Solera Double Oak
2SP Brewing Company
- From:
- 2SP Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- American Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 8.7%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.25 | pDev: 2.35%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 13, 2019
- Added:
- Jan 05, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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This beer is not for the faint of heart.
It began its journey as "Solera Nectar," a variety of strong ales blended to taste in a 25 hectoliter fouder that once aged barolo wine. The fouder was partially emptied once a year and topped back up with fresh strong and dark ale. For this very special version of the solera double oak we took the barolo aged beer and filled up Buffalo Trace bourbon barrels and aged them for an additional year.
The result is an intense showcase of what wood and time can do to a type of beer that can fully stand up to both. Aromas of musty grape, wood tannins, almond, and slight oaky char lend way to a truly full bodied ale that displays flavors of burnt turbinado sugar, molasses, caramel, warming bourbon, and even more wood.
Meant to be savored during the coldest months of the year, fireside, and with good company.
It began its journey as "Solera Nectar," a variety of strong ales blended to taste in a 25 hectoliter fouder that once aged barolo wine. The fouder was partially emptied once a year and topped back up with fresh strong and dark ale. For this very special version of the solera double oak we took the barolo aged beer and filled up Buffalo Trace bourbon barrels and aged them for an additional year.
The result is an intense showcase of what wood and time can do to a type of beer that can fully stand up to both. Aromas of musty grape, wood tannins, almond, and slight oaky char lend way to a truly full bodied ale that displays flavors of burnt turbinado sugar, molasses, caramel, warming bourbon, and even more wood.
Meant to be savored during the coldest months of the year, fireside, and with good company.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by larryi86 from Delaware
4.15/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
750 ml bottle poured into a tulip
A- A deep brown with small off white head
S- Bourbon, red wine, chocolate, molasses, oak, some toffee
T- Wine grapes, oak, molasses, bourbon, some dark chocolate, toffee, hints of tannis, really unique and complex
M- Smooth, medium body
O- A really unique and tasty strong ale, both barrels work well with this.
Jan 05, 2019A- A deep brown with small off white head
S- Bourbon, red wine, chocolate, molasses, oak, some toffee
T- Wine grapes, oak, molasses, bourbon, some dark chocolate, toffee, hints of tannis, really unique and complex
M- Smooth, medium body
O- A really unique and tasty strong ale, both barrels work well with this.
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