Reindeer Fuel 2020
Amager Bryghus
- From:
- Amager Bryghus
- Denmark
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.03 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 29, 2021
- Added:
- Dec 20, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Some horrible people claim that Santa must be on crack or something. How else could he possibly visit so many kids in so few days around Christmas time? This of course is a dirty lie. However, Santa's reindeer do run on something, and that something is 10% Barley Wine, one of the richest and most nutritious beer styles around.
And we're glad to let you know that in the years to come Amager Bryghus will help Santa in his efforts - and naturally his hard working reindeer in particular - by producing Reindeer Fuel, the only recommended drink if you plan to fly a sleigh over long distances. We may go as far as to call Reindeer Fuel the energy drink of the beer world - that is if energy drinks weren't such shite.
Anyways, to constantly improve the range and performance of Santa's reindeer - the world has more children each year you know - we will tirelessly work on improving the recipe of this seasonal Barley Wine, constantly changing it so that two different vintages are not the same. The ultimate goal - our Holy Grail, so to speak - is to brew the perfect Barley Wine. Will we ever find the Holy Grail? Well, probably not, but we're damned sure that in the years to come we will make a lot of reindeer and other beer drinkers happy in the process.
And we're glad to let you know that in the years to come Amager Bryghus will help Santa in his efforts - and naturally his hard working reindeer in particular - by producing Reindeer Fuel, the only recommended drink if you plan to fly a sleigh over long distances. We may go as far as to call Reindeer Fuel the energy drink of the beer world - that is if energy drinks weren't such shite.
Anyways, to constantly improve the range and performance of Santa's reindeer - the world has more children each year you know - we will tirelessly work on improving the recipe of this seasonal Barley Wine, constantly changing it so that two different vintages are not the same. The ultimate goal - our Holy Grail, so to speak - is to brew the perfect Barley Wine. Will we ever find the Holy Grail? Well, probably not, but we're damned sure that in the years to come we will make a lot of reindeer and other beer drinkers happy in the process.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Snowcrash000 from Germany
4.03/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours a dark mahogany coloration with an amber hue and a small, creamy head. Smells of toasted, bready, caramel malt, some dark fruits and red berries, with notes of plum, fig and redcurrant, as well as light chocolate accents. Taste is a great balance of toasted, bready, caramel malt and herbal, spicy, slightly resinous hops, as well as brown sugar, dark fruits, red berries, with strong notes of plum and ligher fig and redcurrant and some mild citrus, pine and chocolate accents. Finishes bittersweet, with a light/medium bitterness and some bready, caramel malt, dark fruit and herbal, spicy hops lingering in the aftertaste. Full mouthfeel with a rich body and medium carbonation.
The combination of toasted, bready malt and spicy, herbal hops almost lends a certain rye character to this even though no rye malt was used according to the label. Although there's quite a bit of caramel malt and brown sugar sweetness to this, it's very well-balanced by those bitter, spicy and herbal hops, with the dark fruits, red berries and chocolate adding some complexity. While there is quite a nice, warming finish present here, it never feels overly boozy, with quite a nice, mellow fell to it actually, as well as a good body and mouthfeel. Overall, this is an American Barleywine just how I like it, with a good malt complexity that's very well balanced against hop bitterness.
Jan 29, 2021The combination of toasted, bready malt and spicy, herbal hops almost lends a certain rye character to this even though no rye malt was used according to the label. Although there's quite a bit of caramel malt and brown sugar sweetness to this, it's very well-balanced by those bitter, spicy and herbal hops, with the dark fruits, red berries and chocolate adding some complexity. While there is quite a nice, warming finish present here, it never feels overly boozy, with quite a nice, mellow fell to it actually, as well as a good body and mouthfeel. Overall, this is an American Barleywine just how I like it, with a good malt complexity that's very well balanced against hop bitterness.
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