July 2018 Cellar Reviews

Discussion in 'Cellaring / Aging Beer' started by CaptainHate, Jul 8, 2018.

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  1. Beersnake

    Beersnake Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,884) Aug 17, 2013 California
    Mod Team Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    2009 De Cam Framboise

    Look is dark orange - fairly murky. Nose is sour cherries, peaches, funk, and leather. Taste is mouth puckering sour!!! Very impressive. Also picking up nice notes of strawberries and cherries. Definitely a bit of funk. Mouthfeel is dry and nicely coating. Overall, and amazing beer that has aged beautifully.

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    #21 Beersnake, Jul 26, 2018
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  2. bartlebierle

    bartlebierle Initiate (0) Apr 16, 2014 Germany

    Sir knows how to keep hydrated like a Belgian in 38°C damp Badian heat.
     
    #22 bartlebierle, Jul 26, 2018
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  3. argock

    argock Grand Pooh-Bah (3,348) Dec 30, 2006 Virginia
    Pooh-Bah

    DFH Olde School 2009
    Murky amber with no head or lacing.
    Aroma is spiky with alcohol and high caramel. Floral and lightly minty.
    Flavor is a lot of high caramel with a lot less hop flavor. Again plenty of spiky alcohol. Some toffee and buttery flavors like Werthers. Kind of one-dimensional. Alcohol is well hidden.
    Feel is silky smooth and lush.
    Nothing wrong with it but a lot less complex than most barleywines.
     
    #23 argock, Jul 27, 2018
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  4. dbrauneis

    dbrauneis Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,071) Dec 8, 2007 North Carolina
    Mod Team BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Olde Hickory Wavell Gunn (Bottled 05/17/2016): 4.33/5.0

    A: Pours an almost opaque yet still clear deep mahogany in color with moderate amounts of fine active visible carbonation rising along the edges of the glass and moderate ruby red + chestnut brown colored highlights. The beer has a two finger sudsy tan head that quickly reduces to a medium to large sized patch of very thin film covering a little more than 75% of the surface of the beer and a thin ring at the edges of the glass. Light amounts of lacing are observed.

    S: Moderate to strong aromas of caramel + chocolate + toffee malts with slightly stronger than moderate amounts of caramel + toffee sweetness. Moderate aromas of vanilla + smoked peat + toasted oak as well as light flavors of scotch whiskey and light earthy hops + brininess.

    T: Upfront there are moderate to strong flavors of caramel + chocolate + toffee malts with slightly stronger than moderate amounts of caramel + toffee sweetness. That is followed by moderate flavors of vanilla + scotch whiskey + toasted oak + smoked peat. Light flavors of brininess and light to moderate flavors of earthy hops which impart a light amount of bitterness which fades away leaving lingering scotch whiskey + caramel sweetness.

    M: Medium to full bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Smooth with light amounts of alcohol warming in the finish.

    O: Really enjoyable and wonderfully constructed as I would have expected from any barrel-aged offering from Olde Hickory. Wonderfully mellow flavors of scotch and the aging has definitely not worsened the beer in any way (as good, though subtly different as when I tried it fresh). Excellent and drinks very easy for the strength though it is much more a sipping beer.
     
    #24 dbrauneis, Jul 31, 2018
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