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Chardonnay Barrel Belgian Ale (Fall Migration)
Evolution Craft Brewing Company
- From:
- Evolution Craft Brewing Company
- Maryland, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 9.2%
- Reviews:
- 38
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 24, 2020
- Added:
- Nov 10, 2011
- Wants:
- 30
- Gots:
- 28
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
4.24/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
The appearance was a nice somewhat hazy amber to brown color with a nice one finger white foamy head that must last for at least a good freakin’ two minutes before it really dies to a nice coating of head to lacing at the top of the body. The smell - uh... gee weez where do I start, ok, here goes: light somewhat tart to sweet apple to go to a nice pear intake and leading me onto a super nice resusicating sort of intake of a Belgian sort of spices invading the previously stated fruits. The taste - once again, wow, ok, there is a decent sour to tart start to the flavoring but once it starts to warm a bit, it balances out and begins to let the fruits and Belgian spices overtake it a bit. The aftertaste, well, its a good one, hmmm.....everything previously stated does end up leading into this however the finish I get is somewhat dry but nothing misleading. On the palate, there is nothing obscure about this beer as it sits a nice medium on the body but yet still tries to proclaim a decent sessionability about it. Does it? Yeah, in my opinion, it does. Overall, ok, I get it, oaked in Chardonnay barrels and I still get a decent oakiness to it for the most part, complex - sure is!
Jun 24, 2017Reviewed by tigg924 from Massachusetts
4.14/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.14/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours hazy, orange-brown in color with 1/3 inch head. Taste is chardonnay, white grape, apple, gentle oak. Medium bodied, sweet, and crisp. Interesting and complex. Would get this again.
Oct 10, 2016Reviewed by Delmarvabeer from Maryland
3.71/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.71/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
2015 version
Bought 4/2016
L: On initial opening/Pour you get a thick foamy white head. The beer itself is cloudy with a peachy orang/yellow color. Looks very similar to peach nectar.
S: Very sour and funky. Hints of wine vinegar, wine, aged cheese
T: wine (chardonnay), white grapes, dried fruit like apricots, slight bitterness on the back end with a sourness at the front. Some club soda type flavor as well.
F: smooth but has the same carbonation you would expect from club soda
O: Not normally my type of beer, but EVO has done a wonderful job with their migration series. Their winter migration tends to be my personal favorite. I am also aging a bottle to see if some aging causes any difference. If you like a little funk to go with your beer, this may be for you.
May 01, 2016Bought 4/2016
L: On initial opening/Pour you get a thick foamy white head. The beer itself is cloudy with a peachy orang/yellow color. Looks very similar to peach nectar.
S: Very sour and funky. Hints of wine vinegar, wine, aged cheese
T: wine (chardonnay), white grapes, dried fruit like apricots, slight bitterness on the back end with a sourness at the front. Some club soda type flavor as well.
F: smooth but has the same carbonation you would expect from club soda
O: Not normally my type of beer, but EVO has done a wonderful job with their migration series. Their winter migration tends to be my personal favorite. I am also aging a bottle to see if some aging causes any difference. If you like a little funk to go with your beer, this may be for you.
Rated by TNT from Pennsylvania
5/5 rDev +24.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +24.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Definitely get chardonnay barrel, a white grape tartness, and a nice malt backbone. This beer is killer.
May 23, 2015
Chardonnay Barrel Belgian Ale (Fall Migration) from Evolution Craft Brewing Company
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
153 ratings
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