Abstrakt AB:02
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Series Out of Production|
Score
7.05
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Triple Dry Hopped Imperial Red Ale
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8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Aroma raisins, milk chocolate. Fruity. Very light coffee. Light vanilla. Mostly clear deep amber-brown colour. No head. Taste has grapes, woody notes, caramel, initially cocoa, light coffee. Alcoholic presence is strong, but what go expect at 18 ABV? Considering this fact, the ABV is well hidden. Overall very very smooth, rounded, both in taste and flavour. Very nice aged experience.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2014
at 15:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
At the first Kinki Beer Tasting, bottle 61 of 3600. A clear-ish brown pour with a very strong aroma of plums, figs, malts & caramel. The best aroma of the 4 Abstrakts we tried. Medium bodied with a woodsy, boozy, dark chocolate & pepper flavor. It had lots of heat and was a bit too boozy for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2013
at 20:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark amber colour, off-white head. Aroma of raisins, cheese, banana, malts and light aceton. Sweet, slight tart flavour, raisins, malts, overripe fruits. Malty, sweet caramel finish, overripe fruit (weeig).
I Agree with Eugene and Tim. This series really appears to be made to drink fresh, age doesn’t quite seem to improve it.
(From 37,5cL bottle @ RBBSG II, Wilrijk. Bottle 985/3600. Courtesy of Travlr. Thanks Gene!)
I Agree with Eugene and Tim. This series really appears to be made to drink fresh, age doesn’t quite seem to improve it.
(From 37,5cL bottle @ RBBSG II, Wilrijk. Bottle 985/3600. Courtesy of Travlr. Thanks Gene!)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2012
at 07:13
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Thx. to Gene for this one // 375 ml. bottle, caged with a plastic cork // love the design on these bottles, simple but... these guys really know marketing // bottled 16.06.2010 // bottle nr. 985 / 3600 // tasted after #1 // age also hasn’t been kind to this one // less exited about this one than # 1 - most seem to have liked this one more // I wasn’t crazy about any of them // murky dark brown with little white head // smells aged, sweet caramel, toffee, lots of spices, hints of hop, rather sweet // tastes of candy, aged, tad plastic, malts, lots of heavy caramel, dried fruits, hint spice and some remnants of hops, warming but not much in the way of booze especially for an 18 % // this series doesn’t appear to have been build to last, probably was more interesting fresh
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2012
at 03:40
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample @ 2nd RBBSG, August 11th 2012. Courtesy of Travlr. Botle 985/3600. Ambrée, col beige fin. Arôme malté grillé avec une pointe de houblon en retrait. Palais note herbacées prononcées, alcool réchauffant le tout sur des notes de soja avec une pointe de tourbe? et d’épice, les houblons malgré un dry hopping semblent manquer au rdv et se perd dans une marré d’alcool. Au final, à part un abv assez haut, je ne vois rien qui justifie le prix de cette bouteille.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2012
at 13:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled at RBBSG (courtesy of Travlr). Opaque murky brown color, small beige head. Smell is pretty strongly alcoholic, malts. Taste malts, alcohol, bitter-alcoholic finish. Medium carbo, full body.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2012
at 11:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as BrewDog Abstrakt AB:02 (by BrewDog):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
11/VIII/2012 - 37.5cl bottle @ RBBSG - (2012-893) Thanks to Travlr for sharing the bottle!
Pretty muddy dark brown cloudy beer, small light beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very sweet, bit chemical, sugar, caramel, alcohol, some dried fruits. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: very sweet, slick, some alcohol, caramel, dried fruits, pretty bitter. Aftertaste: sugary, some hops, raisins, bit sourish, lemony, more hops, some dark chocolate. It's good, but you can sense that this was not what they were going for. Agree with Eugene that it must have been a lot better fresh.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
11/VIII/2012 - 37.5cl bottle @ RBBSG - (2012-893) Thanks to Travlr for sharing the bottle!
Pretty muddy dark brown cloudy beer, small light beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very sweet, bit chemical, sugar, caramel, alcohol, some dried fruits. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: very sweet, slick, some alcohol, caramel, dried fruits, pretty bitter. Aftertaste: sugary, some hops, raisins, bit sourish, lemony, more hops, some dark chocolate. It's good, but you can sense that this was not what they were going for. Agree with Eugene that it must have been a lot better fresh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2012
at 10:03
8.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
375ml bottle thanks to Stu. Pours a cloudy brown with very little head. The nose has a savoury/earthy thing which is almost meaty, also rubbery note with a sour edge to it which makes me think of ginger bread. The taste is of more ginger bread and rubber, with more savoury meat notes after, then a pate finish. The palate is rich, full bodied, a big tangy and creamy texture and an elegant finish. Overall, this beer is hugely individual, I love it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2012
at 14:21
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Mikkeller Bar, May 2012. Amber with no head. Sweet with a lot of malt. The alcohol was there, the mouth feel was thick. Not much hops left in the beer. An ok beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2012
at 13:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared with (and great courtasy of) the fantastic Bergen tasting crew with such stars as ClubGonzo, Inbreak and Palme, and the mighty StoreMy. The beer is a bit unclear and is amber with a very small off-white head. In the nose I sence leather, oak, dried fruits, and this perfumy smell towards alcohol. In addition, it has a touch of cat piss. Personally I think it is unattractive when it becomes too much of this, but in this case is held nicely in check by the rest of the aroma. The taste also offers dried fruits and leather, but also spices, wood, and a little alcohol. The beer feels a bit dry towards the end with a medium bitterness. Feels soft and smooth in the mouth, and is a straightforward, fairly bitter barley wine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2012
at 14:30