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Bitch Please
BrewDog
- From:
- BrewDog
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 11.5%
- Score:
- 76
- Avg:
- 3.3 | pDev: 25.45%
- Reviews:
- 97
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 11, 2023
- Added:
- Apr 29, 2011
- Wants:
- 53
- Gots:
- 77
Collaboration with 3 Floyds Brewing Company
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Ratings by MrKennedy:
Reviewed by MrKennedy from Australia
2.94/5 rDev -10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.94/5 rDev -10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
330ml bottle shared with mulder1010, purchased from Slowbeer and poured into a Tripel Karmeliet tulip style glass.
Pours a reddish brown with a mother of pearl coloured head of foam that has good head retention. Impressive looking barleywine.
Smells peaty and smoky with some band aid aroma. Very islay malt whisky though surprisingly this is aged for 8 months in Jura whisky barrels. No sign of the underlying beer.
With the taste there is some sweetness, not a lot, this is dominated by the whisky ageing. Very peaty and smoky and one dimensional in this regard.
Mouthfeel is dominated from the flavours, the underlying beer would be good by itself, but it is the smokiness that reigns supreme in this regard.
I don't mind barrel ageing overall, but i believe it is important to be able to taste the base beer to determine the (positive or in this case, potentially negative) impact of the barrel ageing.
Aug 21, 2011Pours a reddish brown with a mother of pearl coloured head of foam that has good head retention. Impressive looking barleywine.
Smells peaty and smoky with some band aid aroma. Very islay malt whisky though surprisingly this is aged for 8 months in Jura whisky barrels. No sign of the underlying beer.
With the taste there is some sweetness, not a lot, this is dominated by the whisky ageing. Very peaty and smoky and one dimensional in this regard.
Mouthfeel is dominated from the flavours, the underlying beer would be good by itself, but it is the smokiness that reigns supreme in this regard.
I don't mind barrel ageing overall, but i believe it is important to be able to taste the base beer to determine the (positive or in this case, potentially negative) impact of the barrel ageing.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.31/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.31/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Sep. 2011: 330 ml bottle, batch # 096(?, print unclear), Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 11.5%. Chestnut colour, large cream-coloured head. Medium strong aroma of peat-smoked malts, not much else comes through. The flavour is medium sweet with notes of peat smoke and ashes, moderate hops in the finish. A bit one-dimensional. Why the heck must a delicate hop like Nelson Sauvin fight an impossible battle with Laphroaig peat-smoked malts?
Mar 11, 2023Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.26/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.26/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Thanks to leftpaw for bringing this to a March Madness bottle share a few years ago. Pours brown, dark caramel with rust kind of color and a lot of sediment or something that isn't entirely liquid floating throughout the beer. Aroma was maris otter, unsweeteened cola, hops and their bitterness.
Taste, actually enjoyable, substantial bitterness, alpha hops, this seems like an American barleywine blasted through and American double india pale ale. The caramel keeps coming at you like a PacNW ipa from yesteryear with a bunch of Cascade like hops. There is also a dark fruit like presence as if there was a quad yeast or something used here. Interesting mix of stuff from different styles going on here. Lots of alcohol, its a cold night sipper or something you should share with a few people. Good in small quantities, but after that it got to be somewhat challenging to finish.
Nov 05, 2017Taste, actually enjoyable, substantial bitterness, alpha hops, this seems like an American barleywine blasted through and American double india pale ale. The caramel keeps coming at you like a PacNW ipa from yesteryear with a bunch of Cascade like hops. There is also a dark fruit like presence as if there was a quad yeast or something used here. Interesting mix of stuff from different styles going on here. Lots of alcohol, its a cold night sipper or something you should share with a few people. Good in small quantities, but after that it got to be somewhat challenging to finish.
Reviewed by kylehay2004 from Illinois
4/5 rDev +21.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +21.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Interestingly I had this the same evening I had tactical nuclear penguin. It's peaty, smokey and boozy. Like a less boozy TNP. I think those who didn't like it were expecting your typical barrel aged beer. This one is different, worth trying and better than advertised.
May 27, 2015Rated by brewqueno from Texas
2.5/5 rDev -24.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
2.5/5 rDev -24.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
Not worth the money. Good quality - bad taste.
Jan 03, 2015
Bitch Please from BrewDog
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244 ratings
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