Barrel Project 19-07 | Secrets of Orkney Single Malt BA
Brouwerij 't Meuleneind in Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Series Out of Production|
Score
7.16
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Fles thuis geprobeerd. Het is een diep donkerbruin bier met een rode gloed. Net aroma van whisky en kokos. De smaak is vol, warm, hout, vanille en whisky.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Medium, if reasonably stable greige head, irregular with some lace; virtually black beer. Smoked, peat, tarr, but all in all rather subdued. Later chocolate, both black and sweet. Husks, dull roast, and something vaguely fishy-mineral. Surprising stout acidity, upon a sweeter background, that no doubt influenced by the alcohol that glows from backthroat. Finish is drier, dried herbs, husks. Surprising little peat in the flavour. Well bodied if a bit of alcoholthinning, alcoholheat. Medium carbonated at best. Not the worst of series, definitely. But still, after these 4, I have to admit to have it had a bit with "barrel projects" and the like. If it is in order to compare different barrels, OK, but just a lot of chance tryouts of beer in the barrel, and have yet umpteen rateables, NO! Try to have a plan that is thought over. A good idea for any brewer wanting to explore the barrel aging, start with buying the book "Wood & Beer" from Dick Cantwell and Peter Bouckaert. You might find some directions there you might miss otherwise - as in 'hit and miss'...
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Deep dark brown color. Coconut and caramel in the aroma. Vanilla, whisky. Malty sweet flavor with vanilla and caramel. Low on carbon. Has thinned a bit, just a bit of whisky. Red berries. Really nice.