Basement Barrel Aged - Calvados - DIPA
HillDevils in Wouwse Plantage, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Brewed at/by: Dorpsbrouwerij De PimpelmeeschIPA - Imperial / Double Special Out of Production
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Score
6.47
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Our Barrels are stored in the Basement of the brewing barnhouse of the HillDevils located in the Wouwse Plantage, Holland. Every barrel has it's own unique characteristic flavours wich melt with the beer. We Aged our Double IPA in the Calvados Barrel for a period of 4 Months.
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4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3
Bottle @ home shared with Dutchdrebus. Reddish color, medium sized off-white head. Aroma is sourish, tart, oak maybe. Nothing that suggests an Imperial IPA. Flavor is moderately malty, again something that at least resembles oaks aged tart, some light sweetness. Overall it's just bad if you look at what it's supposed to be. Double IPA? Nothing that reminds you of it even in the slightest way. To me it just tastes like any old crappy made BA Belgian Ale, randomly picked from a shelf it's been sitting on for at least 5 years. Imo: bad idea, bad beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2018
at 13:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from het Biermoment, dated 08-17, 33 cl sample. Almkst clear amber color, medium rocky head. Aroma has Bretty bubblegum, slight calvados and some spicy notes. Ofcourse, no DIPA features present anymore, but I didnt expect anything else, as I had a DIPA of this basement series before. In flavor, its like an Orval on steroids, but then with lots of bitterness remaining of the DIPA. As an Orval lover, I can appreciate all the flavors, but ofcourse it never reaches the level of Orval itself. And as a DIPA, I dont get it. --- Beer merged from original tick of Basement Barrel Aged - Nr. 06 Calvados on 12 Nov 2017 at 22:16 - Score: 7. Original review text: Orval on steroids met calvados en veel bitterheid. Raar experiment, maar op zich wel lekker
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2017
at 15:14