Wood Werks Barrel Series #3: Brown Rye Ale
Great Divide Brewing Company in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.29
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at DRBT 10. Pours a dark brown with small beige head. The aroma is rye, wood, bourbon, dark fruit. Slick body, rye, wood, licorice, raisin, dry finish, very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle (as Wood Werks Barrel Series #3: Imperial Rye Brown). Pours dark brown-black. Aroma and flavor are sweet, malt, cherries, booze, rye, spicy. Overall: very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce bottle into signature tulip glass, bottled on 7/12/2018. Pours nearly opaque very dark brown color with a small dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin spotty lace cap that lingers. Nice spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, vanilla, cream, lightly spicy rye/whiskey, toasted oak, nuttiness, and brown bread; with light notes of licorice, raisin, cherry, plum, fig, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, herbal, grass, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Touch of booze in the aromas as it warms, but not overwhelming. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready/rye/light roasted malts, rye whiskey barrels, and mild fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, vanilla, cream, lightly spicy rye/whiskey, toasted oak, nuttiness, and brown bread; with light notes of licorice, raisin, cherry, plum, fig, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, herbal, grass, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Mild herbal/grassy/roast bitterness and rye/whiskey/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, vanilla, cream, lightly spicy rye/whiskey, toasted oak, nuttiness, brown bread, light licorice/dark fruit, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, herbal, grass, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/rye/light roasted malts, rye whiskey barrels, and mild fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a solid malt/bitterness and rye/whiskey/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying flavors after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and rye/whiskey/oak spiciness. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and slightly slick/sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Mildly increasing warmth of 12.6%, with minimal barrel booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic rye barrel aged imperial brown ale! All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/rye/light roasted malts, rye whiskey barrels, and mild fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV; with the mildly bitter/spicy/tannic/drying finish. Very rich malt complexity with perfect rye barrel integration; mild fruity yeast and earthy hop balance against sweetness. Not overly boozy/tannic on barrels. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on style example as expected.