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backlog --- Beer aliased from original tick of Angel's Share - Brandy Barrel on 09 Jan 2025 at 17:58

7.5

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

Shared bottle. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of dark malts, caramel, booze. Taste is dark malts, caramel, vanilla, booze, oak. Boozy finish.

6.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

2008 enjoyed in 2017. Thanks ClarkVV. very dark brown tan. almost letting nothing through. cork came out easily. no pop. no head formed on the pour. Smells great. light caramel toffeee butterscotch, brown sugar. lots of tobacco. flavor also has a lot of tobacco / cigar. very flat. zero carb, has a cane syrup, sarsaparilla, pepper, cognac and oranges. tasty. wish it was carbed.

7

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

Holzig säuerlicher Beginn, spritzig, getreidig-malzig. Minimale Karbonisierung, Rosinen, die milde aber dennoch aggressive Säuerlichkeit bleibt. Etwas Bourbon, Karamell, weiter Holz, die Komplexität bleibt. Langer säuerlich brotiger Nachhall. 10/11/11/11/12/11

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Flaska från Craftbeer/Galatea. Smak och doft av stor söt doft av choklad, likörpralin, brunt socker, rom-russin, fat, bourbon, marsipan, vanilj och torkad frukt. Stor sötma och kropp, bra balans, rund och len, gott!

7.8

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Flaska från Craftbeer/Galatea. Ingen kolsyra eller skum. Stor söt doft av romrussin, fat, bourbon, marsipan, vanlij och torkad frukt. Lite platt munkänsla trots riktigt stor kropp. Smaker som doften, bra balans men en lite vass smak i avslutningen. Känns inte 100%-ig men trots det är det riktigt bra. Men man blir ändå besviken.

8.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

2011 vintage with the orange label purchased at Julio’s Liquors God knows when. Neck reads 2010 Brandy. Meant to get to this sooner, now is the right time. (Thank god this isn’t the infected vintage)Nose shows me deep dark fruit, vanilla and oak. Brandy is mild at this point

Taste is again heavy on the dark fruits (raisin, plum, dates) some sticky sweet caramel with hints of vanilla. The finish shows oak. Mouthfeel is nearly full with carbonation on the lower side. Wow... Really wow. It is like liquid Brandy candy. This stands the test of time. I had the bourbon barrel on draft and this is just as impressive.

8.3

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

Bottle from Erzbierschof Zurich, 2011 vintage with 2010 shoulder print. Pours clear dark brown with almost no head. Intense brandy barrel indeed. Vanilla, wood, oak, some booze. Works well together though. Full and but not heavy body with almost no carbonation. Almost no bitterness, but sweet, almost a bit sticky, and some sourness. From the age maybe? Anyway, the booze is warming nicely as well done barley wines often do. Rather short palate, but it works. Good beer.

7.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Black with iff white head - Dark malt and some woods in the aroma - Dark malt body with dark fruity and wood flavours that has some alcohol heat as well - The dark malt goes into the finish - This was good