Colossal One (Cabernet Franc)
Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.40
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask gravity @ GBBF 2015. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty woody wine and caramel aroma. Roasted malty woody wine and chocolate flavor with hints of caramel. Has a roasted malty woody wine and chocolate finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2015, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Port City Colossal One aged in Cabernet Franc ].Clear dark brown color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, berry, chocolate, port, raisin, plum, prune, alcohol. Flavor is light heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, chocolate, dark fruit, plum, raisin, port. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20150811]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Some light barrel but done pretty well. Roast and some chocolate. Good package, good balance. Light bitter finish. Tap at Snallygaster.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draft or cask shared by radagast83, thanks! Black with tan head. Aromas of wine, chocolate, toffee. Tastes of wine, chocolate, light roast, caramel. Medium-full body with a dry finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at GBBF ’15, day 1, 11/08/15. Dark mahogany brown with little in the way of any head. Nose is cocoa powder, dark fruit notes, raisens, subtle barrel effect. Taste comprises chocolate, toffee, light spice, rich fruit shreds, red grape must, wooded barrel effect. Medium + body, fine carbonation, smei drying close with light warming booze peeping through. Solid impy, great depth of flavour, this one went from strength to strength.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft/Cask at Snallygaster 2015. Poured a dark brown color with a small tan head. Aroma is a bit grainy, with notes of Belgian yeast, mild chocolate and coffee, light red wine notes. Flavor has thinned out a bit compared to its more robust base beer, but the complexity of the wine barrel aging has brought out a nice compromise. Light vinous notes, a touch of alcohol.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From cask. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and chocolate. Overripe fruity. Sweet, dark malty and fruity. Wineous. Dense malty. Fruity. Mellow into the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask gravity at GBBF 2015 day 1. Mahogany brown coloured pour with a fading head. Aroma is toffee, spicy apricot jam, raspberry, flavour is composed of rich jammy fruit, apricot and raspberry, brown sugar, palate is sweet woody, moderate carbonation. Little plastic. Some grapeu fruit. Palate is full and viscous.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at GBBF 2015. It pours near opaque dark brown with a tiny, bubbly tan head. The nose is rich, vinous, red grape, tannins, jammy, fruit compote and stewed plum. The taste is rich, bitter-sweet, dry, vinous, warming booze, oily, vanilla, charred wood, tannins and earth with a rich, vinous finish. Full body and fine carbonation. Good depth and great wine character. Very nice indeed.
