Experimental Barrel # C9
The Lost Abbey - The Tasting Room
- From:
- The Lost Abbey - The Tasting Room
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 15.9%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.2 | pDev: 8.57%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 03, 2019
- Added:
- Dec 16, 2015
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
Cognac Aged Barlewine with Nectarines aged in barrel almost 4 years.
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Rated by GRG1313 from California
4.5/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Extreme Beer Fest 2016 - just found my notes! This was one of the better offerings.
Nov 03, 2019
Reviewed by NuclearRich from Connecticut
4.97/5 rDev +18.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
4.97/5 rDev +18.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
For me, this was the clear winner of EBF. Not to mention the man himself, Tomme Arthur, was there to pour it. An honor and a pleasure in itself.
Brandy barrel barleywine is incredible, but this upped the game by using a cognac barrel. IMO, a better liqour doesn't usually impart a better flavor into a beer, because the liquor would be smoother in most cases and be lost in the middle of a big beer flavor. I can give no doubt to the cognac barrel use here. So we'll done, such flavor. And when used in conjunction with the soft orangey citrus of a nectarine, the flavor and aroma that came out of this beer were so far exceeding my expectations (which were not low, mind you), that it was my immediate favorite beer of the fest.
It's hard to overcome palate fatigue, it's hard to compete (not that it's meant to be a competitive fest, but I needed to declare this the winner) in such a field of high level breweries, but the lost abbey stands alone with this. Truly unique and delicious.
Feb 08, 2016Brandy barrel barleywine is incredible, but this upped the game by using a cognac barrel. IMO, a better liqour doesn't usually impart a better flavor into a beer, because the liquor would be smoother in most cases and be lost in the middle of a big beer flavor. I can give no doubt to the cognac barrel use here. So we'll done, such flavor. And when used in conjunction with the soft orangey citrus of a nectarine, the flavor and aroma that came out of this beer were so far exceeding my expectations (which were not low, mind you), that it was my immediate favorite beer of the fest.
It's hard to overcome palate fatigue, it's hard to compete (not that it's meant to be a competitive fest, but I needed to declare this the winner) in such a field of high level breweries, but the lost abbey stands alone with this. Truly unique and delicious.
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