Private Press Brewing Artifacts Of Sound (Double Barrel)

Artifacts Of Sound (Double Barrel)

 

Private Press Brewing in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Strong Ale - American Regular
Score
7.41
ABV: 16.9% IBU: - Ticks: 5
A blend of barleywine, munichwine, and imperial stout brewed with walnuts and conditioned on cacao nibs. Aged in 12-year 1792, 12-year Buffalo Trace and Garrison Brothers Balmorhea bourbon barrels.
 

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7.8
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pours inky black, small tan head, some lacing. Aroma is rich, boozy, bourbon, truffle, cacao liquer. Flavor is sweet, light plus bittter, a bit boozy. Medium plus bodyd. Hot.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2025 at 23:48


7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

aroma of dark chocolate and coconut. very real and unrefined in the aroma.alcohol barely noticable but felt in the nose a bit, super nice aroma that does not smell like a cheap bakery, but more like a store that sells high end dark chocolate perhaps. barrelling notes, esp the booze, also noticable as fine aromatic hints of what to come. really good, well balanced but not strong aroma. pitch dark, brown head.
flavor is booze barrel, i think whisky. oak, roasted malts, irish coffee, very dark chocolate. end is dark chocolate, roasted malts, booze bitterness.
pretty nice flavor and not overly sweet , even though the abv is through the roof. more dark chocolate and barrel than roasted malts and coffee. practically no dark bitter caramel, which i find a great plus.

Tried from Bottle from Kihoskh on 16 Oct 2025 at 21:16


7

Gvd wat een bak booze

Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2024 at 18:19


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draft. Black beer with a tan head. Bourbon aroma. Bourbon and caramel flavor with light chocolate. Medium bodied. Bourbon and caramel linger with light chocolate.

Tried from Draft on 12 Feb 2024 at 19:27


9.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

On tap at Ale Arsenal as part of Serpents and Stouts. Pours dark brown with massive dark brown head. Beautiful aroma of chocolate and barrel. Flavor follow suit with viscous mouthfeel. Really complex and tasty.

Tried from Draft on 10 Feb 2024 at 17:58