Super Beast 2015
HopDog BeerWorks in South Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.34
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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Imported from my RateBeer account as HopDog BeerWorks Super Beast 2015 (by HopDog BeerWorks):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 5/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5
19/XII/17 - 33cl bottle from a trade, shared @ home - BB: n/a (2017-2221) Thanks to Paul for the trade!
Clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige to brown head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of chocolate, alcohol, bourbon touch, very roasted, caramel, molasses, bit malty, very dark and intense, love it already, even before drinking. MF: ok carbon, full body, creamy texture. Taste: pretty sweet start, very roasted, bitter touch, dark chocolate, cocoa powder, alcohol, bit sugary. Aftertaste: coffee, quite a bit of it actually, charcoal, alcohol, molasses, dark chocolate, burnt caramel, bitter touch, some mocha. Nice cross-over between a stout and a barley wine I suppose, has aged beautifully!
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 5/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5
19/XII/17 - 33cl bottle from a trade, shared @ home - BB: n/a (2017-2221) Thanks to Paul for the trade!
Clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige to brown head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of chocolate, alcohol, bourbon touch, very roasted, caramel, molasses, bit malty, very dark and intense, love it already, even before drinking. MF: ok carbon, full body, creamy texture. Taste: pretty sweet start, very roasted, bitter touch, dark chocolate, cocoa powder, alcohol, bit sugary. Aftertaste: coffee, quite a bit of it actually, charcoal, alcohol, molasses, dark chocolate, burnt caramel, bitter touch, some mocha. Nice cross-over between a stout and a barley wine I suppose, has aged beautifully!
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2017
at 19:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours black with a large dark tan head.Nose shows roasted malt, liquorice, prunes, toast, and a strong port-like characters. Some burnt notes show through unfortunately.Flavours include roasted malt, coconute, toasty malt, caraml, port, and raisins. Nicely rich, and none of the burnt notes from the aroma transfer through.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2016
at 19:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Black with a dark tan head that never quite disappears. Dramatic looking beer. Powerful, fumy aroma of plums, sweet citrus reduction, blackstrap. Syrupy, lowish carbonation. Taste has some roasted malt, mocha and licorice as well as dried fruit and herbal lemon. Bitterness is quite strong. Started at about 12C, and there were some burnt and solvent notes at the end but they faded as it warmed a little more. There’s a lot going on here but it didn’t quite cohere for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2015
at 08:39
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Time for the 2015 edition of the Super Beast. As the 2013 and 2014 incarnations are amongst the best Australian beers I’ve ever downed, expectations are high. From a 330ml bottle on 1/9/2015. Pours black with a tiny tan head. The nose is very interesting - mostly sweet, with stewed fruit, caramel, a hint of coffee, and basement notes. Take a sip and a real sweetie, with treacle, dark fruit, caramel, fudge, and milk chocolate up front, with some coffee and some roasty and hoppy bitterness. The texture is syrupy and the carbonation soft. It’s a complex brew that defies characterisation. Not really a barley wine but more a cross between an imperial stout and an imperial black IPA. This is a really impressive dessert sipper, even if it it doesn’t quite reach the heights of 2013 and 2014 Super Beasts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2015
at 07:34