2 Turtle Doves - Bourbon Barrel-Aged
The Bruery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Series|
Score
7.68
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We took this chocolate turtle candy-inspired beer and aged it in bourbon barrels for an extra decadent layer of complexity. Brewed with cacao nibs, toasted pecans, and plenty of caramel malts, it's somewhere between a Belgian-style dark ale and a smooth, chocolatey confection. This immensely complex ale is meant to be savored and shared.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5
I have a 12.7 oz bottle bought in a 2020 vintage collection direct from the brewery. The Bruery makes good beers and barrel aging usually turns out well. I select my Chimay glass this early evening for the tasting, seems appropriate. The pour is a dark mahogany, there’s a bare ring of parchment foam circling the glass and a moderate carbonation. The nose is delightful with bourbon, chocolate and charred grain, it’s as if this is an imperial stout instead of a Belgian ale. Now the drink and it is really fine also. I taste ripe dark plums, black raisins, scorched toast, malt, vanilla, more of the chocolate, leather, and a touch of strawberries. Plenty of booziness and I get a slight burn too. This is as good a beer as I’ve had in a long time. And I do think this is a strong dark Belgian ale, not much question on that
--- Beer merged from original tick of Bourbon Barrel Aged 2 Turtle Doves on 14 Sep 2024 at 20:48 - Score: 7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle during the Hanukkah Party event on 12/12/2020.
Bad bourbon mad bourbon. Smooth cocoa doves .
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle split at RB Best Encomium share, Santa Rosa, 30/01/16 - Many Thanks ! Chestnut brown topped with a moderate tan swirl. Nose is dark fruit rinds, dates, earthy, mellow barrel, raisins. Taste comprises tangy red berry, light bourbon soak, Xmas cake, dried fruits, light peppery spice. Full bodied, fine carbonation, warming alcohol in the close. Decent offering - has held up well !
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared at Ratebeer awards show. 30/01/2016. Huges thanks to whomever brought it. A viscous hazed mahogany brown coloured pouer with no head. Sticky. Aroma is spicy, cakey malts, little musty, vanilla, dried fruits, praline. Flavour is composed of sweet cakey and toffee malts, mint dried fruits, salted caraeml , licorice. Palate is full and sticky bodied, moderate carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared at RBWG 16: Poured a brown color with thin tan head. Aroma is boozy, caramel, vanilla, dark fruits and sticky. Nice complex taste of more vanilla, booze, dark fruit.
DSG (25968) reviewed 2 Turtle Doves - Bourbon Barrel-Aged from The Bruery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
[1/30/16] Bottle sample at the Encomium bottle share, after RateBeer Best awards ceremony at Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel in Santa Rosa. Thanks everyone who shared bottles! Murky brown. Bourbon, vanilla, malt, cookies, some dark fruits. Sweet.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at RBWG. It pours a dark brown color with an off white head. The aroma is nutty with some almond-like oxidation notes. Toasted malt. The flavor is very nutty with strong cocoa and nice supporting notes of dark fruit. Fig, dates and maybe some sherry. Another one that seems to have done well with some age. A good sipper.