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Old Nuptial - Bourbon Barrel-Aged
COAST Brewing Company
- From:
- COAST Brewing Company
- South Carolina, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- 96
- Avg:
- 4.38 | pDev: 7.99%
- Reviews:
- 23
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 13, 2017
- Added:
- Feb 11, 2011
- Wants:
- 151
- Gots:
- 27
Brewed with Rich and Scott of the Charleston Beer Exchange in honor of Scott's wedding....October 2009. Aged in bourbon barrels ever since- 18 months. Full of vanilla, toffee, wood and bourbon flavors. Luxurious.
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Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina
4.3/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.3/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
3900th review! 22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled on 2/22/2014. Pours slightly hazy dark ruby/brown color with a 1-2 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big caramel, toffee, brown sugar, brown bread, raisin, fig, apple, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, light coconut, floral, light citrus peel, and oak/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready malt, bourbon barrel, and light hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big caramel, toffee, brown sugar, brown bread, raisin, fig, apple, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, light coconut, floral, light citrus peel, and oak/toasted earthiness. Light bourbon/oak spiciness and citrus/floral bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, toffee, brown sugar, brown bread, raisin, fig, apple, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, light coconut, and oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, bourbon barrel, and light hop flavors; with a great malt/oak spiciness balance and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Light carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/silky, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming lingering after the finish. Overall this is an incredible barrel aged American Barleywine style. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, bourbon barrel, and light hop flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the big ABV. Pretty minimal hop presence, but being that the original beer was made in 2009, I wouldn’t expect much at all. Extremely balanced between the malt and barrel complexities. A highly enjoyable offering.
Jan 23, 2016Reviewed by Davepoolesque from Massachusetts
4.07/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.07/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
2014 Bottle.
Brown sugar and molasses forward. Thinner mouthfeel and an oaky dry finish. Balanced flavor for something that spent 18 months in the barrel. Maybe they were 3rd or 4th use barrels.
May 01, 2015Brown sugar and molasses forward. Thinner mouthfeel and an oaky dry finish. Balanced flavor for something that spent 18 months in the barrel. Maybe they were 3rd or 4th use barrels.
Rated by MrMonotone69 from Florida
3.5/5 rDev -20.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -20.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
this is good. it taste nice
Feb 06, 2015
Old Nuptial - Bourbon Barrel-Aged from COAST Brewing Company
Beer rating:
96 out of
100 with
95 ratings
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