Death Blow - Double Barrel
Twin Sails Brewing in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.21
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Oakes (33493) reviewed Death Blow - Double Barrel from Twin Sails Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Dullish light brown appearance, no head. So doesn't look as nice as the single barrel. It's flatter, so it gives off less aroma, although if you work at it you'll notice that the fruity, sugary elements are largely still there. On the palate, it presents better. I'm definitely getting more barrel, especially the sugary, buttery sort of rum character. The dark fruits are present, though less pronounced than in the single barrel. The beer is overall a bit more muddled. There's still a fair bit of sweetness, but again the sugary complexity isn't as noticeable. I like the rum finish, when taken as its own flavour element, but it unfortunately seems to have knocked some life out of the beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can at Weathered, pours a deep mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma brings out caramel, bourbon barrels, some perfume, and bready malt. Flavour is quite sweet, with lots of sweet caramel, along with notes of bourbon and subtle port, vanilla, and treacle toffee. Very sweet but somehow not cloying. Pretty good, though I prefer the Single Barrel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
473 ml can. Pours a dark mahogany A very nice step beyond the single barrel. Nice deep complex ing would make any better but quite good now.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
2018-12-22, can, 7-4-8-4-15=38
Another side to side with the Single Barrel can; a bit more dynamic with the fruity/vinous note, but also less sweet, less mellow; equally burning.
2018-12-22, draught at the brewery, 7-4-8-4-16=39
Dark brown colour with small beige head. This time having it in parallel with the Single Barrel. Likewise, the malt depth and body structure are on the low range for Barley Wines, it's moderately sweet, and it has some alcohol burn in the finish; but the Double Barrel seems better achieved, with more complex pallette of glavours, A bit of that Porto fruitiness, delicate bourbon.
Not as rich as Driftwood OCD and Thor's Hammer, but I'm glad that we brew a few more Barley Wines in the Province.
2012-12-19, draught at Parallel 49, Vancouver, 300ml, 7-4-8-4-16=39
Dark brown colour, small head. Mild aroma of dark malt, caramel, then quite strong Bourbon appears, light alcohol. Good body strength, mellow mouthfeel, round, sweet; good malt depth, caramel and fudge flavour, maple coated nuts, the barrel is dominant, the alcohol is not too strong; the Port barrel is not really apparent; it gets a bit dirty in the finish.
Very good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Taster at Parallel 49 shared with Andrey. Hazy brown. Aroma is huge bourbon, dark fruits, some berries and grassy notes. Similar taste. Huge, oily body. Good one.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Batch with some age. Melded well and lots of dark raisin. Better now. Draft - Sweet Raisin and dark sugars. Deep Amber with a decent beige head. A little woody with some raisin, stems a bit green for a barley wine.