Jungle Fever - Cognac Barrel Aged
Diaz Brewing Company in Baudour, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.13
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
9/IV/24 - 33cl can from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ Barjac (FR), BB: IX/2028, lot#2022036 (2024-222)
Clear chestnut brown to very deep dark amber beer, small aery fizzy irregular off-white head, unstable, dissipates immediately. Aroma: wow, lots of alcohol up front, cognac indeed, rum, caramel, dried fruits, raisins, a bit oxidized, a bit chemical, very floral, dried apples, calvados, yeasty, lots of phenols, lots of alcohol. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: pretty oxidized, alcohol, bitter, lots of raisins, dried fruits, soft roast, more alcohol, some acetone, a bit too much maybe. Aftertaste: very oxidized, raisins, pretty bitter, lots of alcohol, dry, woody, some tannins, a bit chemical, sugary, too much alcohol, interesting but a bit too much barrel flavours.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Clear amber colour, beige foam. Nose of dried fruit, green apples, some thinner. Sweet, boozy and a bit woody.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Color: Clear copper, fast disappearing thin off-white head. Aroma: Cognac, almond. Taste: Almond, Cognac (distilled wine), boozy, oak wood, some walnut. Over medium to full body, low carbonation. Over moderate sweet, light to moderate bitterness. Nice slow sipper when you like Cognac, but where is the base beer gone? Definitely far overwhelming barrel. Twenty months BA on single Cognac might have been a bit too long in this case... Is this one really 'only' 13.1%?