Barbason The Beast
Amager Bryghus in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark 🇩🇰
Collab with: Sofia Electric BrewingStout - Imperial Special
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Barley Wine & Imperial Stout Blend
In many ways lil' William Shakespeare was a happy child. Growing up in Stratford-upon-Avon in Elizabethan times as the oldest son of a fairly well-off family of commoners meant a full stomach every day and the privilege of attending the local King’s New School, instead of working in the dirty wool trade as most of his peers had to. School life came easy for young Will, and being quite a dreaming soul, he would every so often play truant from school to go lie in the nearby Welcombe Hills, thinking up stories that many years later would be turned into famous plays and sonnets. One late summer day Will was surprised by a hailstorm and had to escape to a nearby forest. And that’s where he encountered a most horrific looking four-eyed demon. This gruesome creature had strange wooden antlers, held a shining scepter and was dressed in a cult-like fashion as some sort of a Roman pontiff. Young Will ran, and didn’t stop until he reached the safety of The Garrick Inn, where the much surprised innkeeper heard the boy’s tale of a demon, now baptized as ‘Barbason The Beast’ in William’s already vivid imagination. For many hundred years the strongest and most frightening beer at The Garrick Inn was called ‘Barbason The Beast’, a beer we have now brought back to life.
This beer is a collaboration made with Sofia Electric Brewing, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Ingredienser: Vand. Bygmalt: Pilsner, Maris Otter, Cara-Munich 2, Crystal T50, Chocolate, Roasted Barley, Melanoidin. Brown sugar. Humle: Columbus. Gær: US-Ale, UK-Ale.
In many ways lil' William Shakespeare was a happy child. Growing up in Stratford-upon-Avon in Elizabethan times as the oldest son of a fairly well-off family of commoners meant a full stomach every day and the privilege of attending the local King’s New School, instead of working in the dirty wool trade as most of his peers had to. School life came easy for young Will, and being quite a dreaming soul, he would every so often play truant from school to go lie in the nearby Welcombe Hills, thinking up stories that many years later would be turned into famous plays and sonnets. One late summer day Will was surprised by a hailstorm and had to escape to a nearby forest. And that’s where he encountered a most horrific looking four-eyed demon. This gruesome creature had strange wooden antlers, held a shining scepter and was dressed in a cult-like fashion as some sort of a Roman pontiff. Young Will ran, and didn’t stop until he reached the safety of The Garrick Inn, where the much surprised innkeeper heard the boy’s tale of a demon, now baptized as ‘Barbason The Beast’ in William’s already vivid imagination. For many hundred years the strongest and most frightening beer at The Garrick Inn was called ‘Barbason The Beast’, a beer we have now brought back to life.
This beer is a collaboration made with Sofia Electric Brewing, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Ingredienser: Vand. Bygmalt: Pilsner, Maris Otter, Cara-Munich 2, Crystal T50, Chocolate, Roasted Barley, Melanoidin. Brown sugar. Humle: Columbus. Gær: US-Ale, UK-Ale.
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Flavor 9
Texture 9
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On tap @ Ghetto Something. Aroma of caramel, toasted and roasted malt and herbs. Pours clear dark brown color with thick creamy cappuccino-like head and nice lacing. Taste starts moderate sweet and rich toasted malty, following is alcoholic, nutty and dried fruity, mouthfeel is smooth and warm, while finish is heavy bitter. Full body, oily texture and soft carbonation in palate. Definitely the beast…
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from Draft
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Ghetto Something
on 28 May 2025
at 15:46
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
Tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours dark plum, with
Aroma is intense of licorice, plus caramel and molasses. Body is only partially dense, with average carbonation. Taste is fairly sweet, with long and pleasant final.
Aroma is intense of licorice, plus caramel and molasses. Body is only partially dense, with average carbonation. Taste is fairly sweet, with long and pleasant final.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 May 2025
at 17:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Black colour with small beige head.Aroma is kind of sweet with light vinious taste hint of licorice and candy roasted and toasted with nice warming taste smooth and well balanced finish.
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from Draft
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Taphouse
on 10 Feb 2025
at 18:34
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
44 cl can from the brewery's webshop poured into a snifter glass. Pitch black with a thin tanned head. Sweet, roasted aroma with coffee, dark malts, herbal hoppy notes. Some vinous notes. Very hoppy. The taste is bitter roasted. Full body, oily texture. Dry and roasted bitter finish. Edgy, not for everyone.
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from Can
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Amager Bryghus
on 07 Feb 2025
at 20:46