Barrel Reserve Series #11 (Biere d'Orange)
AJB - Anglo Japanese Brewery in Shimotakai, Nagano, Japan 🇯🇵
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
6.45
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Bottle from the series. Aroma is apple pie, booze, yeasty. Taste is apple again, where's the orange? Bit flat as expected. Fruity. Hot, but it's alright. In the yeasty bit, get the orange. Bit murky. Not sure and loads of booze.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:04
3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 1
Bottle into a tulip showing unfiltered deep amber with no head. The nose shows moderately intense notes of sweet Belgian yeast and malts. The palate is light bodied and flat. Practically water. Subtle sweetness with barely perceivable notes of bourbon with strong hoppy bitterness throughout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2018
at 06:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 2
Overall 7
500 ml bottle, 1 year old. Mineral nose, toffee, orange, wood, burnt sugar. Glowing orange-brown and flat. Flavors of wood, treacle, some light orange. Oily, silky and watery and completely flat which makes for a horrible body. Bitter finish. One last disappointment from this series.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2017
at 21:21
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
From the brewery, released in October/November 2016 so with a bit more than a year on it. A rich ruddy orange brown color with a big malty sweet aroma and virtually no head. Looks kind of milky NE IPA like. The aroma is bourbon malt and oranges while the flavor is smooth sweet biscuit, oranges and bourbon. Pretty damn good though the body is definitely a bit on the light side. If the look/body was improved this could be a great beer.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2017
at 20:06
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Calvados, stewed oranges big sweet malty nose with modest sourness. Low carbonation, calvados, oranges, cinnamon so well integrated. Smooth as hell. Wow. For 10.5% this is lovely. Just excellent. On tap at libushi
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jan 2017
at 07:18