Mirror Mirror
(has 2 batches)
Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.47
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As part of the Reserve Series, the brewers discovered some "lost" barrels hidden in the back corner of the warehouse. They set aside this special 100% barrel-aged version of Mirror Mirror for occasions such as the Holiday Ale Festival. Lucky you!
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8/10
Tried
on 09 Sep 2015
at 10:52
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Shared bomber, poured to tulip snifter. Murky, light brown/copper with a thick creamy head that faded quickly. Complex taste: oak, caramel, toffee, dark fruit, port, and more. . . and they work nicely together on the palate. Smooth with no hint of an 11 ABV. A great beer!
Tried
on 29 May 2015
at 20:18
2/10
Tried
on 13 May 2015
at 20:54
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at Toms 10 yr anniversary. American malt some oxidiaation. Some sweetnees. Just not very interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2015
at 10:09
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft pour at the Brouwers Cafe hard liver festival. Rating from my notes. 2009 Vintage. Pours a bright glowing red color. Very sweet and fruity flavor. A bit of ora ge with a more spicy finish. Lighter body than expected. Finishes smooth with some apple and other sweet fruit. Fun beer overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Mar 2015
at 20:14
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
22 ounce bottle into snifter, best after 2/24/2015. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy dark ruby red color with a 2 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big caramel, toast, toffee, brown sugar, brown bread, molasses, light nuttiness, raisin, plum, fig, apple, date, light licorice, herbal, light oak/vanilla, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Incredible aromas with awesome complexity and balance of dark/bready malts, fruity/earthy yeast, and light-moderate oak barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of big caramel, toffee, toast, brown sugar, brown bread, molasses, light nuttiness, raisin, plum, fig, apple, date, vanilla, light licorice, herbal, light oak, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Slight tannic/oak bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, toast, toffee, brown sugar, brown bread, molasses, light nuttiness, raisin, plum, fig, apple, date, vanilla, light licorice, herbal, light oak, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity and robustness of dark/bready malt, fruity/earthy yeast, and light-moderate oak barrel flavors; with a fantastic malt/yeast balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a very smooth, creamy, and lightly slick/sticky mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warming lingering after the finish. Overall this is an absolutely incredible English barleywine style. All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, fruity/earthy yeast, and light-moderate oak barrel flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the big ABV. An insanely delicious offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2015
at 22:04
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle courtesy of luttonm at 5:45 this morning, holy cow! Clear bright amber color, big bubble head. Aroma of butterscotch. Taste is boozy butterscotch. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2015
at 20:33
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
Pours dark , rather unclear amber . Smell is sweet grains . Bit booze . Taste is boozy , bit bitter , sweet grains build up towards the aftertaste . Ok
Tried
on 15 Feb 2015
at 19:59
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 9
Remarkably complex and powerful caramel liquor with earthy and resinous hopping and hints of Sauternes wine. Un puissant caramel se développe en ouverture d’olfactif avec effluves de toffee, de sucre d’orge et de mélasse. Malgré son unidimensionnalité toute maltée, sa puissance et son maintient sont remarquables. Brun aux reflets rougeâtres, le liquide se coiffe d’une bonne mousse assez dense et qui diminue rapidement en laissant quand même une mince pellicule flotter en surface pendant de longues minutes. Quelques traces se présentent alors sur les parois du verre. L’attaque se veut également toute de caramel avec des accents de crème brulée et une finale explosive, chaleureuse et réconfortante. Un léger houblonnage de terre et de résine subtile vient contre balancer tous ces sucres et s’amalgamer au fort taux d’alcool, pour donner une finale chaude et puissante. Le vieillissement en fût de vin n’est cependant pas détectable; hormis peut-être les sucres rappelant le Sauternes. La texture est trapue, sirupeuse et liquoreuse. Une liqueur de caramel tout simplement exquise. WOW
Tried
on 26 Jan 2015
at 16:57
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. A- Dark fruits, caramel, slightly hoppy, bread. A- Brown mahogany color, cloudy liquid, off white head. T- Caramel, dark fruits, bread, pine, slightly bitter. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, complex finish. O- Seems like every barleywine I have has a unique taste of it’s own and no two are remotely similar. This one was beautiful from the state. The aroma was strong with caramel and dark fruits and so was the taste. Caramel seemed to be at the forefront but as it warmed, notes of pine, floral, and bitterness just came through from the Pale Ale of it. Overall, a very nice beer and I drank it about a month before the best after date on the bottle. Another few months of aging may have made it even better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2015
at 12:50