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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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft. A brown beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt and bread. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt and alcohol, leading to a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Aug 2016
at 10:31
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
RBESG 2016 in Barcelona. Shared unlabelled bottle at the brewery. Black colour. "Dusty" aroma. Medium sour flavour, notes of red wine vinegar and roast malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2016
at 14:33
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Unlabeled bottle at the brewery. Black with bubbly dark beige head. Massive red wine, dry grape skins, French oak, lots of herbs, very old coffee, soft raisins. Light sweet and sour and medium bitter. Over medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2016
at 15:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From tap. Pours hazy dark brown to black with a small tn head. Aroma is fruity, dark malty and roasted. Bitter and dry malty. Bitter, roasted dark malty. Breadish and chocolate malty. Bitter and roasted finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jul 2016
at 23:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught as Barrica 122 @ CBC. Pours black with a creamy tan head, lacings. Aroma of roasted malt, pretty sweet, coffee, caramel, chcoolate, wood, tart oak. Flavor is light sweet, malt, caramel, chocolate, wet wood, light sharp tart oak, red wine, alcohol. Medium to full body, soft body, warming alcohol in the finish. 130516
Tried
on 11 Jun 2016
at 02:33
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
CBC as "Barrica 122". Black with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee and barrel. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, warming, medium sweet, oak, warming, liquorice and a little bitter.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2016
at 10:03
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
CBC2016. As Barrica 122. Dunkel orange braunes Bier mit geringen beigen Schaumkrone. Geruch nach roten Früchten, Karamell, röstmalzig. Geschmack holzig, rote Früchte, röstmalzig, Kaffee, bourbon.
Tried
on 30 May 2016
at 11:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
CBC. Black with a light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate and heavy wood. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Sweet and rather bitter finish with a little warming alcohol. 130516
Tried
on 30 May 2016
at 11:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[5/13/16] Draught sample at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016. Yellow session. As Edge Barrica 122. Black. Aroma of roast, chocolate, wood, vanilla. Bittersweet flavor with chocolate, roast, wood, some vanilla. Full-bodied.
Tried
on 27 May 2016
at 09:59