Critter Cuvée
Forager Brewing Company in Rochester, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.70
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This is a blend of multiple different beers, barrel sizes and spirit types. We blended oat wine, spelt wine, rye wine, maple barleywine and imperial stout. Barrel types were a brandy puncheon, calvados barrel, bourbon barrel, rye whiskey barrel and a few 15 gallon whiskey barrels.
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8/10
Sweet toasted malty with notes of dried fruit shred, caramel and toffee sweetness, medium plus body, bourbon and brandy into the sweet malty finish. Lovely.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Mar 2025
at 11:34
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 750 ml at Vilaggio della Birra 2022. Black with tan head. Malty, toasted, chocolate, some dried fruit, toffee, quite sweet, full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2023
at 22:11
9/10
Bottle leftover, thanks Cor! Pours black, glossy. Smells rich, sweet, barrels, malts, boozy. Thick body, quite warmingly boozy, sticky. Taste is pretty intense, loads of flavours coming through. Fairly bitter covers the sweet. Licorice, roast, coffee. Yum
Tried
on 13 Feb 2023
at 23:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ 🇩🇰 Forager TTO, Peders - Pisserendens ølkælder, Sankt Peders Stræde 31, 1453 Copenhagen, Denmark.
[ As Forager Critter Cuvée ].
ABV: 14.8%. Clear dark red brown colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, dark malt, candy, heavy yeasty, sweet yeast, fruity yeast, Abt yeast, woody, brandy, barrel - bourbon. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, dark malt, dried fruit, candy - yeast, caramel - sweet malt, wood, barrel - bourbon, brandy, rich - heavy. Body is medium to medium full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is warming and light alcoholic. [20220512]
7-3-7-4-15
Tried
from Can
on 10 Oct 2022
at 11:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught, half pint. @Peders, Copenhagen (Denmark). 12/05/2022 [#4.853 Global - #616 United States of America - #7 Forager Brewing Company] Pours black with a tan head. Strong caramel and toffee booze. Cherry. Next one please!
Tried
on 18 May 2022
at 19:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
From tap @ Peders, Copenhagen. Poured black in color. Barrel showing. Roastedness, heavy, some soy, tobacco. Intense. Whisky.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 May 2022
at 09:59
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap. Brown color with hardly any head. Aroma is a bit too much of everything, maple, caramel, sweet as hell. Taste is sweet and boozy, but somehow not a mess. Thick oily mouthfeel with low carbonation. A slow sipper.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 May 2022
at 11:06
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap @ Peders. Clear very dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, roasted malt, maple and bourbon. Flavor is very sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish with lots of warming alcohol. Oily. 120522
Tried
from Draft
on 12 May 2022
at 10:41
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Brian. Pours a dark brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is dark fruit, booze, wood, and maple. Slick body, raisin, licorice, wood, cloying sweetness, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2022
at 20:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Sampled from the tap at First Draft MN. Pours a cloudy deep yellow brown with a light brown head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has a light rye spiciness with sweet grains, light caramel and a bit of boozy barrel underlying. Flavor has strong sweet grains and caramel with growing brandy and a hint of rye spiciness in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 May 2022
at 21:02