Sucaba
(has 12 batches)
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
8.14
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Confoundingly unpronounceable yet eminently drinkable—welcome to §ucaba, an epic barrel-aged English barley wine whose original name was undone by a two‐bit legal challenge. Big, boozy bourbon and American oak aromas combine with soft chocolate malty undertones. Complex malt flavors are framed in oak with hints of dark chocolate, vanilla, tobacco, coconut and just a touch of dark cherry. §ucaba is built to last and can age for years to come (we recommend counting the years with an abacus).
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9.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Shared at tasting @ Koelschtrinker's place. Great malty smooth beginning. Very soft, smooth. Malt, honey, wood. Extreme dense, deep. Caramel, molasses, wood, honey. Fantastic balanced. Not too much wood, the beer is in the foreground, fantastic deep and dense. Long malty deep fantastic dark woody thick rich and not too sweetish aftertaste. More than fantastic!
Tried
on 14 Jan 2018
at 14:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Sampled from 0.65 l bottle as 'Abacus', bottled in 2011. Clear, dark reddish brown with a beige head. Sweetish-malty, slightly fruity and a little oxidized aroma of molasses, raisins, prunes and some vanilla. Very sweet, malty, slightly fruity and a little oxidized taste of molasses, raisins, prunes and vanilla, followed by a medium long, moderately bitter, quite warming and pretty boozy finish. Medium to full body, oily mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Quite nice, but even after such a long time still too hot. A bit disappointing, not overly complex, just very intense, moaning on a high level though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2018
at 09:51