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(512) Whiskey Barrel Aged Double Pecan Porter
(512) Brewing Company
- From:
- (512) Brewing Company
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Porter
Ranked #80 - ABV:
- 9.5%
- Score:
- 92
Ranked #4,748 - Avg:
- 4.14 | pDev: 13.29%
- Reviews:
- 106
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 15, 2024
- Added:
- Dec 20, 2009
- Wants:
- 218
- Gots:
- 120
A “double” version of our signature flagship beer, Pecan Porter, this beer was aged for three months in freshly emptied Willett Bourbon barrels, where it developed strong notes of whiskey and hints of oak to compliment delicious flavors of pecan, vanilla, coffee, and chocolate.
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Reviewed by Roguer from Connecticut
4/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Very good head production and retention.
The aroma is a bit sharper than I expected. Quite roasty, and the char complements the bourbon barrels to deliver a slightly harsh, albeit not entirely unpleasant, aromatic experience. Additional notes of cream, red grape, prune, vanilla, oak, pecan.
A touch thin on the palate, but very smooth and approachable. Far less char and bitterness than implied by the nose. Drinks like a milk oatmeal stout - it's that smooth.
Pecan is quite prominent on the palate, and very pleasantly so. The whiskey is fairly subdued, although it does bring some neutral alcohol heat. The malt base is a bit thin on flavor; stronger, richer stout/porter notes would definitely elevate this to another tier. Additional tasting notes include vanilla, espresso, molasses, prune, toast.
May 20, 2023The aroma is a bit sharper than I expected. Quite roasty, and the char complements the bourbon barrels to deliver a slightly harsh, albeit not entirely unpleasant, aromatic experience. Additional notes of cream, red grape, prune, vanilla, oak, pecan.
A touch thin on the palate, but very smooth and approachable. Far less char and bitterness than implied by the nose. Drinks like a milk oatmeal stout - it's that smooth.
Pecan is quite prominent on the palate, and very pleasantly so. The whiskey is fairly subdued, although it does bring some neutral alcohol heat. The malt base is a bit thin on flavor; stronger, richer stout/porter notes would definitely elevate this to another tier. Additional tasting notes include vanilla, espresso, molasses, prune, toast.
Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania
3.79/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
3.79/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
Whiskey Barrel Aged Double Pecan Porter from 512 Brewing. Purchased from Total Wine, Selma, TX, 26/05/21 for $ 18.22 (Including tax)/22 oz bottle ($ 0.727/oz). On room-temperature shelf at store and stored at 37 degrees at home. Reviewed 03/09/22. Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Stamped “BOTTLE NO. 8168” on label as well as “2021”. Served at 50.1 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King Snifter. Final temperature 57.0 degrees. Note: Label is marked “SERVE AT 50-55oF.”
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Deep Amber (SRM 15), cloudy.
Body – Black (SRM 40), opaque. Under direct light, same. When rear-lite, ruby at the edges.
Head – Large (Maximum five cm, aggressive center pour), brown sugar but lightening to camel as it retracts and oxidizes, high density, settling into a three to seven mm crown fed by effervescence and a thin partial cap.
Lacing – Good! A short wall of near-microscopic to tiny bubbles is dragged behind the head as the level lowers.
Aroma – 3 - Virtually none. Weak bourbon and extremely weak roasted malt, no hops, no yeast. Some pecan aroma arrives as it warms above 55o.
Flavor – 4.25 – Begins slightly bitter with chocolate and malt and just a hint of bourbon, no hops, no yeast. No ethanol (9.5 % ABV as marked on label) aroma or taste. Moderate lower gastric warming slowly evolves, peaks at mildly uncomfortable, and fades away. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. Eventually, a bit of tannin and vanillin appear.
Palate – 3.25 – Thin, creamy, soft carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 4 The appearance is that of a stout so I must keep reminding myself that it’s only at the porter end of the spectrum and thus shouldn’t be evaluated like a stout. This is one of the few beers brewed with pecans of which I can actually detect a bit of pecan aroma. But no pecan in the flavor. Not exorbitantly expensive for a semi-organic pro tem barrel-aged porter.
Sep 04, 2022Stamped “BOTTLE NO. 8168” on label as well as “2021”. Served at 50.1 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King Snifter. Final temperature 57.0 degrees. Note: Label is marked “SERVE AT 50-55oF.”
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Deep Amber (SRM 15), cloudy.
Body – Black (SRM 40), opaque. Under direct light, same. When rear-lite, ruby at the edges.
Head – Large (Maximum five cm, aggressive center pour), brown sugar but lightening to camel as it retracts and oxidizes, high density, settling into a three to seven mm crown fed by effervescence and a thin partial cap.
Lacing – Good! A short wall of near-microscopic to tiny bubbles is dragged behind the head as the level lowers.
Aroma – 3 - Virtually none. Weak bourbon and extremely weak roasted malt, no hops, no yeast. Some pecan aroma arrives as it warms above 55o.
Flavor – 4.25 – Begins slightly bitter with chocolate and malt and just a hint of bourbon, no hops, no yeast. No ethanol (9.5 % ABV as marked on label) aroma or taste. Moderate lower gastric warming slowly evolves, peaks at mildly uncomfortable, and fades away. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. Eventually, a bit of tannin and vanillin appear.
Palate – 3.25 – Thin, creamy, soft carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 4 The appearance is that of a stout so I must keep reminding myself that it’s only at the porter end of the spectrum and thus shouldn’t be evaluated like a stout. This is one of the few beers brewed with pecans of which I can actually detect a bit of pecan aroma. But no pecan in the flavor. Not exorbitantly expensive for a semi-organic pro tem barrel-aged porter.
Reviewed by UrbanCaveman from Ohio
3.69/5 rDev -10.9%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev -10.9%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12 oz bottle, poured into a goblet at ~40 degrees F.
L: Pours your standard porter inky black, and forms nearly no head that vanishes swiftly.
S: Redolent with pecan, butterscotch, and nutmeg, with some distinct oaky-vanilla barrel notes beneath.
T: Cold, this is a jumbled mess of vanilla and pecan, with some tannic oak and boozy caramel. As it warms, the jumble smooths out a tad, and some touches of nutmeg and butterscotch emerge.
F: Medium and smooth.
O: Not bad, as BA porters go.
Feb 21, 2022L: Pours your standard porter inky black, and forms nearly no head that vanishes swiftly.
S: Redolent with pecan, butterscotch, and nutmeg, with some distinct oaky-vanilla barrel notes beneath.
T: Cold, this is a jumbled mess of vanilla and pecan, with some tannic oak and boozy caramel. As it warms, the jumble smooths out a tad, and some touches of nutmeg and butterscotch emerge.
F: Medium and smooth.
O: Not bad, as BA porters go.
Reviewed by detgfrsh from Texas
4.4/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
From a 750ml bottle of the 2021 version. Black color with a half inch of thick brown head. Smells of coffee, chocolate, and pecans. Low carbonation and kind of a heavy feel. Tastes like it smells - coffee, chocolate, pecan and a dark raisin-like sweetness. This is great -- base beer is a porter, but after aging it reminds me a little of Belgian dubbels and strong ales.
Aug 21, 2021Reviewed by imnodoctorbut from Texas
4.25/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
2021 ed. bottle poured to a tulip
coffee colored body pours with a fluffy frothy foam khaki head that has moderate retention, leaving slick small bubbled lacing behind as it settles to a patchy cap with defined halo
aroma is a fragrant bloom of candied, boozy pecan drenched in chocolate.
taste follows that with caramel and molasses...it's sticky and fragrant and wonderful
mouthfeel is low carbonation and medium bodied, running pillowy, smooth, and occasionally prickly and boozy, with a semi-crisp finish and a chocolate, nutty bittersweet aftertaste
overall:
beautiful candied pecan and chocolate PORTER. not stout...get it right and set yourself accordingly
May 22, 2021coffee colored body pours with a fluffy frothy foam khaki head that has moderate retention, leaving slick small bubbled lacing behind as it settles to a patchy cap with defined halo
aroma is a fragrant bloom of candied, boozy pecan drenched in chocolate.
taste follows that with caramel and molasses...it's sticky and fragrant and wonderful
mouthfeel is low carbonation and medium bodied, running pillowy, smooth, and occasionally prickly and boozy, with a semi-crisp finish and a chocolate, nutty bittersweet aftertaste
overall:
beautiful candied pecan and chocolate PORTER. not stout...get it right and set yourself accordingly
Reviewed by Longhorn08 from Texas
4.09/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
I like to get kicked in the teeth with flavor, but this brew was a bit subtle. Had great flavors, and was very enjoyable. Won’t seek out but will try again for sure if I’m at a bar.
Apr 30, 2021Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas
3.96/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
2020 vintage
Poured from a 750 ml bomber into a snifter
Appearance – The beer pours a deep brown color with a one finger head of brown colored foam. The head fades super fast, leaving almost no lacing on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma of the brew is rich of a nice dark chocolate and molasses smell mixed with a good sum of roasted malt and a decent showing of brown sugar and a touch of plum and raisin. Along with these smells comes a decent showing of some warming whisky and wood as well as a little bit of a decent showing so some pecan nuttiness. Overall a rather dark, rich, and warming smell.
Taste – The taste begins with a rather sweet molasses and brown sugar flavor that is matched by a whole lot of roasted and toasted malt as well as a touch of dark chocolate. As the taste advances the rosaty tastes get stronger, while the chocolate gets lighter. At the same time the sweeter molasses and brown sugar remain constant, all while some tastes of pecan and nut start to develop more. Toward the end the booziness that was sensed in the nose comes to the tongue, with a rather decent showing of bourbon and wood. With a touch more of sweetness with some raisin and cherry that come at the very end, one is left with a sweet, slightly boozy, dark pecan flavor to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is one the slightly more syrupy side with a carbonation level that is low. For the boozy pecan pie like tastes of the brew the feel is rather fitting and makes for a more dessert like feel for the brew.
Overall – A rather decent brew overall, although not worth the rather higher price tag of $15 for a 750 ml. Rich and fun. At least worth a try for a nice dessert like brew at a holiday meal.
Nov 28, 2020Poured from a 750 ml bomber into a snifter
Appearance – The beer pours a deep brown color with a one finger head of brown colored foam. The head fades super fast, leaving almost no lacing on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma of the brew is rich of a nice dark chocolate and molasses smell mixed with a good sum of roasted malt and a decent showing of brown sugar and a touch of plum and raisin. Along with these smells comes a decent showing of some warming whisky and wood as well as a little bit of a decent showing so some pecan nuttiness. Overall a rather dark, rich, and warming smell.
Taste – The taste begins with a rather sweet molasses and brown sugar flavor that is matched by a whole lot of roasted and toasted malt as well as a touch of dark chocolate. As the taste advances the rosaty tastes get stronger, while the chocolate gets lighter. At the same time the sweeter molasses and brown sugar remain constant, all while some tastes of pecan and nut start to develop more. Toward the end the booziness that was sensed in the nose comes to the tongue, with a rather decent showing of bourbon and wood. With a touch more of sweetness with some raisin and cherry that come at the very end, one is left with a sweet, slightly boozy, dark pecan flavor to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is one the slightly more syrupy side with a carbonation level that is low. For the boozy pecan pie like tastes of the brew the feel is rather fitting and makes for a more dessert like feel for the brew.
Overall – A rather decent brew overall, although not worth the rather higher price tag of $15 for a 750 ml. Rich and fun. At least worth a try for a nice dessert like brew at a holiday meal.
(512) Whiskey Barrel Aged Double Pecan Porter from (512) Brewing Company
Beer rating:
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100 with
466 ratings
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