Barrel Aged Declaration
Reformation Brewery (Woodstock)
- From:
- Reformation Brewery (Woodstock)
- Georgia, United States
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 9.7%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.01 | pDev: 4.99%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 06, 2017
- Added:
- Nov 30, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
NO SCORE
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by argock from Virginia
3.95/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Poured from a 22 oz brown bomber into a clear glass tulip. 2015 vintage.
A: Black with frothy, pillowy 1-2 finger beige head that leaves a short line of lacing.
Apr 17, 2016A: Black with frothy, pillowy 1-2 finger beige head that leaves a short line of lacing.
Reviewed by ThickNStout from Georgia
3.72/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.72/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
22oz bottle fom Barrel and Barley (Woodstock, GA). 32.00 for a 3 pack with 1 bottle of barrel aged and 2 bottles of standard Declaration. No bottling information but this was released late 11/2015. Served in a Reformation snifter.
Pours jet black with two and a half fingers of pale tan head. The froth fades to a broken crown around the edges that leaves a couple tiny trails of lace.
Aromas of roast, chocolate, oak and some faint, soft bourbon. Any barrel aspects are quite distant.
First and foremost in the flavor is generous roast followed by bitter dark chocolate, burnt caramel, faint bourbon, barrel char, licorice, fruit skins, vague brown sugar, soft vanilla and a slight nip of alcohol. The barrel aging seems to gave done more to soften the semi abrasive, bitter edges of the base than actually impart any meaningful bourbon or oak flavor.
Creamy, full feel with mild carbonation. Aftertaste is roasty and bitter with heavily kilned malts, vague barrel char and burnt sugar.
There is a disappointing lack of substantial difference between Barrel Aged Declaration and its base. Flavors are rounded and texture is slightly creamier than standard Declaration but this has very little barrel character. It was decent but I can't recommend procuring, especially given Reformation's particularly dirty marketing that requires you to buy a three pack in order to get a bottle.
Dec 03, 2015Pours jet black with two and a half fingers of pale tan head. The froth fades to a broken crown around the edges that leaves a couple tiny trails of lace.
Aromas of roast, chocolate, oak and some faint, soft bourbon. Any barrel aspects are quite distant.
First and foremost in the flavor is generous roast followed by bitter dark chocolate, burnt caramel, faint bourbon, barrel char, licorice, fruit skins, vague brown sugar, soft vanilla and a slight nip of alcohol. The barrel aging seems to gave done more to soften the semi abrasive, bitter edges of the base than actually impart any meaningful bourbon or oak flavor.
Creamy, full feel with mild carbonation. Aftertaste is roasty and bitter with heavily kilned malts, vague barrel char and burnt sugar.
There is a disappointing lack of substantial difference between Barrel Aged Declaration and its base. Flavors are rounded and texture is slightly creamier than standard Declaration but this has very little barrel character. It was decent but I can't recommend procuring, especially given Reformation's particularly dirty marketing that requires you to buy a three pack in order to get a bottle.
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