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Santa's Brass

Drake's Brewing Company

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San Leandro, CA


Tavour Rating

4.3

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Style

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Barrel Aged Barleywine

ABV

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14.5%

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A Note on This Beer

The holidays come and go, but no need to cease all merriment while months of winter remain. Especially if you save a boozy bottle of Santa’s Brass Barrel-Aged Barleywine!

This is THE BEER that ‘sleighed’ all the other Barrel-Aged Strong Beer entries at the Great American Beer Festival in 2018. Though, since it usually doesn’t stray beyond California and Oregon, just holding a bottle is worth celebrating more than the gold medal it’s adorned with. 

This year’s vintage is an extra-special find too — the brewers aged Santa’s Brass 2020 in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels!

With a massive 14.5% ABV swimming in delectable notes of dried fig, sweet cherry, and oaky vanilla, this brew warms on even the chilliest evenings. And, the longer you let it sit before opening, the mellower and more caramelly its depths become.

No matter when you plan to pop it open, Santa’s Brass is worth snatching up quickly. Drake’s is a California staple since 1989 because they’re constantly innovating and changing up recipes. Every vintage of this annual favorite goes fast, and no two are exactly the same!

Holiday shopping is easy with Tavour! Just head over to Tavour.com/gifts to send a gift box or gift card to the craft beer lover in your life. Cheers to holiday beers!

Tavour strictly supports independent beer. Drake's Brewing Company is certified independent by the Brewers Association


Reviews

4.3

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423 Ratings

mathieux68

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4.25
Not a fan of port barrel-aged beers, but also aging in bourbon barrels balances out the port characteristics. Very interesting!
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ryan1662

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4.5
Delicious! Would buy again
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baback

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4.25
Really good
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brandon105

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5.0
This was perfect! That’s it. Perfect!
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sean104

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4.0
Not bad Arctic wolf was better
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Kevan.i

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4.5
So smooth
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matthew3854

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4.25
Really great
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christen18

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4.5
Nice and strong
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brett1370

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3.75
Please treat this as a wine, it will change the flavor just a bit and release some great surprises.
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craft_fan9072

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4.5
A top tier BA barleywine. Criminally underrated in my opinion.
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corey1078

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4.25
About 6 months old, spot on sweet toffee/caramel type BA EBW flavors, although just slightly hot - should be even better with a year or two on it.
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CharlesH

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4.5
Loved the booze was of this barleywine. Definitely will keep Drake’s in mind for future purchases.
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graham7

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3.0
Good barleywine EXCEPT: Strong suggestion to skip the annoying red wax seal all over the bottle cap. It’s time consuming and hard to open, with high risk of dropping the bottle. Which is why I don’t buy Maker’s Mark bourbon. The wax bottle seal cap is a cheesy unwanted marketing gimmick and I hate it. I’m super cereal.
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k111332

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4.5
All shaft no balls
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michaela0416

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4.25
Quite bourbony, boozy
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MDFelman

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4.25
Flavor is of rich molasses, plum, cherry, leather, tobacco, bourbon, oak, and maple. Very boozy, rich, slow sipper of a beer. A small bottle lasts the night. The flavor is really pleasantly balanced and avoids being cloying and overbearing. Extremely pleasant and something I would love to get more of for cellaring.
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basline

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5.0
This is what barrel aging is supposed to taste like. Exceptional, wish I had tried this before missing this years version.
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Chadbo

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4.5
Vanilla, caramel, dried fruit, bourbon & oak.
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Synergyst

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4.5
Sweet toffee, brown sugar, vanilla, develops into even sweeter raisin bread and fig, finish is port and wood.
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