#17 Kentucky Ale - Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale

I got this beer on a trip to Frankfort Kentucky to visit my Sister in Law and Brother in Law. I got this beer at the bar Serafin, which had a huge bourbon selection but only a few beers. Kentucky Ale's other beer there light ale beer was also on tap at Serafin. This beer is aged or maybe fermented in used bourbon barrels. Bourbon barrels by law can only be used once so there are popular commonly reused for beer and scotch.

This beer smell clearly of bourbon, with very little beer smell. The color is a nice clear brown that looks like bourbon. There is a nice foam on the beer after it's poured but it don't stay for very long and almost no bubbles float up. The bourbon trend contiunes on to the taste. This beer clearly tastes like bourbon. There is almost no beer taste in the beer, there is a hint of malt, but really bourbon is all I can taste in this beer.

If it looks like bourbon, smells like bourbon and tastes like bourbon and its not bourbon then it's this Kentucky Ale. As mentioned before I've had beers that have been stored in used bourbon barrels, but they were not ales. Normally big beers are stored in bourbon barrels, dark beers that already have strong notes, not simple ales. I think the Ale is a poor choice, this beer is way too light for the bourbon barrel. I did drink plenty of them I was very intreged by this beer, but I can't say I really liked it.