Barrica #22 | Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout (BA French Merlot)
Edge Brewing Barcelona in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 🇪🇸
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.19
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Aged for over a year in French Merlot barrels, Barrica #22 is a complex and elegant ensemble of roasted malts preceded by oak and vanilla aromas. This is the first in a series of barrel lot releases from Edge’s barrel-aging portfolio.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Speciaalbierpakket. Aroma is wood, vinous notes, dark malt, chocolate, a bit funky, red wine. Flavour is light sweet and moderate bitter with a hint of tartness. Finish is dry. Body is medium to full with lively carbonation. Lovely vinous wine barrel aging with some funk. Good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught@CBC2016. Black colour with a mediumsized beigeish brown head. Aroma is chocolate, some caramel, oak barrel, mild red wine tones. Flavour is ripe fruits, dried fruits, some oak, chocolate, and mild alcohol tones. Somewhat dry palate.
Tried
on 12 May 2023
at 20:26
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle. A- Oak. A- Black color, black liquid, foamy tan head. T- Funky, oak, tangy, subtle wine, mild cocoa. P- Medium body, thin texture, average carbonation, slightly bitter finish. O- Very unique. 4 years old but this came across more as a dark sour than a imperial stout. I was hoping for flavors similar to Smuttynose Stallion but this imparted a lot more funky oak and tangy flavors. It wasn't bad but far from what I was after.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2020
at 20:03
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Almost black. Roast and red wine in the flavor. Hint of soap. Malty roasty flavor with ash and red wine, dry, vinous finish. Complex, ashy. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 10
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Flarra PQ. Häller upp svart vätska och rejält med tjock skum? I munnen först extremt hårt kolsyrad😱. Bubblor fyller hela munnen och efter en stund kommer äntligen smaker av ölen. Smakar rödtjut och ekfat först. Sen kommer lite vanilj , kaffe, mörk choklad. Överhängande torrt ekfat och rödtjut i smaken. God öl om den inte vore nästan omöjlig dricka pågrund av enorma mängden kolsyra. UTAN FELET MED KOLSYRAN 4.0.
Tried
on 10 Jul 2019
at 07:56
8/10
Loads of foam, high carbonation. Heavy vinous, sour smell. Taste is remarkebly subtle and balanced. Good bunch of roast, nicely bitter, dark chocolate, coffee. The barrel adds a nice woodyness, and the amount of wine is fairly subtle. Tannins, fruityness.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Drankenhandel Leiden
on 27 May 2019
at 22:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Heavy roasted character. The red wine is perceivable. Dry, rich palate. The wine barrel did a lot for this beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2018
at 23:45
7/10
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Tried
on 10 Sep 2018
at 09:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 33 cl. 9,3% in my version. Pours an opaque jet black with a dense, light brown head. Lovely red wine aroma. Medium body, excessive carbonation, harsh roast, slightly woody. Lovely aroma but the rest is really rough. 140318
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2018
at 12:18
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Aroma of red wine, oak, tannine, chocolate and brett. Taste has lots of red wine, chocolate, vanilla, oak, soft tannine, malt and mild funk. Very nice, I like this wine forward stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2018
at 23:37