Third Press
Private Press Brewing in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.85
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Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Third Press from Private Press Brewing 3 months ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9.5 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
Bottle. Pours inky black, small beige head, good lacing. Aroma is dark sugars, bourbon, toffee, werthers, cocoa, vanilla. Flavor is sweet, light plus bitter, well integrated flavors. Full body, creamy mouthfeel. As good as it gets.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Third Press from Private Press Brewing 6 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Sample during "Farm Fest 2025 (Friday VIP)" on 07/04/2025. Flat black pour with a medium light tan head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Sparse patches of lace. The aroma consists of bourbon, chocolate, malt and fruit. Full-bodied with an oaky bourbon character and flavors of vanilla, chocolate fudge, caramel malt and spiced fruit. The finish is oaky vanilla and bourbon. Very good overall.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Third Press from Private Press Brewing 11 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared by Yaniv, thanks! Pours near black with a dark brown head that dissipates quickly to the edgees. Aroma has strong bitter roasted malts with some caramel and a strong barrel presence. Flavor has more caramel and toffee with growing dark grains and chocolate with a strong barrel backbone.
tiong (21350) reviewed Third Press from Private Press Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Rated at Hitas Beer Lounge - Platinum Edition. Malty, slightly roasty with some chocolate, cocoa, hints of vanilla, wood, oak, bourbon and hints of honey. Quite balanced OMT.
ineedbeer (4099) reviewed Third Press from Private Press Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Poured from a 500 ml bottle. Aroma is malt forward with lots of dark caramel, toffee and chocolate notes with lighter roast. Medium light alcohol notes and light bourbon notes with hints of oak. Pours jet black with a medium small, thick,k mocha head that recedes quickly to the edges where it lingers. No lacing and long legs. Flavor is very sweet with lots of chocolate, dark caramel, toffee and much lighter roast notes. Lighter burnt sugar notes. Medium bitterness and medium alcohol warmth. Medium light bourbon notes and faint oak notes. Mouthfeel is full bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, a solid barleywine stout hybrid. Really nice complex malt profile with balanced alcohol notes. Barrel character is really nice.
DSG (25977) reviewed Third Press from Private Press Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Max's place. Thanks Ariel. Black, opaque. Dark chocolate, vanilla, wood, bourbon, caramel, a bit of fruitiness, sweet, quite full-bodied, alcohol, a bit boozy.
stevoj (18327) reviewed Third Press from Private Press Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Taster at de Garde 10th Anniversary party. Near black pour with a thin tan head. Aroma is chocolate and vanilla, molaases, roasty malts, figs, bourbon. Taste is carried in aon a dense body, sweeet and warm, chocolate, oak, whiskey, brown sugar, prunes. Very warming.