Dragon Tips BA
Buxton Brewery in Buxton, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Arizona Wilderness Brewing CompanyStout - Imperial Special Out of Production
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Score
7.20
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Fin (18365) reviewed Dragon Tips BA from Buxton Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham, consumed at home, Wednesday 15th April 2015 I wasn’t particularly impressed with the standard version, this however was much better all round. A smokey nose, lovely balance with the chilli and other additions all of a sudden making much more sense here in a barrel aged version. Rich, silky, smokey and sweet, a rather random selection of ingredients here that work exceptionally well together. Superb, not sure what cask/barrel is used but it’s a superb marriage. Btw the colour is dark, dark brown with a creamy tan head. A8 A4 T9 P4 Ov17 4.2,
allmyvinyl (21071) reviewed Dragon Tips BA from Buxton Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
330ml bottle from EeBria. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aromas of soy, maple syrup, tar, woody. Smoky too. Taste is ashy, very woody too. Oily texture. Nice, but a bit much for me.
Hanoi (1998) reviewed Dragon Tips BA from Buxton Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Nose is smoke, vanilla, coffee liqueur, savory soy note, bbq meat. Taste is soy, smokey, leading to vanilla, coco, wood and lots and lots of chili, which leaves a savory smokey, peppery and very chilli hot finish. There is a pronounced barrel note in the finish. The salt emerges as a strong note as the glass warms. It’s been a few months since trying the standard drink and comparing notes, I’ve picked out similar things. At this distance I’m not sure what the barrel aging has added apart from the wood in the finish and a *suspicion* this is both smokier and the chilli being a bit hotter.