Life and Limb (2011)
(Batch of Life and Limb)
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Dogfish Head Craft BreweryStrong Ale - American Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.33
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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
Admin Note: Released as Life and Limb 2
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8/10
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
7/10
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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
7.5/10
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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
8.1/10
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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
8/10
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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