Red Hill Double Barrel Aged Scotch Ale
Red Hill Brewery
- From:
- Red Hill Brewery
- Australia
- Style:
- Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.68 | pDev: 1.9%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 26, 2014
- Added:
- Jul 11, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia
3.61/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.61/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Brewed for GABS Festival in Melbourne, May 2014. Unclear whether they just aged a batch of their regular scotch ale in whisky barrels or brewed a special scotch ale to be aged in whisky barrels. Tried at GABS on tap.
Pours a brownish amber colour, slight cloudiness to it, foamy beige head. Leaves some lovely lace behind.
Smells like a scotch ale, and not getting a lot of oak character which is a shame. Caramel malt is thick, blending with a touch of red wine that gets almost mediciney towards the back. Very much just smells like the regular Red Hill Scotch Ale.
Taste is sweet, with vanilla-tinged caramel malt upfront. Develops a touch of red wine midway that again becomes slightly mediciney towards the back. Mild coconut character gives a touch of that oak, but most of the sweetness and complexity just comes from the malt. Pleasant drop though.
Full body, decent balance with the booze and carbonation cut-through.
Decent, but it just leaves me hungry for more oak character.
Jul 11, 2014Pours a brownish amber colour, slight cloudiness to it, foamy beige head. Leaves some lovely lace behind.
Smells like a scotch ale, and not getting a lot of oak character which is a shame. Caramel malt is thick, blending with a touch of red wine that gets almost mediciney towards the back. Very much just smells like the regular Red Hill Scotch Ale.
Taste is sweet, with vanilla-tinged caramel malt upfront. Develops a touch of red wine midway that again becomes slightly mediciney towards the back. Mild coconut character gives a touch of that oak, but most of the sweetness and complexity just comes from the malt. Pleasant drop though.
Full body, decent balance with the booze and carbonation cut-through.
Decent, but it just leaves me hungry for more oak character.
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