Dragon's Milk Solera
New Holland Brewing Company in Holland, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.28
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Foeder-Aged Ale. Aged in a series of American Oak foeders using a blending technique known as Solera, nuanced flavors of caramel, toffee & fig create an experience made to be savored. This legendary ale will continue to evolve with each pull from the foeders, becoming more complex over time.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Livonia Liquor (Pull #7). Pours a deep brown with a finger of beige head that lingers. Toffee, roasted malt, oak and notes of fig and date on the nose. Palate is very similiar with fig, vanilla and oak that lingers on the palate. Balanced finish and very smooth with an almost creamy feel. Quite enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine
on 23 May 2022
at 03:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, packed 6/21. Deep copper with a dense pale beige head. Aroma of dried fruit, strong bread, brandy, butterscotch. Full bodied but not syrupy. Lowish carbonation is just right. Lots of dried fruit, perhaps not quite as much of a bottom end rumble as expected. Oaked and spicy at the end with just a little bitterness. It's nice but not exotic in the slightest.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2022
at 15:21
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
Dried fruit (raisin, prune, fig), caramel malt, and hay aroma. Very dark amber with moderate tan head. Moderately sweet raisin, fig, creamy caramel malt, and mildly bitter hay and alcohol flavor. Nice balance - smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2022
at 00:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
355ml bottle from Premier Hop, Pudsey, W.Yorkshire. A dark amber/brown coloured pour with a medium off white head on top that doesn't hang about too long. Aroma of dark fruit, figs and caramel. Tastes of caramel, dark fruit, figs/dates, a hint of bourbon and butterscotch. It's actually rather nice but still lacking complexity for a New Holland ale.355ml
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2021
at 15:08
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours dark brown with a small head. The aroma is of caramel malt, oak, and chocolate. The flavor is sweet with toffee, oak, and maybe vanilla. It’s pretty good but not on the level of most of the Dragon’s Milk beers. I’m confused. Dragon’s Milk has always been New Holland’s imperial stout variations (with the exception of the White). That’s what I was expecting here. Oh well.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2021
at 04:41
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle from Festival Northland, 8/7/21. Dark brown, thin tan head, good retention. Aroma of chocolate, roast, plum, mildly tart. Taste is roast, dark chocolate, dark fruits. Full bodied, booze well hidden but somewhat present. Mild tartness. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2021
at 04:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Cloudy amber. Malt, caramel, wood, acetaldehyde, toffee, butterscotch, sweet, a bit of alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2021
at 15:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at a tasting with RB boys. Med-full body, med-light carbonation. Lots of malty complexity, dried fruits, caramelly, toasted, nutty. Pretty rich in terms of malt, though slightly lacking some balancing aspect. Moderate warming alcohol, not feeling boozy though. Pretty tasty, good. Could use more complexity and balance though, too sweet and malty. Not feeling the solera aspect neither.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2021
at 19:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at BBT 06/2021. Malty aroma and taste, caramel, light roasty notes, light sweetish notes, medium bitter. Medium to full body, malty bitter sweet finish. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2021
at 19:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried
on 21 Jul 2021
at 19:44