Splinters
(has 1 batch)
Black Raven Brewing in Redmond, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.31
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Our Second Sight Strong Scotch Ale that has been aged in various Kentucky bourbon barrels. After many months of aging, the barrels are then blended together to form Splinters. This rare bird is Released annually.
Malts: 2-Row Barley, Crystal, Special B, Chocolate
Hops: Magnum, Mt Hood
Malts: 2-Row Barley, Crystal, Special B, Chocolate
Hops: Magnum, Mt Hood
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a nice mahogany from a bottle. Aroma is brown sugar warming in butter, vanilla, oak, dried fig. Flavor is mostly sweet, a faint cola surprisingly. Rather thin for it's booziness and barrel aging. Good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2022
at 18:30
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bomber from Tavour. Mahogany pour with a thick beige head. Peated malts battles it out with bourbon barrel in the aroma, sweet, earthy, malty. Taste is brown sugar, woody, peat, sweet, gentle boozy notes. Bourbon and peated malts balance really well.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2022
at 05:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2016 vintage from a bottle. Aroma is subtle bourbon, dark fruit, scotch. Mellow malty scotch, dry apple, caramel, and layered bourbon in the finish. The cellar time mellowed the booze. Medium body, low carbonation. I nearly solo domed the entire bottle. Now I am lit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2019
at 22:09
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Malt and Vine. Pours clear and ruddy with a transient beige head. Aroma. Is very smoky. More single malt here than bourbon. Backed up with darkish fruit. Med + body. Flavor is smoky, fruity, bourbon, wood, heat. This has a really nice mix of flavors. Heat is not at all annoying.
Tried
on 18 Apr 2016
at 15:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft 6 oz pour at Brouwers Big Wood. 2014 vintage. Pours a clear reddish copper with a fading head. Play dough like aroma and flavor. Weird. Sweet malty finish. Play dough. Seriously. UPDATE: Draft 2016 version, at the brewery. Always fun to compare. Already like it fresh much better. More of a roasted malt character other than the overly sweet bready malt. Hints of dark fruit and vanilla. Slight oak. Toasty finish. Very nice beer here. I don’t know if its this years version, or the fact that its fresh, that makes this so much better. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Dec 2015
at 01:28