Mikkeller Big Worst Barrel Aged Barley Wine Cognac Edition

Big Worst Barrel Aged Barley Wine Cognac Edition

 

Mikkeller in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark 🇩🇰

Brewed at/by: De Proefbrouwerij
  Barley Wine - Barley Special Out of Production
Score
7.59
ABV: 19.2% IBU: - Ticks: 28
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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Light hazy deep amber liquid with small off-white head. Aroma of dried fruit, wort, raw sugar, toffee, wood, cognac, vanilla, caramel and sweet alcohol. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with notes of raw sugar, toffee, dried fruit, wood, vanilla and cognac. Medium bodied with low carbonation with viscous liquid. Really nice but overpowering.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Apr 2014 at 12:35

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
8th March 2014
Very hazy amber beer, tidy off white head. Removing th cap gives a lovely nose of aged Port wine and toffee. Pouring the beer brings an unwelcome niff of blue cheese. Palate is smooth and dry with fine carbonation. Smooth malt with dry cream. Caramel - toffee and wood, slightly aged tasting, again as if from a fine old Port. A little spice but not much alcohol heat. Blue cheese follows the nose. Sweetish dried fruits, well buried. Dry finish. If not for the blue cheese this could be great.

9th March 2014
The bottle has been open all night and day. It now pours far less hazy and all the blue cheese aromas and flavours are gone. Emphasis is now on lovely toffee malt, mellow cognac and wood. Little dried fruits. Lovely!
Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2014 at 08:48

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 9
Bottle at home... Copper... Thin white... Lacing... Big sherry... Oxidised.. Soft fruit nose... Soft toffee fruits... Soft malts... Big alcohol... Light fruits... Oily fruits...
Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2013 at 12:57

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
Bottle at home. The colour is clear reddish amber with a small off-white head. Sweet aroma of caramel, pine apple, oak, alcohol and liqueur. Powerful and sweet flavour as well with the addition of vanilla, alcohol and more caramel. Reminiscent of creme brulee. Slick and sticky mouth feel, and has a light bitterness. Powerful, sweet but balanced. A real dessert beer.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2013 at 16:22

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Dark golden colour with a beige head. Aroma is alcohol, sweet, sugar, dried fruits. Flavour is alcohol, oak, sweet, sugar, pine, hop, sugar, dried fruits, tropical fruits. Nice beer.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2013 at 01:37

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at ÖÖWF cons 2012-11-17 Örebro AR: raw Cognac, white grapes, alcholic AP: oily copper, wee transparent head F: fizzy, heavy warming, peppery, white grapes, à bit to alcoholic
Tried from Bottle on 18 Nov 2012 at 14:44

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Pours an amber color with a small off-white head. Has a sweetish malty woody cognac aroma with hints of caramel. Sweetish malty woody caramel and dark fruit flavor with hints of cognac. Has a sweetish malty woody cognac finish with hints of caramel.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2012 at 04:07

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. A hazy one, dark golden in color and topped by a dense, off-white to light beige head. Quite alcoholic on the nose, with dried fruits, piney hops, tropical fruits, some malty sweetness and a little touch of grapes. Nice, but nothing more. The flavor though is on another level, sort of balanced, and really pleasant, with some chocolate, sweetness, dried fruits, bitterness and booze. Lasting finish. Pleasant indeed, but the aroma is a bit disappointing. Good thing the aroma isn’t the most important part of the experience. 120915
Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2012 at 14:27

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
Bottle 375ml @ Geokkjer
Pours slightly hazy orange/amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, brown sugar, dried fruits, alcohol and oak. Taste is heavy sweet and light to medium bitter with a long fruity, oak, caramel and alcohol finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2012 at 14:23

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
cloudy brown orange, smooth offwhite head. Very malty aroma, cognaq, caramel, .flavor is vognaq, lots of sweet malts, powdered sugar, not much hops, pretty boozy, cognaq quite in the foreground
Tried on 06 Jul 2012 at 01:57