9th November 2019
White Pony! It’s been awhile! Glad to see this always interesting and oft clunky brewery and their persistently high abv beers still around. This dipa is quite a dark amber colour brew, small pale tan head. Smooth but fairly dry palate, reasonable fine carbonation. Soft dry creamy malts, the sweetness of which is more than offset by bitterish caramel and wood. Mild and bitterish fruity whiskey and citric peel, it kinda goes together. Light dry bitterish finish. Any notion of hop brightness has long since fucked off. The barrelling is obvious but for me, not enough hop character here. Just a decent barrel aged beer.

Bottle. Amber color. Oak, dust, ripe citrusfruit in the aroma. Malty, alcoholic, oaky flavor with floral notes and ripe citrusfruit. Rubber in the finish.

Bottle 330ml. @ home.

[ As White Pony Oak Barrel Aged Collection - Slave New World - Aged in Martinique Rum barrels and rehopped ].
ABV: 9.5%. Clear medium to dark amber orange colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white to light light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, sweet malt, caramel, dried fruit, vanilla - barrel, moderate hoppy, fruity hops - dried fruit, vanilla, alcohol - rum - sweet alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, hops bitter, dried fruit, alcohol - rum, barrel - oak, sweet malt, fruity hops, barrel - vanilla, medium dry. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is warming. [20200130]
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