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The Veil Brewing Co. - Production Brewery

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The Veil Brewing Co. - Production Brewery
 
Virginia, United States
Style:
American Barleywine
ABV:
13%
Score:
+8 ratings needed
Avg:
3.92 | pDev: 0.51%
Ratings:
2 | reviews: 1
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jun 14, 2023
Added:
Jun 23, 2022
Wants:
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Gots:
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Black Barleywine aged in a blend of Buffalo Trace bourbon, Cognac, and Laird’s apple brandy barrels for 20 months.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 3.94 by dan_amdg from Illinois

Jun 14, 2023
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Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York

3.89/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
This one pours a reasonably dark black color, with a very small head, and not much lacing.

This smells like sweet fruity cognac, maple, brown sugar, chocolate, and oak.

Of the three barrels, the cognac dominates the most here, by far. I do get some sweet caramelly bourbon, but basically no apple brandy. It's quite sweet, even without all the adjuncts that the Veil usually adds to dominate their beers. This is tasty, but just too much to really be elite tier.

This is medium bodied, with not much booze, and a slightly syrupy sweet feel.

I wanted to like this one a lot more. It had so much potential.
Jun 23, 2022