Super Bock Selecção 1927 Barrel Aged Premium Lager
Unicer União Cervejeira S.A.
- From:
- Unicer União Cervejeira S.A.
- Portugal
- Style:
- European Strong Lager
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.34 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 29, 2024
- Added:
- Nov 29, 2024
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"A copper-colored beer that, after fermentation, aged in French and American oak barrels, which reinforce its malty character and caramel notes, giving it at the same time the complexity of the aroma and flavor of wood. French and American oak. The first arrived to mark and balance the restless acidity and the second gave evident notes of wood, highlighting the aroma of vanilla. The wooden barrels shaped the woody personality of this beer, which appears elegant and unusual after 5 months in the barrels."
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Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
4.34/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Unicer União Cervejeira S.A. "Super Bock Selecção 1927 Barrel Aged Premium Lager"
75 cl brown glass bottle, corked and caged. Coded "EDIÇAO LIMITADA 8762/9500 CONSUMIR DE PREFERÉNCIA ANTES DO FIM DE 02/2026 L2822942 13:26". Sampled on 29 NOV 2024
9,99€ @ Continente, Nazare, Portugal
Notes via stream of consciousness: A crusty piece of bread and a glass of barrel-aged strong lager as the sun goes down can be a very relaxing thing. It's poured a hazy amber body beneath a short head of antique white foam. There's a whole lot of barrel character going on in the aroma. It's sweetish with notes of oak, vanilla, bread dough, and golden caramel. How long was this aged, just 5 months? It did the trick. On to the taste... not surprisingly it's pretty much exactly as the aroma suggests it will be. Surprisingly, beyond alcohol, an additional hint of chocolate, and a minor hoppiness it's not really any more complex. I guess I should have been prepared for that though as it is just a "premium lager". The oak remains quite clear, the malt is sweet like bread dough or even cookies, and the vanilla notes from the oak only add to that. The oak dries it a little in the finish, and there is some bitterness to it so it's mainly dry, and some lingering spicy, citrusy, and herbal hops help to finish it. I don't normally discuss price as it doesn't usually come into play, but I think it does somewhat in the case of barrel-aged beers because barrel-aging does cost money. It costs money for the barrrels, and it costs money given the time that it need to be stored, and for a barrel-aged beer to have the intensity that this has for 10€ is pretty amazing. That's not to say that this is the most "oaky" or barrel forward beer ever, but it's definitely clearer than quite a few that I've had. I'll assume that putting a fairly basic, lightly caramelish and malty beer into the barrels has helped because there's nothing there to distract from the oak. I also wonder how much of the caramel that I'm smelling and tasting has come from caramel malts and how much has come from the barrels? Or even from chocolate malts as the more it warms the more cocoa powder or milk chocolate I'm getting. It's medium to medium-full in body and gently crisp with a moderate carbonation level. The alcohol is very well cloaked for 8%, and this could be a dangerous beer if you don't pay attention as it'll sneak up on you. Fortunately for me I'll be off to bed shortly. If you can find this I suggest you try it. It's not the best oak-aged beer out there but it's great bargain.
Review #9,112
Nov 29, 202475 cl brown glass bottle, corked and caged. Coded "EDIÇAO LIMITADA 8762/9500 CONSUMIR DE PREFERÉNCIA ANTES DO FIM DE 02/2026 L2822942 13:26". Sampled on 29 NOV 2024
9,99€ @ Continente, Nazare, Portugal
Notes via stream of consciousness: A crusty piece of bread and a glass of barrel-aged strong lager as the sun goes down can be a very relaxing thing. It's poured a hazy amber body beneath a short head of antique white foam. There's a whole lot of barrel character going on in the aroma. It's sweetish with notes of oak, vanilla, bread dough, and golden caramel. How long was this aged, just 5 months? It did the trick. On to the taste... not surprisingly it's pretty much exactly as the aroma suggests it will be. Surprisingly, beyond alcohol, an additional hint of chocolate, and a minor hoppiness it's not really any more complex. I guess I should have been prepared for that though as it is just a "premium lager". The oak remains quite clear, the malt is sweet like bread dough or even cookies, and the vanilla notes from the oak only add to that. The oak dries it a little in the finish, and there is some bitterness to it so it's mainly dry, and some lingering spicy, citrusy, and herbal hops help to finish it. I don't normally discuss price as it doesn't usually come into play, but I think it does somewhat in the case of barrel-aged beers because barrel-aging does cost money. It costs money for the barrrels, and it costs money given the time that it need to be stored, and for a barrel-aged beer to have the intensity that this has for 10€ is pretty amazing. That's not to say that this is the most "oaky" or barrel forward beer ever, but it's definitely clearer than quite a few that I've had. I'll assume that putting a fairly basic, lightly caramelish and malty beer into the barrels has helped because there's nothing there to distract from the oak. I also wonder how much of the caramel that I'm smelling and tasting has come from caramel malts and how much has come from the barrels? Or even from chocolate malts as the more it warms the more cocoa powder or milk chocolate I'm getting. It's medium to medium-full in body and gently crisp with a moderate carbonation level. The alcohol is very well cloaked for 8%, and this could be a dangerous beer if you don't pay attention as it'll sneak up on you. Fortunately for me I'll be off to bed shortly. If you can find this I suggest you try it. It's not the best oak-aged beer out there but it's great bargain.
Review #9,112
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