Artio
Barbarian Brewing

Beer Geek Stats
From:
Barbarian Brewing
 
Idaho, United States
Style:
Belgian Dark Ale
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
+7 ratings needed
Avg:
3.75 | pDev: 1.33%
Ratings:
3 | reviews: 2
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 11, 2017
Added:
Feb 07, 2016
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
Inspiration for our third bottle release came in the form of the Celtic goddess, Artio. She assumes the form of a bear, and holds fruit and grain sacred. With this in mind, we created our barrel-aged Belgian Brown Ale. After going through primary fermentation with a house Belgian yeast strain, it was lovingly aged in a 500L merlot barrel. We added a proprietary blend of 5 Brettanomyces strains for its secondary fermentation, then added grains of paradise, cinnamon, and almost 60 pounds of fresh raspberries! The result, four months of aging later, is a beautifully complex and refreshing beer.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 3.75 by 22Blue from Kansas

Feb 11, 2017
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Reviewed by JohnGalt1 from Idaho

3.81/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottle... Pours hazy brown/light pink .. nice off white head... plenty of berries and light lemony and earthy brett notes.. dark toast and background tart/vinous notes.. Light spiciness with warmth I guess is from the base yeast makes me think of white peppercorns.. The berry notes really glow in the aroma and the nose... Very complex, but perhaps needed a little more barrel time to really meld.

3.75/4/3.75/3.75/3.75
Mar 06, 2016
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.69/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
tle share courtesy of Syndicate. Finally, Barbarian hits the mark with its bottle program. Barrel notes abound, berries in the back seat on top of a well rounded brown.
Feb 14, 2016