Serum XXIPA - Bourbon Barrel-Aged
DuClaw Brewing Company

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From:
DuClaw Brewing Company
 
Maryland, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
9%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.79 | pDev: 10.82%
Reviews:
5
Ratings:
53
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 31, 2015
Added:
Apr 18, 2014
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  6
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Ratings by jzeilinger:
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Rated by jzeilinger from Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

May 30, 2014
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Rated: 3.52 by Stinger80OH from Ohio

Jul 31, 2015
 
Rated: 4.36 by CroatianTrain15 from Maryland

Jun 25, 2015
 
Rated: 4.03 by 6thstreetbrewpub from District of Columbia

Feb 28, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by Carb-Overlord from Wisconsin

Dec 23, 2014
 
Rated: 4.32 by ejmw from Michigan

Nov 16, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by sanitarium16 from New Jersey

Oct 31, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by PittBeerGirl from Ohio

Oct 26, 2014
 
Rated: 4.16 by hoppyhoppy from Pennsylvania

Sep 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by cyber_phoenix from Pennsylvania

Sep 20, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by Zdrummer15 from Pennsylvania

Sep 18, 2014
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Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas

4/5  rDev +5.5%
Poured from bottle into a snifter

Appearance – The beer pours a hazy reddish mahogany color with a small fizzy white head. The head fades very fast, leaving only a light level of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.

Smell – The aroma is rather massive of a nice mix of boozy and oaky, sweet, and very lightly hopped smells. The sweeter aromas are mostly of a toffee, vanilla, and caramel smell mixed with just a hint of dark fruitiness. These sweet smells are the heaviest with the lighter hop aromas of an herbal and earthy nature being very faint and the least heavy of all the aromas. The boozy and woody aromas are the ones that straddle the hop and sweet, giving the brew an overall nice and warming smell. It is a rather enjoyable aroma overall.

Taste – The taste begins with tons of sweetness of a caramel and toffee flavor. The oaky flavors are present from the start with them growing stronger as the taste advances and being joined by a boozy and lighter vanilla flavor which overall gives a very bourbon like taste to the brew as it moves onto the end. The hops in this one remain rather light, with a bit of a grassy and herbal hop that are present upfront and which remain relatively constant till the end of the taste. Just a hint of a grassy flavor and a little bit of an earthy flavor join the tongue at the end, and mix with the rather strong sweet and bourbon boozy and barrel tastes to leave a warming flavor on the tongue.

Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is thick and syrupy with a very light level of carbonation. For the huge thick sweet and bourbon woody flavors of the brew the thick body and lower carbonation are fantastic and end up creating a very nice slow sipping and warming feel.

Overall – While there is very little hop left in this one as opposed to its originator brew, it does make for a good and thick tasting old ale/barleywine. Even while I was expecting something with much more hop flavor, this one I actually rather enjoyed and was a good warming sipper.
Aug 19, 2014
 
Rated: 3.56 by GameOfBeers from Pennsylvania

Aug 19, 2014
 
Rated: 4.4 by DylanMH

Aug 17, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by BrandonOakes from Pennsylvania

Aug 08, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by JT99125 from New Jersey

Aug 07, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by bkwhoppa66 from New Jersey

Aug 06, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by JDienno from Pennsylvania

Jul 30, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by KJ2013 from Pennsylvania

Jul 29, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by athomasPSU from Massachusetts

Jul 23, 2014
Serum XXIPA - Bourbon Barrel-Aged from DuClaw Brewing Company
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 53 ratings