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Militiagan
Dark Horse Brewing Company
- From:
- Dark Horse Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.79 | pDev: 11.08%
- Reviews:
- 6
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 17, 2015
- Added:
- Dec 23, 2012
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 11
Potable oat wine.
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Reviewed by cosmicevan from New York
3.56/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Had this one for a while now, so seemed appropriate to pop it to watch the last few episodes of dark horse nation. Enjoyed from a beer hunter snifter.
Bottle 257 / 666 appears to be a collab with local option based on the label, or maybe they just liked the local option logo and added it?
a - first off this was the toughest cork I have ever dealt with...or top 3...ended up destroying it and Haiphong to use a cork screw. Brew pours a deep ruby amber with a thin bubbly head that built after the pour and the headed for zee hills. Spotty lace.
s - nose is a boozy biscuity caramel.
t/m/o - as the nose suggested, caramel malts and alcohol. Medium bodied a bit chewy dry boozy finish. Sweet. Not sure what a potable oat wine is, but this is a beast. Nice caramel flavor but it is dominated by a booziness that makes taking a full bottle down a bit of a chore, but I have had worse chores, so no complaints here. Slight faded bitterness on the finish.
Oct 02, 2014Bottle 257 / 666 appears to be a collab with local option based on the label, or maybe they just liked the local option logo and added it?
a - first off this was the toughest cork I have ever dealt with...or top 3...ended up destroying it and Haiphong to use a cork screw. Brew pours a deep ruby amber with a thin bubbly head that built after the pour and the headed for zee hills. Spotty lace.
s - nose is a boozy biscuity caramel.
t/m/o - as the nose suggested, caramel malts and alcohol. Medium bodied a bit chewy dry boozy finish. Sweet. Not sure what a potable oat wine is, but this is a beast. Nice caramel flavor but it is dominated by a booziness that makes taking a full bottle down a bit of a chore, but I have had worse chores, so no complaints here. Slight faded bitterness on the finish.
Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois
3.85/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.85/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Thanks Thomas for sharing! Quick review from notes.
Cloudy brownish amber color with a thin layer of surface skim, and a thin spotty collar around the edges.
Lots of sweet toffee and butterscotch in the aroma. A little whiff of booze as well, but not distracting.
Flavor is a different story, the alcohol is pretty overt, slightly fusel and sharp like whiskey. Some fruity esters of dark fruit, plum, as well as a big caramel, toffee, butterscotch presence from the big malt content and whiskey barrel. The booze eclipses any complexity, but the taste is pretty good. Would be hard to tackle a bottle alone, definitely best shared and worth a try in small doses.
Oct 07, 2013Cloudy brownish amber color with a thin layer of surface skim, and a thin spotty collar around the edges.
Lots of sweet toffee and butterscotch in the aroma. A little whiff of booze as well, but not distracting.
Flavor is a different story, the alcohol is pretty overt, slightly fusel and sharp like whiskey. Some fruity esters of dark fruit, plum, as well as a big caramel, toffee, butterscotch presence from the big malt content and whiskey barrel. The booze eclipses any complexity, but the taste is pretty good. Would be hard to tackle a bottle alone, definitely best shared and worth a try in small doses.
Militiagan from Dark Horse Brewing Company
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
36 ratings
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