BA Project (Blonde Ale) : Cognac - No. 2
(Batch of BA Project (Blonde Ale) : Cognac)
Brouwerij Hof Ten Dormaal in Tildonk, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.92
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Hazy orange colour with a mediumsized foamy white head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is floral, caramelly, some ripe fruit, mild alcohol as well as some cognac tones. Flavour is cognac, ripe fruits, some toffee and mild alcohol with some slight yeasty elements too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2023
at 07:09
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 9
Been sitting on this since release, now should be the time to finally open them. Pours dark, clear amber. Ok white head fades within seconds, until no trace of any foam at all is left. Smell is boozy, full, bit sharp, grainy, and even remotely metallic. Taste is harsh, sharp grainy, sugary, sweet, some of the barrels shine trough. Finishes sweet. Rather low-for the abv- mouthfeel, with a boozy touch as well. Doesn’t seem to have the right amount of backbone for a barrel this strong. Must say I absolutely, 100 % love the barrel-notes in this one, but the beer that was used, was not a 100 % complementary to me.
Tried
on 17 Nov 2015
at 13:53
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
16th May 2015 Murky amber beer, decent pale cream colour head. Palate is airy and semi dry. Good fine carbonation. Lactose sweet malts, dry cream and well integrated mellow wood. Sweetish cognac. Dry and slightly bitter floralness. Tasty but it’s a bit awkward and angular and I could not drink loads.
28th November 2020
Many years on and this is now a clear amber beer with no head and no carbonation. Still the sweetish cognac and still a little angular. I recall another bottle a few years back that was better in body.
28th November 2020
Many years on and this is now a clear amber beer with no head and no carbonation. Still the sweetish cognac and still a little angular. I recall another bottle a few years back that was better in body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2015
at 16:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Hazy amber liquid with light to medium off-white head. Aroma of cachaca, pears, sweet alcohol, wood, cognac and dried fruit. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with notes of cognac, pears, cachaca and sweet booze. Medium bodied with low carbonation. Pretty good, albeit boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2014
at 12:23
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Flaska på Brekeriet Bar. Smak och doft av malt, karamell, halstablett Läkerol special, farinsocker, päron, konjak, russin och marsipan. Välbalanserad, fruktig med komplexa toner och lagom sötma. Fantastiskt gott.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2014
at 08:46
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours orange gold with white head. Nose and taste of vanilla, wood, cognac, alcohol soaked tone fruit, brown sugar, earth and candied fruit. Medium body. Better balance than expected from the Cognac barrels.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2013
at 12:30
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
750 c&c from Wine and Cheese in Clayton, MO. Pours hazy orange/brown with a fluffy beige head. Aroma is mild fruit with some yeast/spice. Med body. Flavor is light pitted fruit and brandy - sort of like brandied peaches. Gets a little oaky, finishing 98% dry with some fun heat.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2013
at 14:37
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Tap at itap Chesterfield. Looks like cheap cognac, still, no head, can see through it. Aroma is not distinct alcohol barrel, would not be able to tell its actually cognac, not good cognac anyway. Kind of sweet. Flavor is a syrupy mess, no carbonation. Sweet and alcohol. Happy I wasn’t a sucker that dropped money on a bottle of this.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Dec 2012
at 12:03
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap. Pours with a hazed orange hued body with a very small white head. Aromas are nutty, marzipan, grapenut, graham crackers, nutty, brandy, rich, earthy and warm. Flavors are of marzipan, nutty, grape seed, congac, warming, fresh baked bread. Warming barrel, lower carbonation, green apples.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Dec 2012
at 18:52
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Corked bottle, courtesy of Jesper
Cloudy light amber color; small frothy and short lived head. Light aroma, light caramel, with a very light spirit presence. Highly carbonated, with mild malt flavor, mild residual sweetness, and a light alcoholic touch that can be cognac; light traces of vegetables.
The alcohol hides some flaws.
Cloudy light amber color; small frothy and short lived head. Light aroma, light caramel, with a very light spirit presence. Highly carbonated, with mild malt flavor, mild residual sweetness, and a light alcoholic touch that can be cognac; light traces of vegetables.
The alcohol hides some flaws.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2012
at 15:13