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Damnation Batch 23 (Oak Aged)
Russian River Brewing Company
- From:
- Russian River Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Tripel
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- 95
- Avg:
- 4.26 | pDev: 10.09%
- Reviews:
- 243
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 08, 2018
- Added:
- Jul 07, 2007
- Wants:
- 296
- Gots:
- 150
We turned our regular Damnation recipe into a Tripel. It is bittered with Tomahawk and has Sterling and Cascade in the mid-boil and finish. The beer was then aged on new American oak chips for two to three weeks.
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Ratings by GbVDave:
Reviewed by GbVDave from Illinois
4.28/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.28/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Poured from a corked and caged 750ml bottle into two St. Bernardus chalices. Thanks to HeatherAnn for the assist! Extra special thanks to Ineedabeerhere and brokenleadedcask for both trading me bottles of this. Not sure who's bottle this was so props to you both!
Batch 046
A: Pours a perfectly hazy and unfiltered, bright glowing peach color with an impossibly creamy, just off-white head that left a huge surplus of sticky lace in the glass!
S: Aromas of apples and peach coupled with toasted malt, caramel, banana, spices, and earthy oaken goodness. Heather picked out cardamom and orange peel.
T: See above. Extremely well balanced with notes of citrus, banana, and maybe a touch of candi sugar. The spices and oak help to keep everything from being too sweet and add a hint of white pepper.
M: A near perfect balance of dry, spicy, and sticky. Tantilizingly spicy oak notes that do a great job of keeping the fruity sweetness reigned in.
D: The alcohol only began to rear its' head at the end of the glass. Up until then, however, this was a completely charming beer.
Jun 13, 2009Batch 046
A: Pours a perfectly hazy and unfiltered, bright glowing peach color with an impossibly creamy, just off-white head that left a huge surplus of sticky lace in the glass!
S: Aromas of apples and peach coupled with toasted malt, caramel, banana, spices, and earthy oaken goodness. Heather picked out cardamom and orange peel.
T: See above. Extremely well balanced with notes of citrus, banana, and maybe a touch of candi sugar. The spices and oak help to keep everything from being too sweet and add a hint of white pepper.
M: A near perfect balance of dry, spicy, and sticky. Tantilizingly spicy oak notes that do a great job of keeping the fruity sweetness reigned in.
D: The alcohol only began to rear its' head at the end of the glass. Up until then, however, this was a completely charming beer.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by bobv from Vermont
4.23/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
Batch #69.
10.75% abv.
In my fridge since acquiring in a trade years ago, still taped.
Vigorous pour yields no head, no lacing, over a medium to dark amber body. Nose of raisins, caramel, molasses, banana, clove, and booze. Taste of raisins, banana, and a sweet/sour thing going on as well. Damn tasty and a bit less booze flavor then the aroma would portend. Thin feel, but overall a very pleasant experience. Cheers!
Jul 08, 201810.75% abv.
In my fridge since acquiring in a trade years ago, still taped.
Vigorous pour yields no head, no lacing, over a medium to dark amber body. Nose of raisins, caramel, molasses, banana, clove, and booze. Taste of raisins, banana, and a sweet/sour thing going on as well. Damn tasty and a bit less booze flavor then the aroma would portend. Thin feel, but overall a very pleasant experience. Cheers!
Reviewed by cscrowley37 from California
1/5 rDev -76.5%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1/5 rDev -76.5%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Batch 069.
Opened with anticipation. It's been 5 years.
Uncaged...twisting...no pop?
It's flat. Sigh.
Tastes like cloves, day-old grass clippings and melted caramel frappucino.
Bummer
Aug 27, 2016Opened with anticipation. It's been 5 years.
Uncaged...twisting...no pop?
It's flat. Sigh.
Tastes like cloves, day-old grass clippings and melted caramel frappucino.
Bummer
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
3.89/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.89/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Batch #69, so the 3rd batch of batch #23, then, I think? Bottled in 2011, I think.
This one pours a darkish golden color, with a small head, and not much in the way of lacing.
Smells like musty cherries, oak, vanilla, pear, old tea, and gritty grain.
The oak aging and time in the bottle has made this one taste absolutely nothing like a tripel anymore. It's got a creamy mouthfeel, pretty thick, with oak, vanilla, cherry, and a decent level of oxidation. There's no real cardboard flavor, but there's definitely some flat, "dead" sherry notes that are fairly nice. There's a bit of pear and apple yeast flavors too, the only real indication that this is a tripel. There's no sign in the flavor that this is 11%.
There's a very low level of carbonation- it's still there, but barely holding on. There's a very creamy mouthfeel, but the low carb is tough.
I feel like this may be *slightly* over the hill, but not overwhelmingly so. It's an interesting effort nonetheless.
Aug 10, 2016This one pours a darkish golden color, with a small head, and not much in the way of lacing.
Smells like musty cherries, oak, vanilla, pear, old tea, and gritty grain.
The oak aging and time in the bottle has made this one taste absolutely nothing like a tripel anymore. It's got a creamy mouthfeel, pretty thick, with oak, vanilla, cherry, and a decent level of oxidation. There's no real cardboard flavor, but there's definitely some flat, "dead" sherry notes that are fairly nice. There's a bit of pear and apple yeast flavors too, the only real indication that this is a tripel. There's no sign in the flavor that this is 11%.
There's a very low level of carbonation- it's still there, but barely holding on. There's a very creamy mouthfeel, but the low carb is tough.
I feel like this may be *slightly* over the hill, but not overwhelmingly so. It's an interesting effort nonetheless.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.05/5 rDev -28.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.05/5 rDev -28.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Golden color, decent clarity white head, looks the part for a tripel. Aroma was hot alcohol, lots of oak surface area.
Taste was mainly alcohol heat, a pungent yeast presence that is super estery. Alcohol burn and oak the most prevalent things going on here for me. Don't really get it, normal Damnation, vastly superior.
Dec 26, 2015Taste was mainly alcohol heat, a pungent yeast presence that is super estery. Alcohol burn and oak the most prevalent things going on here for me. Don't really get it, normal Damnation, vastly superior.
Reviewed by vic21234 from Illinois
4.2/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.2/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Corked and caged 12.68oz bottle poured into a snifter. Batch number 69, which was bottled on 09/01/11 according to Russian River's batch logs.
A- Pours a cloudy amber with tons of bubbly off-white head, quite a bit of floaty sediment is noted.
S- Banana and clove notes on the nose, as well as just a funkiness that I can't really place.
T- Initially I get some fizzy tartness along with clove and spice. The oak is noted but faint in my opinion.
M- Light, fizzy, well carbonated.
I haven't had many Tripels, but this one is an enjoyable sipper.
Jul 26, 2015A- Pours a cloudy amber with tons of bubbly off-white head, quite a bit of floaty sediment is noted.
S- Banana and clove notes on the nose, as well as just a funkiness that I can't really place.
T- Initially I get some fizzy tartness along with clove and spice. The oak is noted but faint in my opinion.
M- Light, fizzy, well carbonated.
I haven't had many Tripels, but this one is an enjoyable sipper.
Damnation Batch 23 (Oak Aged) from Russian River Brewing Company
Beer rating:
95 out of
100 with
571 ratings
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