Barrel Project #8/2016
Brouwerij Kees
- From:
- Brouwerij Kees
- Netherlands
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 12.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.43 | pDev: 7.58%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 15, 2020
- Added:
- Nov 26, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by josanguapo from Spain
3.69/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
De Zombier. En copa Teku. Jugando a Truberbrook, y luego a Rayman Legends. Buena barleywine con notas de cognac pero sin llegar a entusiasmar debido a una excesiva presencia del alcohol y la falta de algo especial que la haga destacar
Apr 15, 2020
Reviewed by Jeffo from Netherlands
3.16/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
3.16/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Got this one at the Duvel guy in Utrecht
From a bottle into a snifter
EBC: 30
EBU: 65
Malts: Pale ale & caramel
Hops: Citra & Cascade
Barley wine aged on cognac barrels
APPEARANCE: Pours a one finger, looser, foamy, very fizzy off-white head with somewhat lousy retention. Deep maroon red/brown, opaque, with no carbonation evident. Head quickly fizzes down to a half cap. Slight wisp remains but no real lacing on the glass.
SMELL: A good dose of cognac, booze, caramel and some red fruity notes on the nose. Lots of toffee with some oaky, vanilla aromas as well. Boozy and plenty of candy.
TASTE: Cognac and wood up front, with some boozy notes as well. A little empty up front, in all honesty, which is a letdown, but there are hints of caramel under the booze as well. Harsher at the swallow with a boozy and lingering finish of cognac, wood, some caramel and toffee, as well as plenty of alcohol.
PALATE: Thinner body and higher levels of carbonation for the style. Lighter on the palate, prickly, goes down okay with a harsher burn at the swallow and finishes a bit sticky. Lots of heat lingers.
OVERALL: This is okay, but doesn’t quite have the character I was hoping for given the nose, and it’s a little prickly and harsh, even for this style. The cognac barrels come across as rather alcoholic and don’t carry the flavor components I’d like in a cognac BA beer, and the boozy alcohol kind of masks any nuances the base beer may have imparted on the beer. A drinkable creation, but as far as BA barley wines go, this is not quite a standout example of the style.
Nov 26, 2016From a bottle into a snifter
EBC: 30
EBU: 65
Malts: Pale ale & caramel
Hops: Citra & Cascade
Barley wine aged on cognac barrels
APPEARANCE: Pours a one finger, looser, foamy, very fizzy off-white head with somewhat lousy retention. Deep maroon red/brown, opaque, with no carbonation evident. Head quickly fizzes down to a half cap. Slight wisp remains but no real lacing on the glass.
SMELL: A good dose of cognac, booze, caramel and some red fruity notes on the nose. Lots of toffee with some oaky, vanilla aromas as well. Boozy and plenty of candy.
TASTE: Cognac and wood up front, with some boozy notes as well. A little empty up front, in all honesty, which is a letdown, but there are hints of caramel under the booze as well. Harsher at the swallow with a boozy and lingering finish of cognac, wood, some caramel and toffee, as well as plenty of alcohol.
PALATE: Thinner body and higher levels of carbonation for the style. Lighter on the palate, prickly, goes down okay with a harsher burn at the swallow and finishes a bit sticky. Lots of heat lingers.
OVERALL: This is okay, but doesn’t quite have the character I was hoping for given the nose, and it’s a little prickly and harsh, even for this style. The cognac barrels come across as rather alcoholic and don’t carry the flavor components I’d like in a cognac BA beer, and the boozy alcohol kind of masks any nuances the base beer may have imparted on the beer. A drinkable creation, but as far as BA barley wines go, this is not quite a standout example of the style.
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