Orin
Half Acre Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
7.56
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Orin, a veteran of our barrel program, is a blend of different barrel types and vintages.
Blend of two vintages aged in Bourbon & Apple Brandy barrels for 10 months + Bourbon & Madeira barrels for 21 months
Blend of two vintages aged in Bourbon & Apple Brandy barrels for 10 months + Bourbon & Madeira barrels for 21 months
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to Chow. Pours a cloudy brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is toffee, vanilla, bourbon, oak. Medium body, leather, vanilla, wood, nice sweetness, boozy, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2018
at 20:30
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ MBCC '17 [ Blue Session ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2017, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. [ As Half Acre Orin ].Clear medium brown amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet malt, toffee - bourbon - maple, light dried fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, dried fruit, caramel, toffee - bourbon - maple, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light boozzy - alcoholic. [20170512] 7-3-8-4-16
Tried
on 16 Oct 2017
at 13:16
7/10
Clear red amb bod small wht head. Toffee caramel fruit arma. Toffee caramel and citrus flav. Full bod mod carb. 8/4/8/3/15 3.8
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jun 2017
at 21:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Syrupy and messy like a drunk maple tree lumberjack. Certainly would be popular among a certain subset like Justin Bieber. Hazy brown pour. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2017
at 22:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
[5/12/17] Draught at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2017. Blue session. Dark amber-brown. Vanilla, cookie, chocolate, nuts, sweet, rounded mouthfeel, a bit of alcohol.
Tried
on 29 May 2017
at 07:13
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample at MBCC 2017. Dark reddish/brown with a small head. Sweet with dried fruit, malt, caramel and warming alcohol.
Tried
on 25 May 2017
at 06:01
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at cbc17 Blue. M deep brown.. Thin tan lacing.. Soft sweet toffee fruit nose.. Woody toffee malts
Tried
on 22 May 2017
at 08:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap @MBCC2017, Blue Session. Dark red brown, beige head. Caramely aroma, woody note. Sweet, caramely, malty flavour, nicely boozy.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 May 2017
at 13:26
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
0,05l from tap at MBCC blue session 2017 shared with / by the crew. dark brown color, small tan head. smells sweet, bourbon, coconut, nutty, bit peppery. nice smell. full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes sweet, molasses, wood, bourbon, light coconut. finishes lightly sweet with notes of molasses, wood and coconut. rather nice one, quite heavy but still quite nice. 7, 4, 8, 4, 15: 3.8 Rerate: 0,05l from tap at Mbcc Yellow Session 2018. brown color, small tan head. smells of bourbon, marzipan, coconut, mint, very nice smell. full body, light carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes of mint, coconut, wood, bourbon, bit earthy, marzipan, dried fruits, light sweetness. finishes lightly sweet with notes of bourbon, coconut and some marzipan. very very smooth one, very good to drink. lovely stuff. 8, 4, 8, 4, 18
Tried
from Draft
on 13 May 2017
at 15:06
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Sampled @ Mikkeller Beer Celebration 2017, Blue Session. Fast klare orange braune Farbe. Geruch ist kräftig süß malzig, Vanille, Obst. Geschmack ist süß malzig, Vanille, bourbon, reife Früchte, top.
Tried
on 13 May 2017
at 01:16