Origins
The Black Abbey Brewing Company
- From:
- The Black Abbey Brewing Company
- Tennessee, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.63 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 24, 2024
- Added:
- Jun 16, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Belgian-style Golden Strong ale aged in gin barrels for 12 months. Baking spices and juniper blend with soft stone fruits with a light vanilla oak finish. Medium bodied and deceptively easy drinking.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by wmeckley44 from Tennessee
3.63/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.63/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Unsure what to think on this one. I bought it since I wanted to try a gin barrel beer and I love belgian strong ale, but it's mostly left me confused.
Color is a murky golden orange, darker than I'd expect but still perfectly clear. Nose is all candied orange, esters, and some sweetness, with a hint of bite. Flavor is all over the place. There's some white grape and stone fruit as well as the typical Belgian bubblegum esters and a LOT of spice. It's a very spice and coriander forward ale, but not too bitter. The bite is balanced by a big candy citrus note and a fair amount of sweetness, and there's something that sort of seems herbal about it, but comes across more as anise than juniper. Tons of carbonation and a great slick mouthfeel.
Overall I feel let down and unimpressed, but it's not bad and I didn't pay too much for it. I feel like the gin barrel aging didn't hurt the beer overall but it really didn't do anything.
Jul 24, 2024Color is a murky golden orange, darker than I'd expect but still perfectly clear. Nose is all candied orange, esters, and some sweetness, with a hint of bite. Flavor is all over the place. There's some white grape and stone fruit as well as the typical Belgian bubblegum esters and a LOT of spice. It's a very spice and coriander forward ale, but not too bitter. The bite is balanced by a big candy citrus note and a fair amount of sweetness, and there's something that sort of seems herbal about it, but comes across more as anise than juniper. Tons of carbonation and a great slick mouthfeel.
Overall I feel let down and unimpressed, but it's not bad and I didn't pay too much for it. I feel like the gin barrel aging didn't hurt the beer overall but it really didn't do anything.
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