Barrel Aged Raspberry TruffAle
Five Seasons Prado
- From:
- Five Seasons Prado
- Georgia, United States
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.26 | pDev: 2.58%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 28, 2009
- Added:
- Aug 10, 2009
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Cyberkedi from Georgia
4.38/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.38/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Comes out of the tap a dark, opaque chocolaty brown with a thick, tan, fluffy head. Malty aroma has a good undertone of chocolate and just a hint of raspberry. Flavor is rich and malty with a nice alcohol zing like a barley wine and touches of unsweet chocolate and raspberry. Finish is pleasingly smooth and fizzy. I am glad that I managed to catch this one!
Sep 28, 2009
Reviewed by glid02 from Georgia
4.12/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On-tap at the brewpub.
Pours a dark brown color with a one-finger tan head. The head recedes into a wispy layer on top leaving decent lacing.
Smells of vanilla and light whiskey with a good deal of raspberry. After giving the beer a good swirl a bit of unsweetened chocolate comes out but the vanilla from the barrel and slightly tart raspberry aromas are in charge.
Tastes good. The taste isn't quite as complex as the nose led me to believe but it's still very good. Raspberry flavors - both sweet and tart - up front with hints of unsweetened chocolate. Hints of vanilla and lighter hints of whiskey come in right before the ending.
Mouthfeel is good. It has a nice thickness with soft carbonation.
Drinkability is good. I didn't have a problem finishing my glass and could have a few more.
Overall this was a tasty beverage and goes to show that barrel-aging almost anything will result in an improvement (at least judging from the reviews of non-barrel-aged TruffAle). If this tasted as good as it smelled this would be a great beer but as it is it's very good. Worth a shot.
Sep 05, 2009Pours a dark brown color with a one-finger tan head. The head recedes into a wispy layer on top leaving decent lacing.
Smells of vanilla and light whiskey with a good deal of raspberry. After giving the beer a good swirl a bit of unsweetened chocolate comes out but the vanilla from the barrel and slightly tart raspberry aromas are in charge.
Tastes good. The taste isn't quite as complex as the nose led me to believe but it's still very good. Raspberry flavors - both sweet and tart - up front with hints of unsweetened chocolate. Hints of vanilla and lighter hints of whiskey come in right before the ending.
Mouthfeel is good. It has a nice thickness with soft carbonation.
Drinkability is good. I didn't have a problem finishing my glass and could have a few more.
Overall this was a tasty beverage and goes to show that barrel-aging almost anything will result in an improvement (at least judging from the reviews of non-barrel-aged TruffAle). If this tasted as good as it smelled this would be a great beer but as it is it's very good. Worth a shot.
Reviewed by gford217 from Georgia
4.29/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.29/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap at the brewpub.
Pours deep, deep mahogany with a small tan head that dissipates almost immediately and leaves no lacing.
The aroma is hugely sweet with tons of raspberries, brown sugar and vanilla. The bourbon really mixes well with the sweetness in the aroma and is not overpowering at all. There are hints of dark chocolate in the nose but fairly subtle.
Taste is more of the same with the sugary sweet raspberries dominating up front with the chocolate and malts forming a solid backbone underneath. The bourbon makes its presence felt in the finish with a lasting burn going down.
The mouthfeel is sugary sweet on the palate and almost sticky with raspberries and brown sugar. The carbonation is low but present and just coats the palate altogether.
This is an excellent beer and really surprised me. I didn't get a chance to try the original but I liked how the bourbon balanced the massive sweetness of the raspberries. Very tasty.
Aug 10, 2009Pours deep, deep mahogany with a small tan head that dissipates almost immediately and leaves no lacing.
The aroma is hugely sweet with tons of raspberries, brown sugar and vanilla. The bourbon really mixes well with the sweetness in the aroma and is not overpowering at all. There are hints of dark chocolate in the nose but fairly subtle.
Taste is more of the same with the sugary sweet raspberries dominating up front with the chocolate and malts forming a solid backbone underneath. The bourbon makes its presence felt in the finish with a lasting burn going down.
The mouthfeel is sugary sweet on the palate and almost sticky with raspberries and brown sugar. The carbonation is low but present and just coats the palate altogether.
This is an excellent beer and really surprised me. I didn't get a chance to try the original but I liked how the bourbon balanced the massive sweetness of the raspberries. Very tasty.
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