The Revival - Barrel-Aged
Pipeworks Brewing Company

The Revival - Barrel-AgedThe Revival - Barrel-Aged
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From:
Pipeworks Brewing Company
 
Illinois, United States
Style:
Wheatwine
ABV:
13%
Score:
94
Avg:
4.25 | pDev: 6.82%
Reviews:
21
Ratings:
114
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 10, 2020
Added:
Jan 09, 2015
Wants:
  14
Gots:
  35
Our "Elijah's Revival" aged in fresh Elijah Craig 12 year old barrels and second use Heaven Hill Ancient barrels that previously held Jones Dog.
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Reviewed by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois

4.25/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
2015 vintage pulled from my climate controlled cellar. Tasted in a Rastal Teku from a 1 pint 6 fl oz bottle on March 9, 2020. Batch # 377/378. Bourbon barrel aged wheat wine made with orange and spices.
Mar 10, 2020
 
Rated: 4.27 by cd34 from Illinois

Mar 08, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by smartassboiler from Illinois

Jan 27, 2020
 
Rated: 4.5 by SayBoom from Ukraine

Jun 01, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by emerge077 from Illinois

Mar 03, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by mattmarka1 from Minnesota

Jan 28, 2019
 
Rated: 3.9 by Mikexw from New York

Dec 29, 2018
 
Rated: 4.08 by dannycohen62 from Illinois

Dec 02, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by thinwhiteduke from Illinois

Nov 11, 2018
 
Rated: 4.5 by Radcpa from Washington

Sep 19, 2018
 
Rated: 4.36 by chewy6935 from Michigan

Jul 08, 2018
 
Rated: 3.6 by Egotist from Illinois

May 08, 2018
 
Rated: 4.55 by Beerbom from California

Apr 06, 2018
 
Rated: 4.35 by novamat from Illinois

Mar 25, 2018
 
Rated: 4.39 by Muss42 from Michigan

Mar 17, 2018
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Reviewed by darktronica from Indiana

3.99/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
This is tough to rate to any style, given that it's clearly trying to be a spiced cider. The orange peel, cinnamon, and other spices make this an excellent, and boozy, mulled wassail of a beer. The barrel treatment is lovely, adding a perfect amount of booze, oak, and punching up the original base beer to 13%. That said, this is too much cinnamon for me personally; I love the experimentation and that this exists, but I had half a glass and passed the rest to my partner to enjoy more than I would.
Mar 11, 2018
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Reviewed by maximum12 from Minnesota

3.62/5  rDev -14.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Thanks to HIGHPA for this 22 oz. bottle. I dig the artwork & the Hyper Dog before this one, so I have more incoming. Can’t wait to judge whether these guys have one of the better barrel programs. Split with my wife.

The pour is reddish brown sludge, not at all what I was expecting, with zero head. I’ve never enjoyed that. And now I know what Dune’s Melange spice smells like: cinnamon!! I get a touch of barrel & orange, but would have guessed something other than bourbon. I suspect olfactory damage from the Cinnabon.

The Revival is an appropriate salute to the just passed Billy Graham, whatever one might think of him. Me, I’m thinking about how I’m going to get the cinnamon & orange marmalade out of my oral cavity. Just like the smell, cinnamon is huge, & cut oddly by the solid orange. The barrel is lovely: hard alcohol in the back of the throat moves right along to warm the stomach on a snowy February night. I should have mulled this (without the cinnamon sticks – egads).

This projects more as a mixed drink than a beer, & really ought to be sipped out of a martini glass. A boozy mess of a beer that’s still a good beer.
Feb 23, 2018
 
Rated: 3.89 by Sammy from Canada (ON)

Jan 21, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by SteveTheBrit from Illinois

Jan 19, 2018
 
Rated: 4.49 by Jonnydrinker from Illinois

Dec 23, 2017
The Revival - Barrel-Aged from Pipeworks Brewing Company
Beer rating: 94 out of 100 with 114 ratings