El Gigante
Bravery Brewing
- From:
- Bravery Brewing
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 12.13%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.15 | pDev: 0.96%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 07, 2022
- Added:
- Jun 16, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Bourbon barrel barleywine with coffee and cacao.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Radome from Florida
4.19/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Tasted at the brewery taproom in July 2022. Served in a snifter. I bought a bottle to take home, which was a wax-sealed pint bottle labeled "Bravura Collection 2019".
L - Mahogany color with a slight haze. Nice off-white head that lasts as a few swirls and a ring around the glass.
S - Strong roast grain and coffee nose. Cacao is there, but at a lower level. Barrel aging is not apparent in nose.
T - Lots of coffee and chocolate. Malt reminds me of sweet graham cracker; no roasted notes. Moderate whiskey kick in finish.
F - Medium body that dries out in finish. Moderate to strong carbonation. High hops bitterness reinforced by alcohol burn.
O - This is a very big, complex beer. I feel the base barleywine gets a bit lost behind the coffee. The bourbon barrel character gives a very strong, hot whiskey finish that covers the base beer even more.
Aug 07, 2022L - Mahogany color with a slight haze. Nice off-white head that lasts as a few swirls and a ring around the glass.
S - Strong roast grain and coffee nose. Cacao is there, but at a lower level. Barrel aging is not apparent in nose.
T - Lots of coffee and chocolate. Malt reminds me of sweet graham cracker; no roasted notes. Moderate whiskey kick in finish.
F - Medium body that dries out in finish. Moderate to strong carbonation. High hops bitterness reinforced by alcohol burn.
O - This is a very big, complex beer. I feel the base barleywine gets a bit lost behind the coffee. The bourbon barrel character gives a very strong, hot whiskey finish that covers the base beer even more.
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