Barrel Aged Nordic Noir
Cerebral Brewing

Beer Geek Stats
From:
Cerebral Brewing
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
Baltic Porter
ABV:
12%
Score:
+8 ratings needed
Avg:
4.39 | pDev: 0.91%
Ratings:
2 | reviews: 2
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 16, 2020
Added:
Dec 20, 2019
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  0
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
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Reviewed by eppCOS from Colorado

4.35/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
L - Dark as noir, good lacing, residual head OK.
S - Patches of roast, mallow, toast, sweet on the nose but...
T - Dark roast, not cloying, drops the sweetness from the nose; has an interesting savory character with vanilla
F - great balance, warming, but not "hot" on the ABV impression
O - another fine foeder effort in transforming an often-underappreciated style (the Baltic!)
Tasted 2.14.20 at the brewery, on tap
Feb 16, 2020
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Reviewed by dcscientist from Colorado

4.43/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Man, I love when good base beers get aged and get even better. That's the case with this one, as the Foeder and the aging process combined to give this a really smooth feel and taste, to the point where you wouldn't guess it is 12% ABV. Cerebral is really good at making beers like this, and I really enjoyed this one. It's a good Baltic porter at the start, but then gets more complex as it warms up, and it's not sticky or too sweet. Well done.
Dec 20, 2019