Last of the Steam Powered Trains
Grimm Artisanal Ales

Very nice barleywine, really good malting,layers of flavour, not too much cognac, it was well integrated and helped round it out. Crusher at my latest tasting.

 

Poured from the 500 ml bottle into the test glass
A - Mahagony colored backdrop, solid carbonation supports a nice off white cap
S - Toffee, brown sugar, touch of cognac, apricot and leather
T - Barrage of flavors, dark malts, toffee, vanilla, hint of anise, raisan, milk chocolate, some plum,
M - Full body, slick palate coating, finish is lazy
O - A big beautiful sipper of a barleywine, worth seeking out

 

poured from a 500mL bottle into a perennial snifter. pours toffee brown with zero head. only a few carbonation bubbles here and there. toffee, light chocolate and vanilla and even lighter oak and cognac presence. as it warms barrel becomes more noticeable but for being aged a year in cognac barrels it certainly has to fight to make its presence known. it also presents more dark fruits especially dark cherry and an almost amaretto like aroma to it that i’m digging. even though the barrel is somewhat tame it is still quite complex. taste follows. toffee and caramel in the forefront with plum, raisin and cherry on the back end along with light cognac and oak in the finish. it’s tasty and extremely drinkable for 11% BA BW. this is listed as an american BW but seems much closer to an english-style to me. not a lot of hop presence and plenty of malt driving the bus on this one. speaking of malt, it has a thick, full mouthfeel. very low carbonation to it. bordering on syrupy but never quite gets there. good stuff.

500 ml bottle into a snifter. Had 7/28/23.

Pours a dark brown amber, semi opaque, with a short head and no lacing. Aromas of caramel, fig, dates, grapes, malt, some oak, a little cognac. Flavors of caramel, malt, cognac, grapes, figs, light oak. Smooth, a thinner medium body, appropriately carbonated.

The barrels are light but provide solid grape notes and the base barleywine is really nice. It’s a bit more understated than expected, but very enjoyable.

Poured at fridge temp. Pours a murky brown with basically no head. Small bubbles rising throughout, so definitely not still. The nose is great. I immediately get the cognac notes. Figs, toffee, prunes, bread, and a slight earthy note.

The taste is super intense. Tons of cognac, port, plums, raisins, toffee, and brown sugar. Definitely a sticky and creamy mouthfeel. Wow. Just a fantastic sipper. The alcohol is not detectable in any way. The aftertaste is full of fruity sweetness and caramel. Lovely.

This 500ML bottle is my fifth beer from Grimm. They’ve ranged from “eh” to “The Grey Bastards”. Let’s hope this one comes up on the latter part of the scale.

The pour is dark enough to warrant black in imperfect light; deep brown with red sparkling along the edges. The nose is hard caramel & harder cognac.

Last of the Steam Powered Trains is…elegant. Old fashioned hard caramel candies. Cognac swirled by a personal attendant. Brown sugar flown in fresh from Cyprus. Attendant molasses, allspice, flickering booziness. Sticky, sticky, sticky, oozy. Intriguing enough & tasty enough that I’ll have not trouble putting this middle-sized bottle in a my belly (& the wastewater system, later).

Bourbon barrels are so 2021. Bring on the cognac barrels! It’s more subtle, but matched with a beautiful base, adds significantly. Excellent brew.

Dark brown appearance, cant see through when held up to light, otherwise no, beige cap. Love the bottle art too! Smells has dark fruit, cognac, oak, caramel, and apricot in that order. Taste soaks the dark fruit in cognac, oak fades and is replaced by gooey caramel, faint dark nut with barley. Feel is warm and smooth, finishes drier. Not very deep but flavor is pleasant

This is pretty still, just a few, short-lived, tiny bubbles.

Huge sweetness up front with grapes, toffee, and brown sugar plus hints of molasses, honey, apple pie spice, and raisin. Glorious. The finish dries out quite a bit with prominent oak and strong, boozy Cognac. The finish is good, but I like the start better. Glad to have tried this, thanks to @Braunmeister_1943 for alerting me to its existence.