Brauhaus Gusswerk Dies Iræ

Dies Iræ

 

Brauhaus Gusswerk in Hof bei Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria 🇦🇹

  Barley Wine - Barley Regular
Score
7.11
ABV: 10.9% IBU: 56 Ticks: 39
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6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sampled @ the Elsenwang brewpub. Big thanks to Helena and Hübert for driving us here! Thick-set, creamy, fluffy head over almost black beer. Nutty, ashy, bit roast; sweet dried fruit, overripe bananapeel. Liquorice, ashes, sweet roast, and finally some (C) hops too. Pretty well bodied, viscous but nowhere cloying, whilst some of the other steroid Gusswerk brews are a bit. Despite the strength, quite drinkable!

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2025 at 08:16


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottled (2015 vintage). Ruby red colour, small off-white head. Aroma is earthy, some fruity, raisins and mild toffee. Flavour is raisins, alcohol, zest and mild alcohol. very nicely balanced flavour. 2013 was useless in most ways.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2023 at 08:46


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

dark Brown colour, moderate sized dense, creamy yellowish-beige-ish head; aroma of dried plum and cherries, some dark chocolate, coffee, slight anise, herbal medicinal and alcoholic notes; taste is basically the same with definite hoppy bitterness and intensive alcoholic spiciness; not bad

Tried on 08 Sep 2019 at 13:57


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

50cl ceramic bottle. Vintage 2015. Thanks to Euphemos! Cola brown color, thin white head. Plummy with sweet raisins in aroma. Orange peel. Malty, some oxidation. Lots of raisins, plummy with sweet malts. Abv nowhere to be found. Rounded and elegant.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Feb 2018 at 17:49


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

Bottled 500ml (tnx Euphemos)
Vintage 2015:
Dark ruby colour, small beige head. Raisiny, a bit oxidized aroma. Medium-bodied. Malty, raisiny, fruityness in the flavour. Sweet, covers ABV well. Nice one.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Feb 2018 at 17:45


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

Bottle sample at a tasting at Lior D’s place. Thanks zvsn. Hazy deep reddish amber. Aroma of malt, caramel, cookies, fruitiness. Sweet flavor with malt, caramel, fruitiness, light sourish note, cookie note, and a faint bitterish note. Medium-bodied, rounded. Good, alcohol is well-concealed.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jan 2017 at 14:31


6.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle. Opaque, darkest brown colour with thin bubbly, beige layer. Malty aroma, notes of chocolate sauce, nuts, nougat, marzipan, some treacle, bitter fruity interludes of orange zest and grapefruit. Taste is minimally alcoholic, sweet malty, slightly bitter, notes of almond, marzipan, hints of red berry jam, some milk chocolate, treacle; viscous texture, smooth and soft palate. Harmonious, balanced, rich and manifold - but I’ve simply no need for this kind of beer.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2016 at 14:48


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sample @ home
Vertical: 2013 & 2015
Aroma has sweet fruit candy tones, caramel and toffee. Flavour has sweet toffee candy, some caramel, minerals and woody notes. Also some sweet berry juice. A pleasant slow sipper. 2013 is clearly worse; it has even some moldy notes.

Tried from Can on 30 Sep 2015 at 13:18


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle @ ISKTR, 2013 vintage

Pours dark brown with a tiny head. Aroma of syrup, berries, toffee, vinous notes and caramel. Taste is sweet, malty and earthy with some syrup, berries, toffee and caramel. Finish is sweetish, earthy and malty with some syrup and toffee. Heavy and earthy. 2015 vintage has much more hops and grassy notes.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Sep 2015 at 11:20


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

on tap at Bier Fest Wien.dark brown color, small tan head. strong smell of dried fruits, malty sweetness, astringency, citric. full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. taste of dried fruits, plums, citric, oranges, some sweetness, light glueish notes. citric bitter-sweet finish. quite nice.

Tried from Draft on 31 May 2015 at 02:33