Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the
NorCal Beer Blog's brew review.
Tonight’s featured beer is Drake’s Brewing Company Headzo
25th Anniversary Beer, an American Strong Ale aged in Wild Turkey whiskey
barrels.
I picked up two bottles at the Drake's Barrel House (here) before the anniversary festivities began. I wish I could have stayed for the main event, but I had previous plans so I just cruised in for my two bottle allotment and headed home.
Commercial description: “For our 25th anniversary beer, we
knew we had to brew something, big, bold, delicious and maybe just a little
crazy. Headzo American Ale is just that. A truly massive amount of English
malts lend flavors of caramel and biscuit to our biggest brew yet. Then,
through fermentation our brewers nursed Headzo to a 18% ALC/VOL before
transferring the beer to Wild Turkey Whiskey barrels that infused flavors of
caramel and vanilla to this smooth, monstrous beer. From our smallest brews to
this behemoth, thanks for drinking different for 25 years.”
Let’s get started!
Appearance: Pours
clear gold (almost looks like apple juice) with nearly zero head and some light lacing.
Aroma: Vanilla,
caramel, honey, bourbon…very sweet with a touch of oak in the nose.
Taste: Sweet
caramel, honey, bourbon, coconut, vanilla and oak.
Overall: Sweet,
giant and so easy to drink, Drake’s Brewing Company Headzo 25th Anniversary
Beer is simply amazing. This 18% ABV
monster did not drink that big and I finished the 500 ml bottle and wanted
more. Glad I bought two bottles, but
wish I had more as it will be hard to cellar the second bottle. All weekend long it called to me, but I am
going to hang onto to it. I’m hoping to
source a couple more bottles so I can enjoy another bottle of this one
now. This is everything I like about
barrel aged beers from one of my favorite breweries. Two enthusiastic thumbs up!!!
Cheers!
Mark Harvey
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