Mélange No. 3
(has 6 batches)
The Bruery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.87
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Barrel-Aged Blended Ale - Dark & Delicious
Our Mélange series is at the core of our experimentation with flavors that cannot be achieved outside of the art of the blend or by any one beer. This is one of our original mélanges… at its very finest. Mélange #3 is a blend of three ales with stories stretching back to the earliest days in our bourbon barrel-aged program: Black Tuesday, our Anniversary Series old ale and our wheatwine-style ale. The combination reaches through the bourbon veneer with complex notes of dark chocolate, coconut, dark fruits, oaky undertones, rich caramel character and warm vanilla.
Our Mélange series is at the core of our experimentation with flavors that cannot be achieved outside of the art of the blend or by any one beer. This is one of our original mélanges… at its very finest. Mélange #3 is a blend of three ales with stories stretching back to the earliest days in our bourbon barrel-aged program: Black Tuesday, our Anniversary Series old ale and our wheatwine-style ale. The combination reaches through the bourbon veneer with complex notes of dark chocolate, coconut, dark fruits, oaky undertones, rich caramel character and warm vanilla.
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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
28th Jan 2019. Shrewsbury Beer Exchange Group meeting in Chez Sophie. Bottle brought by me, given by a friend who bought it in Flagstaff AZ and flew home with it last year. What a lovely beer this is, we had 21 different beers during our session and this was by far the best beer we had (for me anyway). Dark, rich and interesting, boozy, sweet and flavoursome. A work of art by the brewers and blenders, just sublime in all aspects.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2019
at 11:30
8.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Classic Bruery beer, one of the first Mélange editions and probably still the one that left the most lasting impression; a blend of - what The Bruery calls - old ale, wheat wine and imperial stout, all aged on bourbon barrels. Expensive 75 cl bottle shared with my girlfriend, Craftmember and his girlfriend Hinke. Mousy, egg-white, creamy 'ring' of a head, rather unstable and eventually almost vanishing; misty deep purplish-hued bronze robe, beautifully 'ruddy' and autumny. Powerful, intense and beguiling bouquet of caramel cream, strong sweet bourbon, melting milk chocolate, hazelnut oil, tawny port, brown rum, medium rare venison, glazed spareribs, Poire Belle Hélène, blonde sugar, red wine, almond, cognac, prominent vanilla-ish oak wood, toasted walnuts. Very sweet, intense onset, tons of candied fig and cherry, very full and vinous body, softly carbonated with a deeply toffeeish, hazelnutty and lightly chocolatey malt sweet basis superseded by a lot of residual honeyish sweetness but soon intensified by very hot, warming, very bourbon- but also cognac-like alcohol mixed with pronounced vanilla-scenting oak wood adding a dryish tannic effect, a welcome balance against the overall sweetness. Pink peppercorn-, clove- and soy sauce-like notes add further complexity to an already very complex sipper. The Black Tuesday component is beautifully softened and 'absorbed' by the whole here, though everything remains very boozy; extremely desserty, highly complex barleywine, a noble and very classy beer worth every penny. Very memorable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2019
at 01:55
6/10
Sweet, toffee, alcohol, raisins, plums,
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2018
at 21:50
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle (thanks sten). Pours hazh brown. Aroma is sweet, boozy, malty. Flavor is sweet and bitter, fruity, malty, apples, caramel. Finish is sour, and boozy. Overall: drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2018
at 18:51
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2018
at 23:10
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Flaska från SB drucken med ölföreningen. Stor och komplex med många lager och nyanser. Fat, bourbon, torkad frukt, bröstkarameller, främst russin men också lite körsbär, fikon, dadlar, choklad, fudge. Riktigt bra balans trots värmande alkoholstyrka. Riktigt gott.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2018
at 17:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Flaska från SB. Alkoholhalt 16,3%. Kastanjebrun, halvdisig med beige krona. Doftar kolaremmar, torkade plommon, bourbon och lite booziga toner men utan att bli överdrivet alkoholpunchig. Skulle nästan lika gärna kunnat vara en "vanlig" 12,5%. Stor kropp, men inte massiv. Lätt klibbig och stickig av sötman och alkoholen. Ungefär samma i smaken som doften. Saknar Black Tuesday i mixen. Ligger mycket mer någonstans mellan ett wheat wine och en strong ale än stout. Hade gärna fått dra mer åt det hållet, ungefär som Boulevard/Firestone Walkers BA Blend (no. 6). Är ju ändå Black Tuesday som är flaggskeppet, och det som lockar med en öl som denna. Hur som. Helt ok större strong ale/wheat wine. Har legat ett tag, men hade nog tjänat på att ligga en stund till. Kanske lite väl rå och otämjd på sina håll.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2018
at 14:33
8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Flaska från SB drucken med ölföreningen. Stor och komplex med många lager och nyanser. Fat, bourbon, torkad frukt, främst russin men också lite körsbär, fikon, dadlar, choklad, fudge. Riktigt bra balans trots alkoholstyrkan. Riktigt gott.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2018
at 10:50
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750ml bottle pours out dark brown topped with small head. Nose is pretty complex big sweet malts toffee vanilla barrel notes over ripe fruit. Tatse is more of the nice heavy malts booze fruit notes and vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2018
at 02:47