Devil's Claw

Wren House Brewing Company in Phoenix, Arizona, United States 🇺🇸

Porter - Imperial Special

Score

7.93

ABV: 11.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 9

Rate Beer Best 2019! A truly warming blend of barrel aged Imperial Porter. Devil’s Claw is the latest mash up of barrel aged beers packaged under the Cactus Catalog series. This time we carefully selected six separate barrels of Who Hit John, all aged nearly a year, and blended into something transcendental. Woodford Reserve Double Oak, Buffalo Trace (this one had over a pound of vanilla beans per BT barrel), and some very eccentric Rum barrels which previously held whiskey were all the vessels in which this blend was respectively aged in. Rich chocolate/toffee hits you up front with thick marshmallow like mouthfeel from the vanilla. Coconut & molasses like qualities chime in around the finish reminding you that there is definitely some rum presence in this beer.

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8.9

DvdP (5048) reviewed Devil's Claw from Wren House Brewing Company 4 years ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Black, gluggy, low carbed. Smells a bit salty, soy, rum, bourbon. Great thick and smooth body. Taste is heavy, intense. Loads of leathery, high quality rum. Soft bourbon, light vanilla oak. Pretty savoury beer, some subtle roastyness. Complex and delish.

Tried from Can on 21 Sep 2021 at 22:00

7.6

tiong (21241) reviewed Devil's Claw from Wren House Brewing Company 6 years ago

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

473ml can. Sweet, roasty and heavy with some cocoa, chocolate and syrup. Sweet and sticky.

Tried from Can on 11 Aug 2019 at 16:04

7.9

Theydon_Bois (45766) reviewed Devil's Claw from Wren House Brewing Company 6 years ago

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

Can split at L6 tasting, thanks to Kenny, 23/05/19. Light black with a handsome tan cap, Nose is chocolate, roast malts, coconut shavings, mellow barrel. Taste comprises sweet malts, bourbon tickle, coconut, chocolate, light spice, brown sugar melt, mellow roast. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced boost offered. Solid well balanced impy.

Tried from Can on 19 Jul 2019 at 13:06

8.6

Fergus (31281) reviewed Devil's Claw from Wren House Brewing Company 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Can shared at the Columbus tasting 23/05/2019. Many thanks! A clear cola brown coloured pour with a fine mid tan head. Aroma is semi sweeet, brown sugars, praline, caramel, mellow coconut, some caramel banana. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, sticky, brown caramel, brown sugars, spicy cinnamon, nutmeg, marshmallow, brown sugars, cinnamon. Palate is medium sweet, sticky, oily, moderate carboantion, chewy, lovely.

Tried from Can on 26 Jun 2019 at 20:45

8.9

Leighton (34888) reviewed Devil's Claw from Wren House Brewing Company 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Can shared in London - big thanks to Ken. Pours clear brown-black with a creamy tan head. Wow, loads of depth, rich cocoa, dried fruits, toffee, marshmallows. Full bodied with creamy texture and fine carbonation. Balanced finish, just lightly warming, more layered chocolate, fruity accents, toasted toffee. Delicious.

Tried from Can on 27 May 2019 at 08:38

8.2

madmitch76 (40205) reviewed Devil's Claw from Wren House Brewing Company 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

23rd May 2019 Level 6 bottleshare. Can. Opaque dark brown beer, snall tan head. Palate is comparatively light and smooth, reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth dark malts, little dark malt cream. Smooth dark chocolate. Lovely smooth fruity bourbon with a perfectly integrated light rum barrel. Very smooth spice underneath. A stronger bourbon on the finish but still smooth. Traces of wood and bitterness. Very smooth and balanced.

Tried from Bottle on 23 May 2019 at 18:01

WingmanWillis (38005) ticked Devil's Claw from Wren House Brewing Company 6 years ago

Tried on 23 May 2019 at 17:59

8.6

Reubs (35338) reviewed Devil's Claw from Wren House Brewing Company 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Can at home sourced from Himmeriget - pours black with a thin tan ringed head. Dark malty with lashings of opulent chocolate, caramel, touch of coffee roast, beautiful smooth mouthfeel and full body, complex layers of rum and bourbon throughout, vanilla and light spices coalesce into the dark sweet malty close. Exquisite

Tried from Can on 07 Apr 2019 at 19:38

8.4

Ibrew2or3 (10793) reviewed Devil's Claw from Wren House Brewing Company 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Pint can pours with a deep dark mahogany colored body that supports a thin tan head of foam. The aroma offers up chocolate, molasses, vanilla drizzled oak and bourbon to sweet smelling rum notes. The taste delivers a blend of molasses sweetened dark roasted malts, dark roasted coffee and then some chocolate flowing into boozy spicy oak. To midway moderate levels of bourbon and rum are noticed as well as an integrated vanilla sweetness. Pretty nice sipper where there's a formidable barrel character but still plenty of beer notes to provide an effortless balance.

Tried from Can on 26 Feb 2019 at 00:18