Chardonnay Barrel Aged Apricot Rye Ale
Iron Springs Pub & Brewery
- From:
- Iron Springs Pub & Brewery
- California, United States
- Style:
- Rye Beer
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.88 | pDev: 12.89%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 11, 2013
- Added:
- Feb 21, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by elNopalero from Michigan
4.59/5 rDev +18.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.59/5 rDev +18.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
This is Iron Springs’s Chardonnay barrel-aged apricot rye beer. I believe they call it Chad. I call it… delicious.
I am assuming that the base beer is or is very similar to Iron Spring’s Chazz Cat Rye.
It pours a light golden color with nice foaming. A bit tart and crisp, with an almost fruity aroma. I get notes of grapes and apricots coming across along with a dry finish. The rye spice is still present but the barrel-aging has changed this into a different beer, one with as much distinct characteristics of a dry chardonnay, owing to the barrel, as from the apricot character. Spicy, fruity, dry and tasty.
Feb 21, 2013I am assuming that the base beer is or is very similar to Iron Spring’s Chazz Cat Rye.
It pours a light golden color with nice foaming. A bit tart and crisp, with an almost fruity aroma. I get notes of grapes and apricots coming across along with a dry finish. The rye spice is still present but the barrel-aging has changed this into a different beer, one with as much distinct characteristics of a dry chardonnay, owing to the barrel, as from the apricot character. Spicy, fruity, dry and tasty.
Reviewed by scottfrie from California
3.55/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
2012 French oak chardonnay barrel-aged Chazz Cat Rye with apricots.
Bottle into snifter, thanks for sharing Mike.
A: Pours a bright apricot color with a thin short lived light tan head.
S: Apricots and vinous dry white wine oak barrel dominate all the way. Not picking up a ton of rye.
T: More rye than the nose, but chardonnay and oak mixed with lightly sweet apricots dominate again. The rye is spicy and mostly comes through in the finish and aftertaste.
M: Medium body, slick mouthfeel with a medicinal quality. Carbonation is fizzy.
O: The chardonnay and apricot work really well together but the rye is the odd flavor out. I liked it, but I may have picked a different base beer other than rye to give this treatment too. Thanks again, Mike.
Feb 21, 2013Bottle into snifter, thanks for sharing Mike.
A: Pours a bright apricot color with a thin short lived light tan head.
S: Apricots and vinous dry white wine oak barrel dominate all the way. Not picking up a ton of rye.
T: More rye than the nose, but chardonnay and oak mixed with lightly sweet apricots dominate again. The rye is spicy and mostly comes through in the finish and aftertaste.
M: Medium body, slick mouthfeel with a medicinal quality. Carbonation is fizzy.
O: The chardonnay and apricot work really well together but the rye is the odd flavor out. I liked it, but I may have picked a different base beer other than rye to give this treatment too. Thanks again, Mike.
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