Special Reserve Vintage 2016
Pipeworks Brewing Co.
- From:
- Pipeworks Brewing Co.
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- American Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 15.7%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.46 | pDev: 5.83%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 14, 2023
- Added:
- Nov 25, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Barrel-aged ale with cacao nibs, vanilla, and milksSugar aged for 48 months in Old Fitzgerald barrels
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by stortore from Illinois
4.4/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.5
16 ounce can into a snifter. Had 7/2/22.
Pours a semi opaque amber color, with no head and no lacing. Aromas of bourbon, caramel, vanilla, figs, oak, some chocolate. Has a lightly spicy aroma. Flavors of bourbon, vanilla, oak, figs, malt, some caramel and chocolate, light brown sugar. Smooth for the ABV, a good medium body that’s a little thin, appropriately carbonated.
Delicious. Excellent aromas and flavors- the vanilla really shines, with a solid barrel presence. The only negative is that it’s slightly thin.
Jun 14, 2023Pours a semi opaque amber color, with no head and no lacing. Aromas of bourbon, caramel, vanilla, figs, oak, some chocolate. Has a lightly spicy aroma. Flavors of bourbon, vanilla, oak, figs, malt, some caramel and chocolate, light brown sugar. Smooth for the ABV, a good medium body that’s a little thin, appropriately carbonated.
Delicious. Excellent aromas and flavors- the vanilla really shines, with a solid barrel presence. The only negative is that it’s slightly thin.
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
4.46/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Released March 2021; drank 3/16/22 @ the Yarchives.
Opaque brown/orange appearance.
An even pour yielded a tiny tan head which quickly dissipated; no lace.
Burnt caramel, toffee, marshmallow, oak & bourbon heat notes in the nose.
Thick, sticky mouthfeel. Burnt caramel, toffee, vanilla, strong bourbon & nice oak flavors.
Robust, almost overwhelmingly so, but still a treat to drink. Wow!
Mar 17, 2022Opaque brown/orange appearance.
An even pour yielded a tiny tan head which quickly dissipated; no lace.
Burnt caramel, toffee, marshmallow, oak & bourbon heat notes in the nose.
Thick, sticky mouthfeel. Burnt caramel, toffee, vanilla, strong bourbon & nice oak flavors.
Robust, almost overwhelmingly so, but still a treat to drink. Wow!
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