10 Lords-A-Leaping - Bourbon Barrel-Aged
The Bruery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Series Out of Production|
Score
7.83
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Bourbon barrel-aged dark imperial wit ale brewed with dried apples and spices
10 Lords leap into a bourbon barrel for an extended stay, which adds warm, lush notes of oak, vanilla, and coconut to the rich spiciness of the tenth verse of our Twelve Days of Christmas sage. Happy Holidays!
10 Lords leap into a bourbon barrel for an extended stay, which adds warm, lush notes of oak, vanilla, and coconut to the rich spiciness of the tenth verse of our Twelve Days of Christmas sage. Happy Holidays!
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sample at Palace Hall 13/12/2025 Malmö December tasting - lingering sweet malty with dried fruit shred, getting the apple coming through, light brown sugar spinkle, medium body, spiced malty finish. Very nice.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2025
at 08:25
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle pour at Salon Piva, courtesy of the MV folks. Dark, almost black pour with an off-white head. Nose is pretty strong esters upfront, but then it clears out and leaves soace for the spices - of which a lot are coming through. There’s a hint of booze and oak in there too. The taste is also quite spicy, I genuinely couldn’t tell what’s standing out and what’s not, but it’s also on the positive side as well as the beer doesnt get too messy. The bourbon notes also come through somewhat, with a hint of vanilla. The body is obviously huge with an average carbonation. Nicely layered and complex, fun to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2025
at 11:55
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle pours out cola brown topped with a small head. Nose is nice spice combo some sweetness and barrel notes. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts rich spice combo and barrel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2023
at 18:07
8.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle pour from share with AirForceHops--thanks, Chris! Appearance is opaque black with nice sparkle, ring of beige head and no lacing. Aroma is strong brown bread, allspice, apple, dark fruits, mild bourbon. Taste is rich caramel, apple, raisins, dark fruit, mild tart fruit, holiday spices/nutmeg/spice, cinnamon, very mild clove, hint of vanilla? Bourbon oh-so-subtle in the background. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with thin texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. No trace of alcohol. Overall, nothing is so dominant or bold to blow you away but if you allow yourself enough time and allow it to warm, you can get a huge amount of complexity. Really well balanced and everything complements everything else amazingly well. Well done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2020
at 23:43
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
750 ml from the RS. Aroma has a ton of spice with Belgian candy sugar. Flavor has a nice presence of Apple throughout with Nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice. After three years of sitting the burn barrel is almost not detected. Does have a nice warming affect after the swallow. Show no alcohol flavor. The Apple does give a near crisp texture.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Nov 2020
at 23:39