Outcast Dead
Ironfire Brewing Company in Temecula, California, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Imperial Autumn|
Score
7.49
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Brewed in the style of a “West-Coast” Imperial Red Ale. Upon first sip, this beer showcases a delicious malt bill worthy of any Red Ale. A face-melting 120 IBU’s quickly follows, however this extreme bitterness only compliments the bold and unique flavor packed into this outcast of an ale. We then age the finished beer in Whiskey barrels for a minimum of 3 months. What comes out is on of the most unique barrel aged beers you will ever have, with massive amounts of caramel, vanilla, oak and Whiskey notes. Fall/Autumn seasonal brew, bottles may be available through out the year.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
(Thx! for sharing) Sampled 655 ml. bottle @ Gents Bierfestival 2015. Deep brown amber, little head. Nose is sweet oak, vanilla, bourbon, sugar, light maple, candy, rich malt, sugar,… Taste is sweet bourbon, oxidized, leaves, sugar, candy, light pine hops, caramel malts, bitterness in the back. Body is a bit thin, light oxidation. Quite nice all the same.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2015
at 05:37
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Small off-white rim over fully opaque dark brown beer with orange reflections. Very aromatic, even perfumey C-hops, rosewater, sweet. Bourbon, vanilla, alcohol, chocolate, coloured malts. "Hot", alcoholheat, slick & full bodied. Nice, but once more, nothing new.
Tried
on 23 Aug 2015
at 02:01
7/10
Tried
on 22 Aug 2015
at 16:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured up on tap at K & B Wine Cellars where it exhibits a murky dark brown body that supports a nice tan head that leaves behind some sheet lacing. The aroma offers up thick sweet malts, malty yet resiny pine hops and then smooth smelling sweet vanilla mixed with bourbon. The taste is similar as I get a tasty blend of malts, malt roastiness and a firm level of malt nuanced pine hop bitterness. Immediately after those notes are contemplated the smooth vanilla and chewy malt enhanced bourbon rise up in just the amount to create a terrific beer to barrel character balance.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Dec 2014
at 21:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Bine & Vine. Pours very hazy and darkly ruddy with a creamy beige head. Nice whisky aroma. Med + body. Flavor is caramel, treacle and lots of whisky. There’s definitely heat, but it’s coming out as flavor rather than irritating. There’s a lot of whisky flavor, but somehow it’s a lot mellower than most bourbons. Seems to be missing a lot of vanilla. With time there seems to be a fair amount of wood - but that normal astringency seems hidden - perhaps by the heat. This is very tasty stuff. The wood and heat make it seem dry, but at the end of each quaff there’s a sweet burst.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2013
at 15:45