Inception Series #03 - Sexy Betty (Cognac Barrel Aged)
Nebraska Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

The beer comes in a dark black color with a mocha brown head.

The aroma has some fruity notes, sweet cognac, chocolate and a hefty hand of alcohol on the end.

The flavor follows with dark fruit flavors, a bittersweet chocolate, roasty malt, oak bitterness, cognac sweetness. Along with a decent amount of booze on the end.

A well done beer, though a bit too boozy for me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A: poured into a snifter to a deep black with a half finger dark tan head that is slow to fade to a thick collar around the glass with decent lacing
S: smells of cognac and the barrel mingle with dark roasted malt, chocolate and coffee
T: cognac flavors and wood up front with some dark fruit flavors, roast malt toward the back end with a bit of chocolate and burnt sugar, and a slight hint of coffee. swallow is more cognac, charred wood and roasted malt with some dark roasted coffee and bitter chocolate
M: full in the mouth but not quite chewy with soft but adequate carbonation
O: different from other forms of barrel aging and a nice change of pace from bourbon. The flavors play well together and the beer drinks surprisingly easy for the abv. Now I need to find my brandy eclipse to try that one in the near future because this has piqued my curiosity

 

 

 

A: Dark black with a thin but steady cocoa brown head; lacing is quite good

S: Lots of alcohol and oak; this is roasty and boozy but so strong on booze with subtle coffee, chocolate and dark fruit

T: The alcohol is much more subdued in the flavors with chocolate, coffee, dark fruits, and some subtle vinous qualities; this is still quite boozy but it comes together better--much better than expected

F: Decent mouth feel: sticky and oily

O: An interesting, boozy beer; good work Nebraska Brewing