Jean Chris Numero 2 - Cask Collection 2012 Grappa
Brasserie Sainte Hélène in Florenville, Luxembourg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.29
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Ltd to 300 bottles.
Imperial Stout aged for 6 months in La Grappa di TAM (Bolgheri, Toscana) barrel.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear dark, black colour, red hue, no head. Aroma of boozy grappa, lots of alcohol, overpowering the stout characteristics. Light chocolate. Sweet alcoholic flavour, grappa, malts, light liquorice. Finish grappa.
(From 75cL bottle @ RBBWG II, Wilrijk 2013. Bottle 020/300. Courtesy of sebletitje. Thanks Seba!)
(From 75cL bottle @ RBBWG II, Wilrijk 2013. Bottle 020/300. Courtesy of sebletitje. Thanks Seba!)
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2013
at 15:00
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle courtesy of Seabass, thanks! Very dark brown color, small tan edge head. Aroma of boozy chocolate. Taste is boozy coffee. Second tasting courtesy of Chris, merci bien! Much less boozy, more like a peppery coffee stout. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2013
at 16:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
75cl bottle sample @ RBBWG 2013 Nice shrink wrap bottle 020/300. Brune foncée, col beige tirant vers un moka léger. Arôme est malté, fine note de barrique laissant une belle présence alternant notes boisées et ce léger parfum de grappa laissant juste qcq effluves de raisins titiller les narines. Palais est assez léger au niveau malt surtout pour une bière à 9%, note barrique subtile arrivent en fin de bouche avec un profile profond de malt choco/caramel (possible note torréfiée) sans pour cela rivaliser avec la Jean Chris 2. Grappa bien là sans pour cela couvrir le palais et à prendre le dessus. Au final, une autre belle version et sélection par Chris. Ici, une belle amélioration par rapport à la version Cognac de 2011.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2013
at 09:35
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Thx! to Sebletitje for bringing this one. Beautifully gift wrapped 75 cl. bottle sampled @ RBBWG 2013. Bottle nr. 020/300 – 300 75’s equalling one barrel in general if I am not mistaken. Pours a dark, lighter black. Smell is that of sweet booze, light grappa, chocolate with sweet spices, coffee. Taste is bitter burned coffee blended with hers, chocolate, cacao, sweet spices, dark malts with some sweetness following, brown sugar and dark fruits, burned non-ground coffee grains and interesting grappa & quality booze in the back. Tad creamy. Not entirely sold on Gappa aging yet, this is very interesting but I rated the original a bit higher than this. If the aging is interesting & the result is good, my complaints are mute I suppose. I guess I am just a bit used to seeing barrels being used to pimp beers. Beats the cognac one, thx. / cheers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2013
at 01:47
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Jean Chris Numero 2 - Cask Collection 2012 Grappa (by Brasserie Sainte Hélène):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
19/I/13 - 75cl bottle @ RBBWG 2013 - bottled: IV/2012 (2013-58) Thanks to Sebletitje for sharing the bottle!
Very dark brown beer, almost black, small beige to brown head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of chocolate, caramel, cocoa powder, bit dry, roasted aroma's. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: mocha, coffee, chocolate, cocoa powder, some citrus, little hoppy, earthy touch. Aftertaste: mocha, dry, hoppy, some citrus, cocoa powder, bit dusty. Can't tell the grappa from this though. I don't think grappa can stand up to a RIS.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
19/I/13 - 75cl bottle @ RBBWG 2013 - bottled: IV/2012 (2013-58) Thanks to Sebletitje for sharing the bottle!
Very dark brown beer, almost black, small beige to brown head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of chocolate, caramel, cocoa powder, bit dry, roasted aroma's. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: mocha, coffee, chocolate, cocoa powder, some citrus, little hoppy, earthy touch. Aftertaste: mocha, dry, hoppy, some citrus, cocoa powder, bit dusty. Can't tell the grappa from this though. I don't think grappa can stand up to a RIS.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jan 2013
at 10:14