Cranachatoa - Bourbon, Cognac & PX Sherry Barrel Aged
Turning Point Brew Co. in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Heist Brew Co.Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special
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Score
7.30
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Stop 1 on the Imperial March. Fruity, with the barrel flavours hitting in the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask @ Victorian Craft Beer Cafe, Halifax. Black with a small head. Its barrel ageing is immediately evident in both aroma and taste - the spirits influence too. The raspberry and honey develop but become very evident too.
keg at the blue blazer ...dark brown ..small tan head ...soft sweet chocolate Roast malts nose ..soft sweet raspberry chocolate roast malts ..big raspberries chocolate roast
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Black beer, thick light-tan head. Smell has a little of the raspberry, giving it some tartness cutting through what is otherwise boozy, sugary and warm. Flavour follows suit. A good hit of raspberry which holds its own against the spirits, which are sweet, rich and warming and laid over a good maltiness, some brown sugar with a mellow honey flavour there throughout. Sweet without being sickly, there's a real booziness to it and it's super tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can shared at CBJ. Pours clear, deep brown with a foamy, khaki head. Medium sweet flavour with nice dark fruits, grape, raisins, toffee. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Balanced finish, toasted malts, a little cocoa, more dark fruits. Great stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
28th August 2024
Bottleshare at CBJ. Thanks to me. Near opaque dark brown beer, small but tidy tan head. Airy and semi dry palate, decent fine carbonation. Mellow dark malts, a modest dark chocolate. Raspberry quite obvious but soft and never tart. The barrelling is pretty generic and recessed. A mild tartness and a little balancing honey sweetness on the end. A curious brew but pretty quaffable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can at home. Pours black, nose is raspberry, honey, chocolate, vanilla, raisin, taste is sweet toffee, fruity, roasted, oak. --- Beer merged from original tick of Cranachatoa - Bourbon, Cognac & PX Sherry BA on 24 Aug 2024 at 16:31 - Score: 7