Xyauyù Barrel
Birrificio Baladin (Società Semplice Agricola) in Piozzo (CN), Piedmont, Italy 🇮🇹
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
8.18
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Xyauyù Barrel is the result of a “wicked idea” of Teo’s and years of research. It is a top-fermented beer which has gone through macrooxidation and has been aged in oak rum barrels to give it scents of dates, caramel and a delicate wooden note. When poured, it has no head and no gas; it has a dark color with copper nuances.
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Grape, honey, wine, alcohol, booze, sugary, delicious, walnuts
Magus, rosinane, vaadine, alkone, puuviljane. Ok
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
100mL bottle pour at Baladin Camden, pours a deep dark mahogany, no head. Aroma is subtly rum-forward, with complex dark fruits, toffee, caramelized sugars, mmm. Flavour is remarkably rich and refined, with lots of high-quality rum presence, some wood, toffee, dark fruits, and a tinge of soy sauce. Certainly one of the best rum barrel aged beers I've had, if not the best. Wonderful.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
On tap. Pours a very dark mahogany with no head. Aromas of dark caramel, oak, tobacco, bourbon and toasted malts. Flavors follow same; nicely integrated. Warm finish. Excellent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled. Rubyish brown colour with a small off white head. Aroma is alcohol, some berries, fruits, mild toffee and some sweet nectary and nutty tones. Flavour is quite boozy with some Madeira sweetness, wood, some toffee, a bit alcohol and a bit berries and fudgeish caramel to it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Brown. Lots of malt, caramel, cookies, dark fruits, some chocolate, sweet, lots of honey, oak, a bit of alcohol. Really good.
Earlier Rating: 10/25/2013 Total Score: 3.6
[10/14/13] Draught at Open Baladin in Rome. 13.5%. Lovely deep red amber color. Big malty aroma, somewhat alcoholic, with lots of dark fruits, vinous notes, some wood and caramel. Sweet malty flavor with dark fruits, liqueur, toffee, caramel, a bit of vanilla, cookie notes and warming alcohol. Medium to full-bodied, kinda oily. A nice Barley Wine.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5
Barrique, botticella nº 88, bevuta al termine del tour guidato domenicale del birrificio Baladin Open Garden e birra chiamata dalla guida, scherzosamente ma con molta convinzione, il Corpo di Teo. All'olfatto si esprimono sentori di sottobosco. L'intensità olfattiva è elevata e il modo in cui permane è apprezzabile. Il mantello birroso superiore è inesistente. Il colore è ambrato rossiccio carico tendente marrone. Il corpo è strutturato. L'amaro è nella media. La forza gustativa è molto elevata e la permanenza è duratura. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di birra beverina. Il retrogusto è intenso. Sul palato si riportano impressioni di frutta secca, vino Passito, marsala, rabarbaro, etilico, caldo, alcol presente, vino Porto, vaniglia e legno di botte di rum.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
500ml bottle. 2013 & 2016 vintages. Heavy, intense with prunes and figs with some sherry and port notes. Still not the biggest fan of these. 2016 is a bit better than 2013. More stingy wood and raisin notes.
A bit better than 2013. More stingy wood and raisin notes.