Barrel-aged Mountain Ale
The Shed Brewery in Middlebury, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Regular|
Score
6.99
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Thanks Henry!
Poured into a snifter, the appearance was a dark amber/brown color with a little white cap of a head. Light lace.
The aroma had some dark fruits, brown sugar, cocoa powder, clean driftwood sweetness, light vanilla, and a little bit of smoke/ash.
The flavor consistently blended the damp sweet to the dry sweet - the brown sugar and dark fruits to the cocoa powder and smoke/ash. Driftwood wasn’t so much here, but this did have a nice smooth aftertaste rolling into the finish pretty good too.
The palate was medium bodied with a good sipping quality about it. Carbonation felt fine and the ABV felt fine.
Overall, good for what it was, almost more of an English styled strong ale in my opinion.