Noble Rot: Pinot Gris Barrel-Aged
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware, United States 🇺🇸
Fruit Beer - Grape Ale Special Out of Production|
Score
6.81
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Aged for a year in Pinot Gris barrels from Alexandra Nicole Cellars. Brewed using pale malt, wheat and botrytis infected Viognier for primary fermentation. Pinot Gris must is used to start a secondary fermentation and to contribute that fruit forward nose. Taste is fruit forward from the Viognier, sweetness from the residual Pinot Gris balanced with a dry oak finish. The said on yeast contributes a subtle, spicy finish.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Kentucky Fried Charleston Trip Beer #86. Draft at Brewvival. Pours a hazy yellow color with a thin tan head. Fair head retention. Aroma of tart grapes, pale malt, mild toast and yeast. Almost mead-like. The taste is grapes, wine, pale malt, mild yeast. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2014
at 19:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Barcade, Brooklyn tap ($8): This was called Oak-Aged Noble Rot, so I am assuming that it is this beer (some other website calls it French Oak Pinot Gris Barrel Aged). Anyway, it pours a really pale cloudy color with a nice white head. Aroma is tons of oak, tons of grape, weird funk, and musk. Taste is almost like whiskey at first, but then gets more winy. Really off-balance, but in a funky good way. Hard for me to compare to the normal version, as I have never had it, but this definitely piqued my interest.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Nov 2013
at 09:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 4
Overall 7
Draft courtesy of Snallygaster staff, thanks! Cloudy pale yellow color, small white head. Aroma of white wine grapes. Taste is softly sour and fruity grapes. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Oct 2013
at 18:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at FWIBF. Pours with a hazy golden hue body with no head. Aromas are grassy and vinous, grapey, sauterne wine, medium oak, and a bit musty. Flavors are tart, grainy and lactic, mostly cleanly acidic, much stronger grape character than the normal beer. Medium carbonation, slightly thicker bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Aug 2013
at 23:56