Embrasse Peated Oak Aged (Whiskey-Cask)
De Dochter van de Korenaar in Baarle-Hertog, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Special Out of Production|
Score
7.50
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Wrapped bottle, striped red paper with sticker "Peated whiskey cask" on the lower right end of the "logo" .
An 9% ABV beer in which the fermented sugars were all obtained from malt (20 degrees Plato).
A generous dose of hops and a long maturation time makes this beer best of the best.
This beer is bottle conditioned and will go through taste evolution during many years.
Selected by the brewer from his best peated whisky casks. Matured for a quarter of a year.
Winner of the Zythos Beer Festival (ZBF) consumer prize 2011.
An 9% ABV beer in which the fermented sugars were all obtained from malt (20 degrees Plato).
A generous dose of hops and a long maturation time makes this beer best of the best.
This beer is bottle conditioned and will go through taste evolution during many years.
Selected by the brewer from his best peated whisky casks. Matured for a quarter of a year.
Winner of the Zythos Beer Festival (ZBF) consumer prize 2011.
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7/10
Tried
on 03 Mar 2016
at 21:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
At Mrk’s. Bottle shared by Maakun. Deep mahogany brown, tan head. Sweet smoked peated chocolate malts. Nutty, syruppy, toffee, woody, ash. Sweet with medium bitterness. Full bodied, chocolatemilky texture, very light carbonation. --- Beer merged from original tick of Embrasse - Peated Oak Aged on 21 Nov 2017 at 21:20 - Score: 7. Original review text: 3.8
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2016
at 14:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle 2014 vintage shared. Deep reddish brown with nice beige head. Massive peat up front, sour red berries, raisins, figs, light malts, soft ash and rubber, dried apple, lots of herbs, cola, toffee, old rye bread. Under medium sweet and bitter. Over medium bodied with velvety feel and a bit soft carbonation. A bit too peaty for me, I liked the base beer better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2016
at 14:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Craigs. Pours hazy dark brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of whisky, light wood. Taste is light sweet, whisky, booze. Light whisky finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2015
at 17:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at craig’s. Pours deep ruby brown, nose is toffee, peaty, sweet fruit, taste is juicy fruit up front, dry smoky finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2015
at 12:59
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle at home ... dark brown ... thin tan lacing ..soft smoke .. soft chocolate roast ... dark roast .. big smoke ... dark roast .. meaty malt ... big roast ... big smoke
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2015
at 12:58
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
660 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 5/2015. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy very dark brown color with a 2 finger dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of huge raisin, plum, fig, date, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, cocoa, peat smoke, dark bread, toasted oak, leather, vanilla, pepper, light nuttiness, and oak/toasted earthiness. Fantastic aromas with awesome complexity and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, fruity/spicy yeast, and scotch barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of huge raisin, plum, fig, date, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, peat smoke, cocoa, dark bread, toasted oak, leather, vanilla, pepper, brine, light nuttiness, and oak/toasted earthiness. Fair amount of yeast/oak spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes if raisin, plum, fig, date, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, peat smoke, cocoa, leather, pepper, brine, and oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, fruity/spicy yeast, and scotch barrel flavors; with a great malt/oak/spiciness balance and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/saline, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic scotch barrel aged Belgian strong dark ale. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, fruity/spicy yeast, and scotch barrel flavors; and very smooth and easy to sip on for the big ABV. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2015
at 22:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
KØLF 281214. Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is whiskey, peat, roasted malt, dried fruits. Flavour is sweet, peat, whiskey, roasted malt, dried fruit, chocolate. Nice beer.
Tried
on 01 Jul 2015
at 02:47
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. #15408. A slow gusher, pouring an almost clear body, amber in color and with a dense, fingerthick light beige colored head. Lacings. The aroma has quite a lot of peat, with dried fruits and a roasted touch. Some chocolate notes. There’s a pleasant bitterness in the flavor, dealing easily with the malty sweetness. Peat, dried figs and a peated, roasted maltyness in the flavor. Full body and a nice carbonation level. Some warmth. Lasting finish with lots of peat. A nice one indeed, tasteful too, but I prefer the regular edition. Might be because I’m not very fond of peat, but I don’t think so as I normally prefer the regular edition. 141228
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2014
at 13:29
9/10
Tried
on 06 Aug 2014
at 08:12