A Silent Pursuit (Batch #2)
(Batch of A Silent Pursuit)
Private Press Brewing in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.66
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Blend of barrel-aged munichwines.
This year’s vintage of A Silent Pursuit showcases more age, 4 different munichwine recipes, and a wider variety of barrels. This blend aged in bourbon, rye, and cognac barrels, and reminds me of baked cherry turnover topped with caramel covered toasted almonds and roasted pecans. It has been exciting to see how this new style has developed both at Private Press and beyond. This blend is another example of the depth and nuance the cellar can gain year after year.
Blend #2 (PPB-3Q202):
Kriegel (barrel #217) aged 13 months in Heaven Hill barrels
Kriegel (barrel #220) aged 13 months in Basil Hayden barrels
Kirk (barrel #222) aged 7 months in Elijah Craig 10-Year barrels and 13 months in Basil Hayden barrels
Dauner (barrel #249) aged 7 months in 1792 barrels
Pike (barrel #260) aged 6 months in Cognac barrels and 6 months in Willett Family Reserve barrels
2023 Release
This year’s vintage of A Silent Pursuit showcases more age, 4 different munichwine recipes, and a wider variety of barrels. This blend aged in bourbon, rye, and cognac barrels, and reminds me of baked cherry turnover topped with caramel covered toasted almonds and roasted pecans. It has been exciting to see how this new style has developed both at Private Press and beyond. This blend is another example of the depth and nuance the cellar can gain year after year.
Blend #2 (PPB-3Q202):
Kriegel (barrel #217) aged 13 months in Heaven Hill barrels
Kriegel (barrel #220) aged 13 months in Basil Hayden barrels
Kirk (barrel #222) aged 7 months in Elijah Craig 10-Year barrels and 13 months in Basil Hayden barrels
Dauner (barrel #249) aged 7 months in 1792 barrels
Pike (barrel #260) aged 6 months in Cognac barrels and 6 months in Willett Family Reserve barrels
2023 Release
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at CBJ, thanks to Dave, 27/11/24. Black pour topped with a khaki head. Nose is chocolate, dried fruit esters, toffee, mellow barrel strokes. Taste comprises stewed fruits, toffee, bourbon, molasses, fruit cake mix, dates, prunes, brown sugar melt. Full bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a lick of alcohol. Solid life.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2024
at 18:11
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled from a shared bottle. this was good, caramel, some chocolate, dried stone fruit. --- Beer merged from original tick of A Silent Pursuit: Batch 2 (2023) on 23 Nov 2024 at 17:23 - Score: 7
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2024
at 03:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at the RB CBJ Bottleshare 27/11/2024 Toasted and sweet malty with lashings of caramel and fudge like sweetness, layers of dried fruit shred, nice spices, full body, bourbon and cognac accents into the dark malty lingering finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of A Silent Pursuit: Batch 2 (2023) on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:50 - Score: 8. Original review text: Toasted and sweet malty with lashings of caramel and fudge like sweetness, layers of dried fruit shred, nice spices, full body, bourbon and cognac accents into the dark malty lingering finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2024
at 06:53
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at CBJ - cheers to Dave. Pours rich brown with a slight, creamy beige head. Medium sweet flavour with creamy semi-dark mats, some toffee and butterscotch, booze, vanilla. Full bodied, oily, with fine carbonation. Warming finish. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2024
at 21:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
27th November 2024
Bottle thanks to Wingman. Near clear brown beer, small bubbly pale tan head, short lived. Smooth light palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Sweet dark chocolate, good sweet bourbon soaked fruits. Tidy, basic in it's flavour profile but utterly solid.
Bottle thanks to Wingman. Near clear brown beer, small bubbly pale tan head, short lived. Smooth light palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Sweet dark chocolate, good sweet bourbon soaked fruits. Tidy, basic in it's flavour profile but utterly solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2024
at 20:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to Wingman dave for this one.. A hazed dark brown black coloured pour with a halo of tan head. Aroma is plummy, brown sugars, chocolate, rum barrel, vanilla, oak, Warming alcohol. Palatebis is medium sweet, oily, solvent alcohol bite. Little harsh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2024
at 20:32
8/10
Tried
on 27 Nov 2024
at 20:27
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home. Pours deep ruby brown, nose is caramel, berries, coconut, vanilla, taste is similar, sweet, fruity, malty. --- Beer merged from original tick of A Silent Pursuit: Batch 2 (2023) on 06 Sep 2024 at 09:21 - Score: 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2024
at 08:21
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle thanks to Rainer. Pours black with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is licorice, molasses, raisin, wood, bourbon. Slick body, licorice, molasses, toffee, wood, hides alcohol nicely, enjoyed this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2023
at 05:58
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours clear chestnut, small beige head, decent lacing. Aroma is bourbon, dark sugars, caramel. Flavor is medium sweet, light plus bitter. Medium is body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2023
at 06:49