BrewDog Abstrakt AB:20

Abstrakt AB:20

 

BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Strong Ale Series Out of Production
Score
7.39
ABV: 14.2% IBU: - Ticks: 99
Time flies as they say, and we have reached the twentieth edition of our boundary pushing Abstrakt series of beers. It is going to be one for the ages too, as we are going to the metaphorical town on AB20. We have brewed a coffee milk English barley wine, and have blended this with an equally stunning barrel-aged imperial stout. So think liquid tiramisu, backed by a rich and decadent layer of warming alcohol. And much more besides.
 

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4.1
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 18

As usual in the Abstrakt series there is almost no head and no visible carbonation. The nose is a lovely mixture of booze, toffee, berries and a touch licorice. Lives up to the tiramisu comparison with a rich body, dense molasses and toffee, ripe dark berries, slightly burnt butter as well as touches of dark chocolate and coffee. A really pleasant sipper at near room temperature.

Tried on 23 Sep 2025 at 20:09


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Unclear brown body with no head. Aroma has sweet malt, caramel and alcohol. Flavor is sweet, very sweet dark malt, dry fruit, soy and alcohol. Fill bodied and long lasting aftertaste of sweet alcoholic malt with dry fruit. Either the cellar times has removed all the tiramisu flavors or this is just not my thing. Boozy, sweet and one dimensional.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2025 at 05:13


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Аромат классический для стиля. Есть сладость и много бочки. Ароматные нотки кофе переплитаются со сладкой патокой, немного даже как будто зерна поджарили, немного карамели и коричневого сахара. Цвет прозрачный, цвет янтарный, без пены. Вкус тоже отличный. Есть снова патока, много бочки, уже нотки от рома. При глотке немного алкоголя, нотки зерен кофе как ни странно, и снова немного поджареной карамели, типо петушка на палочке. Слишком бочка сильно давало характеров, разве что, а так отлично.

Tried on 07 Feb 2025 at 06:13


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Old rating - 375ml bottle, pours red / brown with a tiny head. Aromas & tastes of plums, raisins, caramel, cranberries, chocolate, coffee, earth, liquorice & roasted malt. Full body. Smooth finish

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2025 at 04:40


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Dark brown pour, tiny bit of dark orange with no head at all. Aroma is cocoa, coffee, chocolate, milk/cream, biscuit and malt - tiramisu is a good description. Taste is cocoa, rum, raisins, dried fruit, cream, vanilla - aftertaste is orange/sweet citrus. Quite boozy (no surprise, given the ABV). Not bad, but the flavours are a bit all over the place.

Tried on 03 Mar 2024 at 23:00


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

375 ml bottle. Pours a very dark brown with no head. Aromas of brown sugar, nougat, brandy, raisins and dry toasted malts. Flavors of raisins, dull oak, booze and bread crust. Disappointing based on aromas and price.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2023 at 19:58


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

2016 vintage. 375mL bottle, pours a deep dark mahogany with a tiny head. Aroma is very unusual, with lots of coffee, lactose, vanilla, and toffee. Flavour is like a tiramisu, with lots of coffee, lactose, and toffee. Sweet, uncarbonated, and lacking the rum barrel presence. It's decent; the sweetness is a bit over the top, but not quite cloying. Decent but I'm not feeling this.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Nov 2022 at 05:42


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle thanks to Marcel. Appearance - cloudy amber with a thin head. Nose - raisins, mincemeat, honey, gentle marmalade and gentle coffee note. Taste - mincemeat, honey, chocolate nibs and syrup. Palate - medium bodied, creamy, sweet middle. Elegant drying out on the finish. Overall - I thought I'd rated this a long time ago, but this is drinking beautifully now.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2022 at 14:43


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

375 bottle from Brewdog Doghouse Edinburgh. Dark ruddy brown pour, relatively flat. Dark roasty aroma with notes of coffee, chocolate, vanilla, pit fruit. Taste is thick and full deep fruity flavors, roasty malts and coffee. A real treat.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2022 at 00:06


8.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Notater fra et hyggelig rb-treff på Tau med trekkspilleren og seremonimesteren. Vi er på oppløpssiden etter en fin kveld med nesten bare høykvalitetsøl, og vi har denne mørke røvere igjen - en håndimportert 0,375 flaske. Mørkebrun mahogny uten skum. Lukter og smaker våt barskog, grønnekaffebønner, eik og brunsukker. God bitterhet og samtidig søt. Sherryassosiasjoner. Farligwine. Min rating nr. 11111!

Tried on 20 Jan 2022 at 19:17