Angel's Share
(has 6 batches)

Had this on draught at the Cheeky Monk in Denver during GABF week. So I’m unsure which version it was. What I am sure of is that it was one of the best beers I’ve had in the past number of years. Dark brown colour, thick head. The aroma was impeccable - like a rumbutter-drizzled sticky toffee pudding with walnuts and awesomeness. Simply the best aroma I’ve encountered in a long time. On the palate, this was unfathomably complex with rich, rich sugars both burnt and unburnt, subtle fruitiness, graham cracker crust and highland whisky. Almost a charcoal accent, like the char on a barbequed steak. Rich - lots of malts with chocolate, walnuts, cashews, vanilla and deep fruitiness that veers into tartness late, resulting in a compelling malt-fruit-alcohol combination. Bombastic ale, very warming, with sugars, malts, raisins, date sugar, orange peel. I think you could find almost anything in this beer, it has so much complexity and nuance. Unreal depth. I’ve had Angel’s Share before, but this glass (correction, these glasses) were beer at its apex.

Sampled @ SBWF on September 29. Pours dark amber with almost no head. Smell is sweet with prunes and other sweet dried fruits. Taste is dominated by raisins and has a very intriguing acidity to it. There’s also some dried fruit but the sourness of the beer really blew me away. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Angel's Share - Brandy Barrel on 09 Jan 2015 at 21:43 - Score: 8. Original review text: Nicely oxidised malt bomb. Yummy!

375ml from Logli on state poured into a snifter. Pours a dark black with light brown undertones. Zero head. Aroma is caramel, figs and fermented fruit. Almost smells like a good dry red wine. Taste is heavy sour with a slight bitterness and light sweetness on the end. It tastes like a dark chocolate dry red wine. Medium bodied with a thin slick texture. Zero carbonation and a long sweet and sour finish. Overall, it’s not bad. Not something I would buy again but something to try once just to say you did.

Bottle, 375ml, at Haandverkerstuene, shared by OleR, thx a lot. An unclear, brown beer with a small, beige head. Looking quite good, and still it’s all upwards from there. Wunderbar aroma of plums, prunes and raisins, caramel sugaryness, alcohol, and some hints of choclate, cellar and medicine. It’s full-bodied and appropriately low on carbonation, some might say flat, I say it suits the beer perfectly, and there’s an alcohol warmth that adds to the perfection. A nice bitterness follows you from the first sip and until all the beer is gone, supported by caramel sweetness, dried fruits and a chocolate raisin touch. A fantastic beer indeed. 110211

33cl bottle @ Brewdog Bar in Edinburgh. Pours a murky chocolate-brown with no head. The nose is intriguing - really savoury with blue cheese, then sour cream against an earthy background note. The taste has chocolate and again there is blue cheese and tangy-winey note. The palate has a big structure, a really thick texture and then a fairly sharp, perhaps tangy-sour (rather than bitter) finish. Overall, this is a stunning multi-dimensional beer which is still somehow incredibly balanced and restrained.

A dark brown barley wine with a thin brown head. In aroma, a superb aroma of sherry, molasses, dark fruits, vinous, delightful. In mouth, a wondrous sherry like ale with molasses, chocolate, figs, warming alcohol, very sustained, rich and blended, at least 5 years old. And i still have a bottle of this...yeahh! Tasted March 12 2011 with Montreal crew.