Santa's Brass (2021)
Drake's Brewing Company
San Leandro, CA
Find and rate beers like this on the Tavour app!
About This Beer
To create it, the crew at Drake’s took their thick, rich base beer — brewed with four different specialty malts — and aged it in a blend of barrels from Heaven Hill Distillery.
Tasting Notes
The final product is boldly malty, with bold flavors of caramel, date, and toffee. Swirling bourbon notes mingle with hints of oaky vanilla and a touch of plum for a long, lingering finish. No matter when you open this bottle, it’ll feel just like Christmas.
Malty
Boozy
Bold
Noteworthy Ingredients
Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrels
Bourbon Barrels
Reviews
4.02
64 Ratings
matthew3854
4.0
great
0
randy1067
4.5
Solid tasty BW full of lovely toffee and caramel flavors.
0
shane1554
4.25
Dark fruit, sweet maple, and oak barrel flavors.
0
Mattd5454
4.25
This is a good Barleywine. Great fig, dried fruit, oak, and toffee. A couple years of aging will help to balance this out even more. Worth a try.
0
darundgren
3.5
I wasn’t feeling this one. A bit too sweet for me. And it’s not a tasting note, but I’m so sick of wax dipped bottles.
1
Jklaroche
4.5
Happy to have snagged this year’s release. Warm toffee, caramel, vanilla, some malt in the background and a hint of date sugar for a nicely balanced sweetness. An under-rated barleywine. #bil
0
kelly1843
5.0
BW is my favorite and this one is tasty from the first tastes and through to the end. wish I would have purchased more than one
0
wjgeese1972
3.0
hoppy
0
michaela0416
4.25
smooth
0
derek1948
4.0
A little sweet but overall, a great BW from a solid brewery
0
nick2711
4.25
Good
0
mark3461
4.5
smooth, malty, bourbon, vanilla....exceptional.
0
mark2143
4.5
this is a fantastic English style barley wine. I really don't understand how this is rated sub 4.0.
0
rusty108
4.25
A strong, yet smooth barleywine. Toffee and sweet notes, with a good aftertaste.
0
kyle3905
4.5
4.4
0
StefanoSPQR
4.0
nothing special
0
LMcMasters
4.25
Very smooth and full of rich bourbon flavor
0
jeffrey755
4.0
good, but not worth fighting the obnoxious amount of wax on it to get what’s inside.
0
Darkwind112
4.5
awesome
0
larry970
4.25
really good
0
Chadbo
4.5
Vanilla, caramel, brown sugar, dried fruit, bourbon & oak.
0