Rio Reserva (Kentucky Bourbon B.A.)
De Struise Brouwers in Oostvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular|
Score
7.81
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle (12/7/16) from Liquor Junction, Reading. Deeply hazy (fine particulate mist) orange-red with nice sparkle, ephemeral coating of head after vigorous pour, nice viscosity, no lacing. Aroma is strong caramel malt, raisin, molasses, figs, late hint of wine. Taste is strong raisin, fig, green apple, followed by caramel malt, toffee, alcohol presence of wine/bourbon. Smooth, thick texture, medium bodied, soft carbonation, mild alcohol warming and finish as taste. A good amount of complexity, with decent strength, though a bit disappointing wine and bourbon are subtle/nonexistent. But, given age, glad it's as good as it is.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
DARK Brown color with a Ruby Twist. Nose is sweet malty, caramel, Toffee, DARK honey, spicy. Taste Is sticky sweet, Molasse, Woody and astringend, Vanilla and a little boozy Touch. Low Carbo
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
11.2 oz bottle poured, pulled out of the cellar for New Years eve, 2020. Really a one of a kind brew here. Expected it to be great, and it was that plus way more. A dark copper pour, fading fizz head. Intense aroma of bourbon barrel, vanilla, and dark fruit. Aromatic from quite a distance. Quite the invitation to this brew. Thick body, warming feel, smooth bourbon notes, vanilla wafer, lots of caramel, some plum like dark fruit. Smooth and flavorful quad. Warming, lingering barrel finish. I really can't say enough about this brew. It is an exceptional sample within the style, and one I hope I can gain more bottles of for future enjoyment. A most excellent brew here.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. A- Caramel, oak. A- Dark copper color, clear liquid, beige head. T- Caramel, tangy oak, mildly herbal. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, malty finish. O- 8 years vintage. This has become nothing but caramel and a bit of anise and herbal spice with time. A bit letdown but can I blame it on the age perhaps? Just okay in it's current condition. No booziness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle at Delirium Tokyo. Desert. Aroma is complex. Apples, white wine, caramel, toffee popcorn, bourbon. Taste is great. Caramel, cherry, full on. Sweet but lovely. Fruit comes through, caramel, sticky and sweet. Really lovely.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5
Rio Reserva is a fortuitous purchase at City Swiggers in the UES in NYC while there for the US Open. Perhaps the most reasonably priced of several I obtained, it is a 2012 vintage for sure. Still not cheap, just saying. The Trappistes Rochefort glass is being used, of course. Quads are great, Struise is near the top of the heap. Good combination here on the first day after three years of doing the deal with RateBeer. The liquid arrives a cola-colored, tan going to brown. Little head to speak of but the replenishing carbonation is vigorous. Good news for a seven year old bottle. Great scent, toffee, brown sugar and fresh dough. So now we are to the first taste, oh my, I wish I had bought two. Dates, raisins, a touch of cane syrup, dark bread, dark cherries, caramel, do I have to go on? Some booziness in the background. All I hoped it to be and then some.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap @ Borefts 2012. Pale amber color. Peach, apricot, applem melon. Just a bunch of fruits in the aroma. Malty sweet, alcoholic, oaky flavor, rather Calvados -like.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
2011 Vintage, tappad på flaska aug 2014. En riktigt gusher men det som till sist hamnar i glaset är mer än ok. Kopparröd/mahogny-färgad med litet beigevitt skum. Tydliga rödvinstonergda körsbär, fruktkola, syltade vinbär, vinbärsgele, brunt socker, stor maltsötma, kola, lite fatkaraktär, Stor kropp. Stor maltsötma, kaxiga bourbontoner, värmande alkohol, gott
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
330ml Bottle (bit of a gusher) - Dark amber/light red in colour. Spicy aroma with cloves, cinnamon and caramel. Malty, spicy and sweet taste with raisins, cloves, sultanas, caramel and some slightly medicinal notes.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
bruin-rood met lichte kraag, aroma van port, rozijn, bruine suiker, mout, gist, alcohol, Smaken redelijke mondvullende co2, en enorm veel alcohol, scherp, redelijk tot stevig zoet, donker fruit, bruine suiker, kandy, caramel, toffee, rode wijn, druif, redelijke body,