Illudium
Straight to Ale in Huntsville, Alabama, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
7.08
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Like Unobtanium, Illudium is an English-style Old Ale, but instead of being aged in whiskey barrels, we use cognac barrels. This imparts a wonderful, alcohol warmth and a slight spiciness.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Taster at the Hunstville Brass Tap. Pours dark brown, with a small, bubbly, beige head. The aroma is apple, fig, cinnamon, oak, caramel, and big grains. Sweet and grainy and a bit boozy. Medium body, lightly acidic, and bready. Fun and interesting.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Feb 2023
at 04:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft: Poured a deep brown with reddish edges, head is ring beige. Aroma is boozy, cognac, dark fruits, very alcohol. Taste is rich malts, caramel, molasses, boozy, cognac, light tangy alcohol.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Dec 2022
at 21:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Cloudy, dark brown, with a beige ring. Caramel, raisin aroma. Taste is thick and sweet chocolate malt, caramel malt, dark-dried fruits, wood. Mild boozy warmth....huge sweetness and stickiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2016
at 16:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
22oz bottle. Pours out a cola color topped with a small tan head. Nose is big sweet malts toffee caramel pit fruit and some spice. Taste is more of the heavy malt sweetness pit fruit toffee caramel sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2016
at 18:41
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Cognac and chocolate/raisin malt aroma. Dark brown with small head. Sweet raisin, dried apricot, caramel malt and strong lightly bitter cognac flavor. Nice body. Very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2015
at 19:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared by Brian, thanks! Pours a clear deep brown with anear white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has bread and straw notes with a hint of cognac and swee grains. Flavor has swey grains and toffee with a bit of toffee and cognac.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2015
at 20:59
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle. Deep amber/brown body with a short, off-white head. Aroma of caramel, licorice, alcohol, vanilla, whiskey. The flavor is heavily sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes moderately to heavily sweet and lightly bitter. Full body, velvety texture, moderate carbonation. The complexity of the nose hardly has a chance in the flavor with its cloyingly sweet, boozy, alcohol assault on the taste buds. Drain pour for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2015
at 16:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bomber shared by my friend Scott. Thanks! Pours a dark brown-red with a thin creamy tan head. Fair head retention. Aroma of strong booze, cognac, toffee, dark fruit. The taste is toffee, dark fruits and strong cognac. Medium bodied, low carbonation, hot. Could use some age.
Tried
on 19 Sep 2014
at 22:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle - Barrel vinous notes and malty notes. Deep ruby and beige head. Boozy woody notes and some sweet raisin malts. A bit too boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2014
at 20:15
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
22 oz. bottle, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small tan head. Nose is rich and complex, with loads of brown sugar, green beans, raisins and complex cognac. Flavour matches accordingly, with complex cognac, loads of brown sugar, and raisins. Wow - this is sure complex. The alcohol is well-situated and the cognac barrels add immense elegance. A wonderful sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2014
at 16:53