The Bruery White Chocolate

White Chocolate

 

The Bruery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Barley Wine - Wheat Rotating
Score
7.48
ABV: 14.0% IBU: - Ticks: 134
Bourbon barrel-aged wheat-wine ale with cacao nibs and vanilla beans

A tasteful treatment of cacao nibs and hand-processed vanilla beans lace the golden waves of this wheatwine-style ale with a subtle savoriness reminiscent of white chocolate. Notes of coconut, honey, caramel, and vanilla intertwine seamlessly in this bourbon barrel-aged treat.

Old Notes: The primary component of our “White Oak” ale is a 100% barrel aged wheat wine that we affectionately refer to as “White Oak Sap.” Essentially a “summer” barley-wine style ale, but made with a wheat heavy grain base, White Oak Sap is aged in used bourbon barrels for nearly a year and comes out rich in flavors of coconut, honey, caramel and vanilla. To compliment the already rich flavors of the beer, we’ve added cacao nibs and vanilla beans to give this beer the delicate flavor of white chocolate…hence the name.

2012 = 14.25%
2013 = 14.75%
2014 = 14.3%
2015 = 16.6%
2016 = 15.1%
2017 = 13.8%
2018 = 14%
2019 = 14.3%
2020 = 14.8%
2021 = 14%
 

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7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
How: Draught.
Where: MBCC 2019.
Appearance: Hazy amber colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Chocolate, malt, alcohol, fruit, vanilla.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Chocolate, malt, caramel, fruit, alcohol.
Tried on 28 Oct 2019 at 14:28

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg at Steam Punk Bar 2019-09-12 Göteborg AR: alcoholic sour, fruity AP: amber hazy, no head F: warming feelings, white grape, sour fruity
Tried on 12 Sep 2019 at 15:51

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Clear, orange/amber, with great malty:granular and bourbon aroma, quite alcoholic, raisins, chocolate, coconut, vanilla, oak, fruits, decent
Tried on 18 Aug 2019 at 13:18

7/10
Clear, orange/amber, with great malty:granular and bourbon aroma, quite alcoholic, raisins, chocolate, coconut, vanilla, oak, fruits, decent
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2019 at 23:01

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 8
Draught, 10 cl pour. Pours a hazy amber-ish colour, with no head. Aroma's are sweet, vanilla, firm malt. Retronasal there's additional wood and booziness. Flavour is sweet, but not overly so, with some alcohol, light sour, light bitter. Strong alcohol feel. Medium bodied though. Long finish, woody and light bitter.
Tried from Draft at BeerTemple on 24 Jun 2019 at 00:07

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at Beer Temple in Amsterdam. Hazy dark orange color, no foam. Nose: sweet vanilla smoothy. Mouth: lovely, soft vanilla, sweet rise cake.
Tried from Draft on 22 Jun 2019 at 23:58

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
[5/11/2019] Draught sample at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2019. Red session. Clear amber. Chocolate, caramel, malt, sweet.
Tried on 22 Jun 2019 at 12:36

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
Tap at MBCC. Pours dark amber. Aroma and flavor are very sweet, wheat, fruits, booze, sugar. Overall: okish.
Tried from Draft on 19 May 2019 at 15:00

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
0,05l from tap at Mbcc red. Copper hazy color, small white head. Smells marzipan, nutty, wood, bourbon, vanilla, coconut. Nice smell. Full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. Tastes of bourbon, nutty, marzipan, coconut, some vanilla. Finishes light to medium sweet with notes of bourbon, coconut and vanilla. Very nice one 7, 4, 7, 3, 16
Tried from Draft on 14 May 2019 at 12:53

8/10
Tried on 11 May 2019 at 10:55