Figtasma (Blend #1)
OEC Brewing (Ordinem Ecentrici Coctores) in Oxford, Connecticut, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.13
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This special edition is a double barrel aged Phantasma with the addition of figs from our own orchard. It was blended from Zinfandel (Napa, CA), Whiskey/Pinot Noir (Portland, OR) & Pedro Ximenez Sherry (Spain) barrels for 1 year and then double matured in a former Burgundy barrel from Dashe Cellars in Sonoma, CA with fresh figs from our own orchard added. This version was packaged on 10/23/2015.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to Mike. Pours a very dark brown with small beige head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is leather, vinegar, wood, funk, figs. Thin, similar flavors to nose, very sour, boozy finish, really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2016
at 20:36
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draught at EBF, 2/5/16.
Dark burgundy-tinted mahogany body shows low clarity and a burnt-beige head atop that is small and recedes rapidly to cover/ring.
Nose shows mostly the oude bruin characteristics, though a bit mustier, funkier and more given to some lactic notes. Not just a big burst of cherry/balsam/vinegar as the style most often shows. Very vinous, with a grape-like character, lots of dark malts and even some baker’s chocolate. It’s quite aromatic and invigorating, if quite strong and mildly alcoholic.
The flavor outdoes the aroma and then some. Where the heavy fruitiness, light alcohol sharpness and strong malt and aceto-lactic characteristics give the aroma a rather stiff, challenging feel, the flavor abounds with softer chocolate, plum, red wine and easygoing barrel tannin. Remants of a strong maltiness persist, despite a high attenuation. I’m enjoying it greatly, but wondering where the fig is when suddenly it hits on the finish. Deliciously authentic and, well, quite figgy, for lack of a better deScriptor, it adds softness, sweetness and complexity and really helps balance the acidity and dark malt character.
This is probably more of a dark BSA, though most of OEC’s beers defy categorization, so I’m really not concerned. Really sad I didn’t get any bottles of this, but I should be happy I got to try it at all.
Dark burgundy-tinted mahogany body shows low clarity and a burnt-beige head atop that is small and recedes rapidly to cover/ring.
Nose shows mostly the oude bruin characteristics, though a bit mustier, funkier and more given to some lactic notes. Not just a big burst of cherry/balsam/vinegar as the style most often shows. Very vinous, with a grape-like character, lots of dark malts and even some baker’s chocolate. It’s quite aromatic and invigorating, if quite strong and mildly alcoholic.
The flavor outdoes the aroma and then some. Where the heavy fruitiness, light alcohol sharpness and strong malt and aceto-lactic characteristics give the aroma a rather stiff, challenging feel, the flavor abounds with softer chocolate, plum, red wine and easygoing barrel tannin. Remants of a strong maltiness persist, despite a high attenuation. I’m enjoying it greatly, but wondering where the fig is when suddenly it hits on the finish. Deliciously authentic and, well, quite figgy, for lack of a better deScriptor, it adds softness, sweetness and complexity and really helps balance the acidity and dark malt character.
This is probably more of a dark BSA, though most of OEC’s beers defy categorization, so I’m really not concerned. Really sad I didn’t get any bottles of this, but I should be happy I got to try it at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2016
at 11:59