Migrating Flame
Private Press Brewing in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Horus Aged AlesBrewed at/by: Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
Strong Ale - American Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.57
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When I was dreaming up Private Press, I wanted to explore a different approach to beer collaboration. Kyle Harrup of Horus Aged Ales and I run similar businesses, but we exercise different approaches to crafting both stouts and barleywines. Kyle arrived in Santa Cruz one evening, and after 6 hours of blending from the Private Press barrel stock, a unique blend of double-barrel munichwine and barrel-aged stout made us both sit back and nod our heads in agreement. This blend presents milk chocolate forward, with caramel cream, toasted almond, fig jam, and vanilla rounding out the experience. Migrating flame celebrates the passion of our peers, the practice of discovery, and the subjective nature of art.
Blend:
Hubbard (barrel #186) aged 22 months in Weller barrels
Kriegel (barrel #214) aged 10 months in Old Fitzgerald barrels and 13 months in Basil Hayden barrels
Kriegel (barrel #215) aged 10 months in brandy barrels and 13 months in 17 Year George Dickel barrels
2022 Release
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Bytemesis (16323) reviewed Migrating Flame from Private Press Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Pours deep black, small tan head, decent lacing. Aroma is fudge, vanilla, bourbon, treacle. Flavor is medium sweet, light plus bitter. Just a tad hot. Full body. Excellent as usual.
tiong (21414) reviewed Migrating Flame from Private Press Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Rated at Hitas Beer Lounge - Platinum Edition. Sweet, caramely and heavy with toffee, syrup, bourbon, vanilla, oak and hints of raisins and figs. A bit heavy and syrupy
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Tap at Ale Arsenal as part of SF Beerweek. Another great one from Private Press. Complex, nuanced and too easy to drink.
ineedbeer (4102) reviewed Migrating Flame from Private Press Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from a 510 ml bottle. Aroma is malt forward with lots of toasted bread, caramel and toffee notes with hints of chocolate and roast. Light bourbon and faint oak notes with light alcohol notes. Hints of dark fruit notes. Pours dark brown, almost black with some brown hues on the edges. Small, thick, light mocha head that recedes quickly to a small film that lingers on the edges. Flavor is somewhat sweet with lots of caramel and toffee. Lighter notes of toasted bread, chocolate, and roast. A bit of a burnt sugar character. Moderately strong bitterness and medium light alcohol warmth. Light prune and date notes with hints of raisin. Light bourbon and hints of oak. Mouthfeel is full bodied and a bit sticky with medium low carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, an alright beer but not a great one. Solid malt character, but it's a bit darker and vinous compared to Limitations.