Celestial Origin
Cerebral Brewing
- From:
- Cerebral Brewing
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
- ABV:
- 14.6%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.42 | pDev: 1.81%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 09, 2024
- Added:
- May 25, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Barleywine’s journey through the vastness is storied and it’s legacy is legendary. We believe it deserves its place in the galactic order. Floor-malted Maris Otter and a touch of Colorado Wheat were double mashed for focused flavor and only East Kent Golding, that most English of hops, were used.
2021 vintage: 15 months of hibernation in 16 year Tennessee whisky barrels and the cosmic reverence was complete.
2022 vintage: Aged 16 months in 8-10 year grape brandy and 8-year Willett Rye Whiskey barrels.
2023 Experimental: Aged 32 months in Buffalo Trace Experimental Bourbon barrels.
2021 vintage: 15 months of hibernation in 16 year Tennessee whisky barrels and the cosmic reverence was complete.
2022 vintage: Aged 16 months in 8-10 year grape brandy and 8-year Willett Rye Whiskey barrels.
2023 Experimental: Aged 32 months in Buffalo Trace Experimental Bourbon barrels.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by WickedBeer from Alabama
4.46/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Dark pour with flecks of ruby. A weak head of buildup is quick to settle into a relatively flat liquid.
The nose features grape brandy; jammy fruit, but balanced well by caramel candy and fruit cake undertones.
Palate fruit forward but balanced well by undertones of milk chocolate. Fruit owns the backbone; rich but complex, fruity but still retaining a barrel integration of bourbon staves and baking spice.
Mouthfeel is a touch thin but good coating. Mild warmth and bitterness. Overall could use more boil time but the thinner barleywine profile seems to work with more fruit-forward beers.
Mar 09, 2024The nose features grape brandy; jammy fruit, but balanced well by caramel candy and fruit cake undertones.
Palate fruit forward but balanced well by undertones of milk chocolate. Fruit owns the backbone; rich but complex, fruity but still retaining a barrel integration of bourbon staves and baking spice.
Mouthfeel is a touch thin but good coating. Mild warmth and bitterness. Overall could use more boil time but the thinner barleywine profile seems to work with more fruit-forward beers.
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