Xyauyù Kioke
Birrificio Baladin (Società Semplice Agricola) in Piozzo (CN), Piedmont, Italy 🇮🇹
Barley Wine - Barley Special|
Score
7.94
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The Kioke is an open cypress wooden barrel produced by Yasuo Yamamoto (Yamaroku Shoyu) in Japan, on the island of Shodo, and is used for the fermentation of soy sauce. Xyauyù was created in Piozzo, Italy, at the Baladin farm brewery, from Teo Musso’s desire to explore the universe of oxidation.
The beer, once fermented and aged for 18 months, is open-air matured inside a new Kioke barrel, i.e. which has never been used for the fermentation of soy. The barrel gives resinous cypress notes and a slightly acidic touch, for a unique aromatic profile.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle pours out copper amber no head. Nose is great big sweet caramel malts toffee honey barrel. Taste is more of the great sweet caramel toffee vanilla raisins maple honey. This is great.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle pour at Bologna location: pours clear brown with no head. Aroma is wood, honey, slight booze. Taste is delicate. Honey sweetness, umami notes from the soya. Booze is not there. Excellent.yes, I know that there was no soy sauce in the barrels but you could have fooled me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Flaska från Vinmonopolet, osäker på årgång. Rostbrun, ingen krona. Doften domineras nästan helt av cedernträet. Väldigt skarp. Kryddigt, vinöst, druvigt. I smaken samma. Även vanilj, te, kanelstång. Stramt och lite strävt, samtidigt med vanliga höstlövs-tunga Xyauyu-sötman i botten. Svårt att helt ringa in. Kvällens favorit bland övriga deltagare. För min del är Kentuckyn definitivt bättre.
Raisins, fruity, sweet, alcohol, sugary, caramel, perfecto
Magus ja leivane, siin on alksi ka veits tunda, mesine. Mõnsa.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
22st January 2022
Tasting at Chez Bois. Thanks to LKS. Light haze on this amber beer, small pale tan head. Smooth palate, slightly soft, reasonable fine carbonation. Sweet sweet malts. Hello Xyauyu. Sweet caramel and Toffee. Little ripe fruits. Smooth finish. Sweet and ripe. Nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at the 'Mere, Happy New Years (Tipples had) Tastang, thanks to LKS 21/01/22. Rich chestnut brown with a decent light beige cap. Nose is light smoke, spice, dark malts, fruit cake, earthy, dark malts. Taste comprises rich fruity frudgesticks, brown sugar melt, raisins. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost. Xolid.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at happy new year tasting. At Colin's. 21/01/2021. Huge thanks to Leighton for this one. A light hazed reddy orange amber coloured pour with a halo of beige head. Aroma is semi sweet, jammy, vanilla, cakey, nutty. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, bstixky. Sticky oily, brown sugarstoffee. White grape, maple.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle shared in Hazlemere - sourced via trade. Big sweet flavour, rich malty character, some syrup, caramel, background berries. Full bodied, oily and chewy, with minimal carbonation. Warming finish, sweet, sticky, liquefied berries, woody accents, nips of salt, cherry, golden raisins. Delicious.