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Terra Incognita
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- From:
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 9.8%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.87 | pDev: 12.66%
- Reviews:
- 39
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 11, 2022
- Added:
- Sep 18, 2014
- Wants:
- 10
- Gots:
- 53
Collaboration with Boulevard
Terra Incognita’s third rendition features complex and earthy malt flavors enhanced by a masterful blend of character from barrel aging in both red wine and bourbon barrels that add notes of tart fruit, vanilla, and coconut.
The 2014 edition does not include the wild yeast Brettanomyces. It is a 55% blend of wine barrel ale, 32% bourbon barrel aged ale, and 13% fresh ale. The base beer is a hoppy, imperial brown ale.
Terra Incognita’s third rendition features complex and earthy malt flavors enhanced by a masterful blend of character from barrel aging in both red wine and bourbon barrels that add notes of tart fruit, vanilla, and coconut.
The 2014 edition does not include the wild yeast Brettanomyces. It is a 55% blend of wine barrel ale, 32% bourbon barrel aged ale, and 13% fresh ale. The base beer is a hoppy, imperial brown ale.
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Ratings by chinchill:
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
4.3/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.3/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
shared bomber bottle.
Well, sounds like a questionable idea: aging a beer in both bourbon and wine barrels. Can wine and bourbon mix? Yes! .. at least if we're talking about beer aged in the used barrels. Finely crafted, this beer takes on the influence of the red wine and bourbon barrels in equal measure. Both barrel types are clearly evident and mesh seamlessly, mixing some vanilla, toffee and other flavors from the BBL with grape must from the red wine barrels.
Appropriate low carbonation contributes to the soft feel of this light-medium bodied ale.
O: I didn't care for the previous Blvd/SN collaborative beer (a wild ale) but this one from Chico CA is great.
Oct 23, 2014Well, sounds like a questionable idea: aging a beer in both bourbon and wine barrels. Can wine and bourbon mix? Yes! .. at least if we're talking about beer aged in the used barrels. Finely crafted, this beer takes on the influence of the red wine and bourbon barrels in equal measure. Both barrel types are clearly evident and mesh seamlessly, mixing some vanilla, toffee and other flavors from the BBL with grape must from the red wine barrels.
Appropriate low carbonation contributes to the soft feel of this light-medium bodied ale.
O: I didn't care for the previous Blvd/SN collaborative beer (a wild ale) but this one from Chico CA is great.
More User Ratings:
Rated by Sammy from Canada (ON)
4.1/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.1/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Version 3.
Oct 15, 2017Reviewed by brenn79 from Idaho
3.68/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.68/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Original rating May 27. 2017- 750 ml bottle, forgot about this in my fridge, approximately 2 years old- Pours dark hazy brown with a small tan head that reduces to a thin blanket. Aroma is cocoa, toffee, spices, coconut, wood, a bit of funk. The taste is oak barrel, coconut, toffee, chocolate, alcohol is noticeable yet in check. Not bad, a bit on the malty side for my tastes.
Jun 06, 2017Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio
4.28/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.28/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
My neighbor and I found a bottle of this down in Champaign IL. It poured an opaque brown with ecru head that is not leaving any lace. The scent had hints of dark fruit and bourbon. The taste is very complex there is hints of plum, anise and bourbon. The Mouthfeel is fuller in body with smooth carbonation. Overall it's a solid beer and certainly worth a try.
Feb 15, 2017
Terra Incognita from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
199 ratings
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