Buckley Reserve #1 (2022)

Name: Buckley Reserve #1 (2022)
Brand: Transient Artisan Ales
Rating: 4.3 (278 reviews)

Transient Artisan Ales

Bridgman, MI

Tavour Rating

4.3

Style

Stout - Imperial / Double

ABV

15.5%

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About This Beer

The brewer’s started with a rich and fudgy base for this brew, made even more delectable with additions of vanilla, tugboat coffee, and maple syrup. Then they let this sleeping dog lie in a whiskey foeder for a full year. Still not satisfied, they transferred the brew to Elijah Craig 18 year barrels for ANOTHER year!

Tasting Notes

This beer is genuinely phenomenal. It’s thick bodied and lusciously flavorful, but with roasty coffee notes to balance the malts it remains shockingly approachable. Nuances of toffee and maple make for a sweet finish, but it’s never cloying. It looks like the type of brew you might want to split with a friend, but after one sip you’ll probably wish you had a second bottle.

Roasty Malty Thick Rich Boozy

Noteworthy Ingredients

Bourbon Barrels Coffee Maple Syrup Vanilla Bean

Reviews

4.3

278 Ratings

beermepnw

4.5

In order of flavor prominence: roasted coffee, buttery whiskey, medium maple sweetness. Smooth and full bodied, without being thick. It checks all the boxes.