A Silent Pursuit
Private Press Brewing in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.71
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared at CBJ, thanks to Dave, 27/11/24. Black pour topped with a khaki head. Nose is chocolate, dried fruit esters, toffee, mellow barrel strokes. Taste comprises stewed fruits, toffee, bourbon, molasses, fruit cake mix, dates, prunes, brown sugar melt. Full bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a lick of alcohol. Solid life.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sampled from a shared bottle. this was good, caramel, some chocolate, dried stone fruit. --- Beer merged from original tick of A Silent Pursuit: Batch 2 (2023) on 23 Nov 2024 at 17:23 - Score: 7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sample at the RB CBJ Bottleshare 27/11/2024 Toasted and sweet malty with lashings of caramel and fudge like sweetness, layers of dried fruit shred, nice spices, full body, bourbon and cognac accents into the dark malty lingering finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of A Silent Pursuit: Batch 2 (2023) on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:50 - Score: 8. Original review text: Toasted and sweet malty with lashings of caramel and fudge like sweetness, layers of dried fruit shred, nice spices, full body, bourbon and cognac accents into the dark malty lingering finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared at CBJ - cheers to Dave. Pours rich brown with a slight, creamy beige head. Medium sweet flavour with creamy semi-dark mats, some toffee and butterscotch, booze, vanilla. Full bodied, oily, with fine carbonation. Warming finish. Decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
27th November 2024
Bottle thanks to Wingman. Near clear brown beer, small bubbly pale tan head, short lived. Smooth light palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Sweet dark chocolate, good sweet bourbon soaked fruits. Tidy, basic in it's flavour profile but utterly solid.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to Wingman dave for this one.. A hazed dark brown black coloured pour with a halo of tan head. Aroma is plummy, brown sugars, chocolate, rum barrel, vanilla, oak, Warming alcohol. Palatebis is medium sweet, oily, solvent alcohol bite. Little harsh.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at home. Pours deep ruby brown, nose is caramel, berries, coconut, vanilla, taste is similar, sweet, fruity, malty. --- Beer merged from original tick of A Silent Pursuit: Batch 2 (2023) on 06 Sep 2024 at 09:21 - Score: 8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours clear chestnut, small tan head, good lacing. Aroma is nutty, cocoa, bourbon. Flavor is light plus sweet, litru plus bitter. Merlin body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5
Bottle thanks to Rainer. Pours black with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is licorice, molasses, raisin, wood, bourbon. Slick body, licorice, molasses, toffee, wood, hides alcohol nicely, enjoyed this.