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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8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Barley wine bottle share on 1/31. Very smooth, tasty stuff. Pours out a nice mahogany, , lots of sweetness, brown sugar, molasses. Silky, syrupy mouth feel, tons of warmth. deserving of the (mostly) high praise.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2015
at 11:43
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle share. Cotteridge Beano. Hazy brown. Tan head. Big, woody, dark, oaky malts. Sweet. Some dry. Rich, a bit boozy, and a bit chewy. Lovely this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2015
at 05:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at Cotteridge Wines convention; hazy dark brown pour with a thin light tan head, quite a robust malts aroma with hint of roast, taste has chocolate, caramel, some dark fruits and a hint of vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2015
at 02:55
3.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
I presume this is the regular LA share, was on tap at the madmex so I presume they are not good enough for the real aged thing. Black and foamy, quite alarming volatile sweet aroma. Big whisky alky impacy. go figger. Over the top on the taste buds, wew. Warming all over. A mans beer fer sure eheheh. If you want to drink shots of this give it a 5.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jan 2015
at 17:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Dark mahogany color, rum raisin, port, oak, brown sugar, molasses, chocolatey nose. The mouth is totally flat, sweet malty mouth, with lots of port, brown sugar and raisins with a touch of oak. Warming portion finish. Can’t believe how flat this is and Tomme Aurther actually said it (2008 version) was an English BW. Losses points just for that.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2014
at 23:39
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle pour split, enjoyed side by side with the bourbon aged vintage version. Thanks T for making this happen! Pours a reddish black with a fading tan head. Strong rich chocolate and sweet dark fruit. Sweet like a cookie flavor. Smooth flavor with a dark, more tart finish. Medium carb. A little boozy but overall drinks smooth. What a good beer this is.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2014
at 18:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2009 vintage. Very well done barley wine. Pours dark maroon with good head and lacing. Light sourness, lots of mash malt here. Some citrus, some booze. Brandy is light and well-integrated. Light bitter-sour finish. Bottle pour at Churchkey’s 5th anniversary - thanks to Jackl for a taste of this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2014
at 08:40
9/10
It's happy hour in Ireland. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Angel's Share - Brandy Barrel on 08 Dec 2012 at 20:22
Tried
on 30 Aug 2014
at 12:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On my third and final flight at Stones Liberty Station outlet in San Diego on 17th March 2014. Came black with a thinning tanned head. Rich and deep malty molasses rule the nose and taste, this is one heavy brew with plenty going on to occupy your senses. A great send off from a lovely setting, slow walk back to the hotel took a bit longer because of this beer!
Tried
on 04 Jun 2014
at 06:07
3/10
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Tried
on 03 Jun 2014
at 20:20