one dimensional
Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9
Another incredible beer by some awesome brewers. An aroma that is about as complex as it's taste. Caramel, some alcohol, vanilla, maple and bourbon round it out nicely. No head to speak and little carbonation. Taste is rasins, plums, figs, oak, whisky and some maple. It's pretty hot in the mouth and will definitely age incredibly well in the right conditions. Well done.
Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
This Strong Lager pours a deep reddish amber color from a 6oz bottle. Small sized white foamy head. Aroma is caramel, bourbon and vanilla, with a hint of alcohol. A medium bodied Strong Lager. Malts are caramel and sweet, lots of bourbon and oak. Lots of dark fruit flavors as well. Sweet and smooth tasting. Starts malty sweet with a fruity and bourbon middle and a fairly prominent alcohol finish. I think some more bottle aging will smooth this one out a lot. Nice beer. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is a touch of alcohol.
