Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Life and Limb (2011)

Life and Limb (2011)
(Batch of Life and Limb)

 

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸

Collab with: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
  Strong Ale Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.33
ABV: 10.2% IBU: 50 Ticks: 106
Life & Limb is a collaborative effort, the brainchild of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. Life & Limb is a 10% ABV strong, dark beer that defies style characteristics- brewed with pure maple syrup from the Calagione family farm in Massachusetts and estate barley grown on the Grossman "farm" at the brewery in Chico, CA. The beer is alive with yeast-a blend of both breweries' house strains-bottle conditioned for added complexity and shelf life, and naturally carbonated with birch syrup fresh from Alaska.

Admin Note: Released as Life and Limb 2
 

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Backlog --- Beer merged from original tick of Life And Limb (2010) on 06 Sep 2018 at 09:12 - Score: 8. Original review text: Backlog

Tried on 06 Sep 2018 at 09:12


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle 750ml. corked @ [ Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2015 (TEODRBSG15) ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House, Denmark. [ As Sierra Nevada / Dogfish Head Life & Limb 2 ].Clear light dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, bread, roasted, caramel, dark dried fruit. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, caramel, dark dried fruit, bread. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20150829]

Tried from Bottle on 20 Nov 2015 at 04:19


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Tried on 23 Mar 2014 at 19:32


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft - Vintage 2011 - Sweet boozy bourbon and some roast malts. Jet blac with a thin head. Bourbon and roast but surprisingly no booze.

Tried from Draft on 23 Feb 2014 at 17:06


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled 6/29/2011. Pours fairly clear extremely dark reddish brown color with a 1-2 finger dense khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of raisin, toffee, molasses, toast, biscuit, wood, chocolate, maple, clove, light vanilla, and roasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with great balance and complexity of malt notes with well balanced wood notes. Taste of raisin, toast, toffee, chocolate, dark bread, wood, maple, molasses, light clove, roasted malt, slight char, and roasted earthiness. Slight earthy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of toffee, toast, raisin, chocolate, maple, molasses, dark bread, roasted malt, light clove, slight char, and earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity and balance of malt flavors with wood notes; with light hop balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a creamy and fairly slick mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is an excellent strong ale! Great balance and complexity of malt flavor and wood aging; and very smooth to sip on. Really enjoyed this one.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Apr 2013 at 21:29


8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle thanks to Nisse666! Sampled on September 1, 20121 pt 9.4 fl oz, marked "2" at the bottom of the label - front sideClear very dark red color, big dark brown head. Sweet, malty, fruity scent. Sweet, spicy, sugary, alcohol taste. Warming alcohol. Smooth mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2012 at 04:21