Barrel Aged Last Kiss
Pipeworks Brewing Company

Barrel Aged Last KissBarrel Aged Last Kiss
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From:
Pipeworks Brewing Company
 
Illinois, United States
Style:
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy
ABV:
11.5%
Score:
94
Avg:
4.24 | pDev: 11.56%
Reviews:
13
Ratings:
113
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Mar 25, 2020
Added:
Nov 08, 2013
Wants:
  24
Gots:
  15
We brew this Wee Heavy with Fennugreek, for a distinct maple character, and vanilla bean. The we aged it in Buffalo Trace barrels for nine months. The beer that came out of the barres is a beautiful composition of maple, oak, caramel, vanilla, bourbon and perfectly burnt sugar. Wonderful now but also will stand up to a Rip Van Winkle style nap in you temperature controlled area of choice.
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Ratings by facesnorth:
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Rated by facesnorth from Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -5.7%

Jul 20, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.16 by EMH73 from New York

Mar 25, 2020
 
Rated: 4.16 by drstalker from Illinois

Mar 05, 2020
 
Rated: 4.25 by smartassboiler from Illinois

Jan 27, 2020
 
Rated: 3.89 by SaxmanRick from Minnesota

Nov 17, 2019
 
Rated: 4.15 by Zonian1 from Ohio

Nov 11, 2019
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Reviewed by maximum12 from Minnesota

3.95/5  rDev -6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Picked up this 22 oz. bottle during our recently completed quick trip to Chicago, where there was plenty of kissing for our 20th wedding anniversary. Should have brought a bigger suitcase.

Dirty red, which is just ahead of dirty blonde as my favorite hue, with almost no head. There’s a joke there somewhere. The nose brings caramel, wood, bourbon, & vanilla. All good things.

Last Kiss is like a booze IV to the brain pan. Holy alcohol. After the grain alcohol comes a long, lingering tongue of caramel maltiness, strong vanilla bean, bourbon sting, burnt brown sugar, & an odd, pleasant herbal quality on the finish that I’ll call fenugreek. My wife has already offered to drink my half, so I guess we’d call that drinkable.

My wife loves this & give it an A+. Me, I think it’s a fine effort & a very good beer.
Oct 05, 2019
 
Rated: 4.31 by Dactrius from Netherlands Antilles

Sep 15, 2019
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Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois

4.54/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Very dark brown body, white ring. Smells like candied roasted nuts, amazing: nuts, brown sugar, vanilla, maple, oak, bourbon and candi sugar. Taste is more boozy, heavy bourbon washes the nuts, maple, vanilla, butterscotch and sugar, adding in some earth and smoke. Vanilla really stands out. Booze cut out on the edges of the feel, heads down the path to syrupy but stops short of it, warm.
Aug 17, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by jgunther71 from Illinois

Apr 30, 2019
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Reviewed by stortore from Illinois

4.53/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
22 ounce bottle into a tulip snifter. 2018 release. Had 8/25/18.

Pours an opaque, dark amber, with no real head and a little soapy lacing. Aromas of caramel, bourbon, maple, malt, figs, dates, some vanilla, some oak. Smells incredible. The taste pretty much follows along, with the bourbon a little more forward, then caramel, vanilla, malt, maple, figs, light brown sugar. Smooth, a solid full body, well carbonated.

This is so well crafted, the aroma is so complex and layered. The fenugreek is awesome in conveying the maple (did some looking, eating fenugreek seeds can make your body odor smell like maple- but not in a good way). The barrels are terrific as well. This is for sure, one of my favorite beers from Pipeworks.
Mar 20, 2019
 
Rated: 4.1 by 22Blue from Kansas

Dec 29, 2018
 
Rated: 4.26 by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois

Dec 10, 2018
 
Rated: 4.6 by Winston3737 from Michigan

Nov 15, 2018
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Rated by Rimbimhoot from Illinois

4.26/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Caramel apple, vanilla, Madeira, fenugreek, brown sugar
Oct 28, 2018
 
Rated: 3.25 by mattmarka1 from Minnesota

Oct 28, 2018
 
Rated: 4.16 by novamat from Illinois

Oct 28, 2018
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Reviewed by darktronica from Indiana

4.11/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Pours thick and dark for a wee heavy, but consistent with what I'd expect from a barrel-aged version. The fenugreek is strong with this one, providing brown sugar, maple, and fennel seed in that order, the latter resulting in a brighter, celery-like sharpness on the finish. It makes for a very interesting and distinctive addition. Moderate vanilla and oak notes from the barrel, but unfortunately I have not had the unaged base beer for comparison.
Oct 21, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by cryptichead from Illinois

Oct 20, 2018
 
Rated: 4.65 by Dankacheese from Illinois

Oct 14, 2018
Barrel Aged Last Kiss from Pipeworks Brewing Company
Beer rating: 94 out of 100 with 113 ratings