Dire Wolf - Calvados Barrel
Wolf's Ridge Brewing

Beer Geek Stats
From:
Wolf's Ridge Brewing
 
Ohio, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
10.8%
Score:
+4 ratings needed
Avg:
4.47 | pDev: 3.36%
Ratings:
6 | reviews: 3
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jun 11, 2022
Added:
Sep 26, 2021
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
Our brewmaster has been longing to use Calvados barrels for years. This elusive style of Apple Brandy is aged in French oak and must hail directly from France. We aged Dire Wolf in the barrel for one year.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 4.22 by prototypic from Ohio

Jun 11, 2022
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Reviewed by bluejacket74 from Ohio

4.46/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
8 ounce bottle, packaged on 09/20/21 stamped on the label. Served in a Wolf's Ridge Dire Wolf glass, the beer pours dark brown/black with not quite an inch tan head. Head retention and lacing are both good. Aroma is nice, the brew smells like brandy, roasted malt, molasses, bittersweet chocolate and dark fruit. For the most part I think the taste is similar to the aroma, but with the addition of some oak and earthy flavors. Mouthfeel/body is medium/full, it's coating and a bit creamy with a moderate amount of carbonation. I thought this was a pretty good brew, definitely worth picking up especially if you like brandy barrel aged beers and/or the other Dire Wolf variants! Only complaint was that the bottle wasn't bigger!
Dec 11, 2021
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Reviewed by Tony210 from New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours pretty dark, quite thick, aggressive pour yields no head. Syrupy. Great barrel aroma! I get barrel, boozy, chocolate. Flavor is chocolate malt, brandy barrel, oak, sweet apple. Light bitter espresso finish. Minimal carbonation creates a creamy texture. Overall a really delicious BA imperial stout, love the 250ml format!!!!

11/6/21
250 ml bottle - recent release
4.5 rating
Nov 06, 2021
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Rated by pathman from Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
10/30/21 bottle @ home
Oct 31, 2021
 
Rated: 4.42 by Zonian1 from Ohio

Oct 10, 2021
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Reviewed by trevormajor from Ohio

4.72/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
8 oz bottle, born on 9/20/21, poured into a tulip glass at 55 degrees F:
L - dark dark brown with a hazelnut head that lingered
S - apples, oak
T - apple brandy, oak, roasted malt
F - thick mouthfeel with minimal carbonation, very nice
O - really great flavor, very unique
Oct 10, 2021