Electric Roads (Batch #1)
(Batch of Electric Roads)
Private Press Brewing in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Faction BrewingBarley Wine - Barley Regular
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Score
7.53
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Double barrel-aged blend of barleywine-style ales.
Electric Roads is inspired by the iconic warm sound of the Fender Rhodes electric piano. This blend of barrels showcases notes of toffee, maple cream, vanilla, almond, dark sweet cherry, and dried apricot. The rich toffee tone resonates from the nose all the way through the comforting finish. Electric Roads used multiple double-barrel-aged barleywine threads that boosted the ABV, bolstered the oak character, and rounded out the intensity via additional oxidation from racking one barrel to another.
Blend:
DeJohnette (barrel #012) aged 14 months in Old Fitzgerald barrels
Bartz (barrel #091) aged 7 months in Elijah Craig barrels
Mahavishnu (barrel #095) aged 7 months in Weller barrels and 7 months in Elijah Craig barrels
DeJohnette (barrel #096) aged 8 months in Blanton's barrels and 6 months in Elijah Craig barrels
DeJohnette (barrel #098) aged 8 months in Blanton's barrels and 6 months in Baker's barrels
DeJohnette (barrel #099) aged 8 months in Blanton's barrels and 6 months in 1792 barrels
Mahavishnu (barrel #100) aged 7 months in Weller barrels and 6 months in Baker's barrels
2021 Release
Electric Roads is inspired by the iconic warm sound of the Fender Rhodes electric piano. This blend of barrels showcases notes of toffee, maple cream, vanilla, almond, dark sweet cherry, and dried apricot. The rich toffee tone resonates from the nose all the way through the comforting finish. Electric Roads used multiple double-barrel-aged barleywine threads that boosted the ABV, bolstered the oak character, and rounded out the intensity via additional oxidation from racking one barrel to another.
Blend:
DeJohnette (barrel #012) aged 14 months in Old Fitzgerald barrels
Bartz (barrel #091) aged 7 months in Elijah Craig barrels
Mahavishnu (barrel #095) aged 7 months in Weller barrels and 7 months in Elijah Craig barrels
DeJohnette (barrel #096) aged 8 months in Blanton's barrels and 6 months in Elijah Craig barrels
DeJohnette (barrel #098) aged 8 months in Blanton's barrels and 6 months in Baker's barrels
DeJohnette (barrel #099) aged 8 months in Blanton's barrels and 6 months in 1792 barrels
Mahavishnu (barrel #100) aged 7 months in Weller barrels and 6 months in Baker's barrels
2021 Release
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9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle from OS, many thanks! Dark brown with brief, beige head. Burnt caramel, dark fruit, bourbon, vanilla. Slightly boozy heat. Long caramel finish. Lovely stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2024
at 13:50
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle thanks to Brian. Pours a dark brown with small beige head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is strong caramel, maple, wood, bourbon. Slick body, toffee, maple, boozy, wood, nice sweetnes, enjoyed this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2021
at 23:26
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500ml bottle pours out cola brown topped with a small tan head. Nose is sweet caramel toffee malts bourbon barrel goodness and some pit fruit. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts pit fruit bourbon barrel vanilla touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2021
at 16:28