Destroyer Cognac
Lua Brewing in Des Moines, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.88
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Double barrel aged barleywine: Cognac barrel for 16 months followed by bourbon barrel for 11 months.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from the tap @ MBCC 2023 green session (finally adding my notes). Dark brown with small beige head. Boozy, caramel, definitely a sipper, big and heavy.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jan 2025
at 01:40
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Tap @MBCC2023, Green Session. Black, light tan head. Dark malt, wood, cognac aroma. Thick, creamy mouthfeel. Sweet flavour, cognac heat and sweetness, cocoa, rich dark malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Mar 2024
at 12:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
How: Draught.
Where: MBCC 2023.
Appearance: Dark brown colour with a beige head.
Aroma: Dried fruit, malt, caramel, cognac, bourbon, vanilla, alcohol.
Body: Full body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Dried fruit, malt, caramel, cognac, bourbon, vanilla, alcohol.
Where: MBCC 2023.
Appearance: Dark brown colour with a beige head.
Aroma: Dried fruit, malt, caramel, cognac, bourbon, vanilla, alcohol.
Body: Full body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Dried fruit, malt, caramel, cognac, bourbon, vanilla, alcohol.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Nov 2023
at 21:02
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught, taster @MBCC 2023, Copenhagen (Denmark). 06/05/2023. [#6.428 Global - #1.116 United States of America - #14 Lua Brewing] Pours viscous black with almost no head. Aroma: rye barrels, whiskey malts and cognac. Spiced boozy malts. Lot of barrel aged action. Next one please!
Tried
on 24 Jun 2023
at 09:16
8/10
From backlog. Taster On tap at MBCC 23, Copenhagen. Black with little light brown head. Malts, Caramel, dates, Fruity, oak, cognac, boozy.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 May 2023
at 20:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried
on 09 May 2023
at 07:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2023 (MBCC). Stingy woody and roasty with some cognac, oak and toffee, prunes and figs. Heavy.
Tried
on 08 May 2023
at 20:19
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
During MBCC 2023 Saturday afternoon session with Matt, Brian, Ryan, Phill, Erik, along with superhelpful, funny, and sarcastic Rachel, hehe. Appearance: brown. Aroma: cognac barrel. Taste: sweet, nice, thick. Overall: very good.
Tried
on 06 May 2023
at 14:34
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Tap. Black color with no head. Aroma is big cognac, bourbon too, raisins, caramel syrup. Taste is the same, sticky sweet but so gloriously tasty. Oily mouthfeel, flat. Very good!
Tried
from Draft
on 06 May 2023
at 14:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at MBCC 2023, Green session. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a lasting frothy lasting tan head. The aroma is malt, toffee caramel. The flavour is strong sweet, with a super smooth, rich, treacle toffee, warm boozy alcohol bitter palate. Over medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 May 2023
at 14:03