Barrel Aged Wreck Alley
Karl Strauss Brewing Company
- From:
- Karl Strauss Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
Ranked #1,691 - ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #34,849 - Avg:
- 3.57 | pDev: 22.97%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 8
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 10, 2024
- Added:
- Mar 11, 2013
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 6
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
When we tasted the first batch of Wreck Alley Imperial Stout, we knew barrel-aged versions were in the cards. The only questions were when and how often? Batch #1 answers the first question, and as for Batch #2, you’ll just have to wait and see. Brewed with the same darkly-kilned malts, Tcho cocoa nibs, and Ethiopian coffee beans from Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, Batch #1 was aged three months in American oak barrels. The resulting brew is a dark, unblended, and richly flavored union of dark chocolate, espresso, and toasted oak.
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Reviewed by rawfish from California
1.29/5 rDev -63.9%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1
1.29/5 rDev -63.9%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1
Pours cola brown, very fizzy with just about the same watery viscosity.
Sour tart cherries and fruit. A vinegar-like sharp note that is reminiscent of pickle juice. No semblance of chocolate, coffee or roasted malt.
As expected from the nose, infected! The bourbon and woody tannins come through, hot and free floating but the malt presence has gone replaced with a vinegar and lactic sourness. No integration of barrel to the remaining beer. Finishes tart, alcoholic and lasting forever unfortunately.
Over carbonated, thin, a stout that barely holds the ABV.
I don't usually review infected beers but 3 strikes and you're out. Karl really needs to get their QC department together and fix this. Alot of their bottled offerings from barrels end up soured if you don't drink them immediately. So far that's BA Wreck Alley, BA Vanilla Wreck Alley & 25th Anniversary (2 bottles) that have had this issue.
Apr 13, 2015Sour tart cherries and fruit. A vinegar-like sharp note that is reminiscent of pickle juice. No semblance of chocolate, coffee or roasted malt.
As expected from the nose, infected! The bourbon and woody tannins come through, hot and free floating but the malt presence has gone replaced with a vinegar and lactic sourness. No integration of barrel to the remaining beer. Finishes tart, alcoholic and lasting forever unfortunately.
Over carbonated, thin, a stout that barely holds the ABV.
I don't usually review infected beers but 3 strikes and you're out. Karl really needs to get their QC department together and fix this. Alot of their bottled offerings from barrels end up soured if you don't drink them immediately. So far that's BA Wreck Alley, BA Vanilla Wreck Alley & 25th Anniversary (2 bottles) that have had this issue.
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