Angel's Share
The Lost Abbey in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.83
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Down in Kentucky and across the pond in Scotland, distillers who age their whiskeys for many years refer to the evaporation of the spirits from their barrels as “The Angel’s Share.” We couldn’t agree more. Our Angel’s Share is a barrel aged burgundy colored ale infused with copious amounts of dark caramel malt to emphasize the vanilla and oak flavors found in freshly emptied brandy barrels. Each batch spends no less than 6 months aging in the oak.
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10/10
backlog
Tried
on 30 Oct 2017
at 13:11
10/10
backlog --- Beer aliased from original tick of Angel's Share - Brandy Barrel on 09 Jan 2025 at 17:58
Tried
on 30 Oct 2017
at 13:11
7.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2017
at 23:54
6.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jul 2017
at 18:39
7/10
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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
Tried
on 07 Feb 2017
at 15:32
8.1/10
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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!
Tried
on 23 Jan 2017
at 14:11
7.8/10
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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.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2017
at 15:00
8.5/10
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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.
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.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Dec 2016
at 16:47
8.3/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2016
at 17:21
7.6/10
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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
Tried
on 26 Sep 2016
at 10:13