Seven Stars
Wren House Brewing Co.
- From:
- Wren House Brewing Co.
- Arizona, United States
- Style:
- American Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.21 | pDev: 8.55%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 19, 2022
- Added:
- Apr 30, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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An ambitious yet familiar blend of 7 different barrels of various stouts & strong ale. The heart of this blend lies in a single barrel. One that held an incredibly viscous stout base on 4lbs of spent vanilla beans inside what was the Double Vanilla Kingsnake barrel. Complexities from this massive amount of second use vanilla beans are remarkable. So much savory dark fruit jam. The rest of the blend supports this so well; 1x 2 year old imperial stout aged in a buffalo trace barrel, 1x 18month old Braggot aged in a buffalo trace barrel, 2x 18month old Olmec base (no adjuncts) aged in buffalo trace barrels, and to round it all out we put a couple younger (6month) woodford reserve barrel aged stout. Toasted marshmallow, warm honey, chocolate raspberry ice cream. Just pure decadence all around, but in a format that’s both drinkable and oh so enjoyable.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.5/5 rDev -16.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -16.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Had a can snagged for me. Brought it to March Madness 2022 1/2 session.
Pours black/dark brown. Its a blend of like 5 barrel aged beers I think. Oh shit, whaddup, its seven, shit that makes sense (looks at name of beer on label: Seven Stars). Has that rusty cherry cola head 1/6" deep. Slight film at 11. The aroma yielded bourbon, dark fruit, dark oak.
The taste and mouth feel has a disjointed sense to them. There was a bitterness that didn't make sense. Roasted malt, dark fruit (bitterness source?) yeast aspect, spirit barrel and not the halloween store. The vanilla aspect seems overplayed, it didn't really get in there here. Man speaking of get in there. . . hey girls. Anyhoo, yeah, that commercial tug job referencing vanilla and marshmallow, that didn't come across. Now I have that Tilt song in my head. Low carbonation levels. It was a gritty, roasted, bitter, boozy beer that stayed far away from being a pastry stout at least.
Light toffee, smoke. Its not bad by any means, I just thought it would be better.
Oct 19, 2022Pours black/dark brown. Its a blend of like 5 barrel aged beers I think. Oh shit, whaddup, its seven, shit that makes sense (looks at name of beer on label: Seven Stars). Has that rusty cherry cola head 1/6" deep. Slight film at 11. The aroma yielded bourbon, dark fruit, dark oak.
The taste and mouth feel has a disjointed sense to them. There was a bitterness that didn't make sense. Roasted malt, dark fruit (bitterness source?) yeast aspect, spirit barrel and not the halloween store. The vanilla aspect seems overplayed, it didn't really get in there here. Man speaking of get in there. . . hey girls. Anyhoo, yeah, that commercial tug job referencing vanilla and marshmallow, that didn't come across. Now I have that Tilt song in my head. Low carbonation levels. It was a gritty, roasted, bitter, boozy beer that stayed far away from being a pastry stout at least.
Light toffee, smoke. Its not bad by any means, I just thought it would be better.
Reviewed by jrc1093 from Connecticut
4.38/5 rDev +4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.38/5 rDev +4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Canned on 3/19/20; consumed on 12/16/20
Pours a silky, thick, nearly jet-black body with a barely-there, short-lived appearance of dark tan foam gently coating the surface before receding to a thin ring of frothy collar surrounding a dense, black surface and a limited layering of thin webby lacing holding to the walls of the glass.
Aroma starts with toasted honeycomb and charred malts with undertones of dark berry jam and butterscotch hard candies steadily guiding towards a deepening roast and sweetness, highlighted by dark chocolate and fresh vanilla bean over the middle; ripe bourbon gives a distant smoked tone to dark fruits and toffee into the back end of the bouquet, where richer, warm honey takes on a nutty nougat quality through the close.
Taste features baker's chocolate tinged with red raspberry, meshing seamlessly into vanilla cream and nougat over the mid-palate as burnt sugar and dark chocolate chips with wisps of toasted wildflower honey develop into back end; the finish shows roasted malt char and residual burnt sugar tones with lingering vanilla ice cream character sporting black raspberry accents through finish.
Mouthfeel offers a medium-full body with minimal carbonation and a rounded, oily texture over the mid-palate, with a building, gritty char turning to a spicy prickle tingling along into the back end; a stellarly mild warming creeps in past the mid-palate, giving way to a semi-dryness and pillowy touch of gritty malt finishing.
A decadent treat of a beer without overwhelming with sweetness, instead presenting a focused cacophony of unified, dessert-like elements humbled by both barrel and malt; the nuance of flavors and the tact with which they're delivered sets the tone for a top-tier strong ale, excellently composed and wholly distinctive.
Dec 17, 2020Pours a silky, thick, nearly jet-black body with a barely-there, short-lived appearance of dark tan foam gently coating the surface before receding to a thin ring of frothy collar surrounding a dense, black surface and a limited layering of thin webby lacing holding to the walls of the glass.
Aroma starts with toasted honeycomb and charred malts with undertones of dark berry jam and butterscotch hard candies steadily guiding towards a deepening roast and sweetness, highlighted by dark chocolate and fresh vanilla bean over the middle; ripe bourbon gives a distant smoked tone to dark fruits and toffee into the back end of the bouquet, where richer, warm honey takes on a nutty nougat quality through the close.
Taste features baker's chocolate tinged with red raspberry, meshing seamlessly into vanilla cream and nougat over the mid-palate as burnt sugar and dark chocolate chips with wisps of toasted wildflower honey develop into back end; the finish shows roasted malt char and residual burnt sugar tones with lingering vanilla ice cream character sporting black raspberry accents through finish.
Mouthfeel offers a medium-full body with minimal carbonation and a rounded, oily texture over the mid-palate, with a building, gritty char turning to a spicy prickle tingling along into the back end; a stellarly mild warming creeps in past the mid-palate, giving way to a semi-dryness and pillowy touch of gritty malt finishing.
A decadent treat of a beer without overwhelming with sweetness, instead presenting a focused cacophony of unified, dessert-like elements humbled by both barrel and malt; the nuance of flavors and the tact with which they're delivered sets the tone for a top-tier strong ale, excellently composed and wholly distinctive.
Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey
4.25/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
**
10/03/2020
can to snifter. gift from DC.
LOOK: motor oil thick, small light brown head. good retention (back to the smallish head).
AROMA: Raisin, charred malt, bourbon, figs, dark berries. medium strength.
TASTE: chocolate cookie/cake, raisin, fig, charred oak. touch of red wine tannins in the finish. finish is a little bitter and alcohol burn is a little strong, but otherwise very tasty.
FEEL: low carbonation, full body and heavy, smooth. touch of oily.
very good blend of flavors. this is my first wren house beer, so unfamiliar with the piece parts that make this up, but whatever the breakdown, the sum of the parts is very nice.
**
Oct 04, 202010/03/2020
can to snifter. gift from DC.
LOOK: motor oil thick, small light brown head. good retention (back to the smallish head).
AROMA: Raisin, charred malt, bourbon, figs, dark berries. medium strength.
TASTE: chocolate cookie/cake, raisin, fig, charred oak. touch of red wine tannins in the finish. finish is a little bitter and alcohol burn is a little strong, but otherwise very tasty.
FEEL: low carbonation, full body and heavy, smooth. touch of oily.
very good blend of flavors. this is my first wren house beer, so unfamiliar with the piece parts that make this up, but whatever the breakdown, the sum of the parts is very nice.
**
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