Grain Master #02 - Calvados BA
(Batch of Grain Master Double Mash Barley Wine (Calvados))
De Meester in Lendelede, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Barley Wine - Barley Special|
Score
6.97
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Double Mash Barley Wine aged for 12 months in Calvados barrels
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7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330 ml bottle. Pours a dark reddish mahogany with no head. Aromas of candi sugar, apples/calvados, oak, raisins and toasted malts. Flavors follow same with more pronounced sugars and some minerals. Nice warm dry finish. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
from
De Struise Beershop
on 09 Oct 2025
at 23:10
3.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 2
Texture 5
Overall 2
Aus der Flasche im 2025-03 getrunken. Hier ist klar der Stil eines Barley Wines ,it deutlicher Süße erkennbar. Ich der Nase ist wird auch eine Apfelnote erkennbar, aber vordergründig sind Aromen Speck, Torf bzw. Räucher auffällig. Und genau das brauche ich nicht und will es nicht hier im Bier haben. Auch wenn der hohe Alkoholhalt recht gut eingebunden ist, will ich dieses Bier wegen dem Räucher-Note nicht bis zu Ende trinken. Schade!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2025
at 14:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 27 Mar 2025
at 22:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 18/03/2025.
Dark mahogany brown topped with a thin beige cap that clears to a swirl.
Nose is stewed fruits, vinous, herb, oak, calvados barrel.
Taste comprises light chocolate, dark malts, fruit cake, mellow Calvados, herb, vinous.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a mellow tang and balanced punch of alcohol.
Tidy sipper.
Dark mahogany brown topped with a thin beige cap that clears to a swirl.
Nose is stewed fruits, vinous, herb, oak, calvados barrel.
Taste comprises light chocolate, dark malts, fruit cake, mellow Calvados, herb, vinous.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a mellow tang and balanced punch of alcohol.
Tidy sipper.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2025
at 18:58
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
1st March 2025
A very mild haze on this deep amber beer, small bubbly tan head that never really forms a proper head. Palate is smooth and mildly viscous, reasonable fine carbonation which for me, is just fine for a barleywine. Smooth malts bring a good rich toffee and malt cream vibe, not that sweet but not devoid of sweetness either. Punchy and rather splendid Calvados, juicy ripened apple with that brandy spicy goodness. A little brighter floral apple on the back end. Smooth and spicy finish, mildly bitter. Good BA BW. The barrelling is bold but never subdues the malt base. Dangerously drinkable.
A very mild haze on this deep amber beer, small bubbly tan head that never really forms a proper head. Palate is smooth and mildly viscous, reasonable fine carbonation which for me, is just fine for a barleywine. Smooth malts bring a good rich toffee and malt cream vibe, not that sweet but not devoid of sweetness either. Punchy and rather splendid Calvados, juicy ripened apple with that brandy spicy goodness. A little brighter floral apple on the back end. Smooth and spicy finish, mildly bitter. Good BA BW. The barrelling is bold but never subdues the malt base. Dangerously drinkable.
Tried
on 01 Mar 2025
at 18:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
33cl bottle from Struise Beershop Woesten e-shop.
F: no.
C: dark brown, hazy, opaque.
A: dried apples, woody, brown sugar, pears, caramel, raisins.
T: full malty base, pears, dried apples, boozy, woody, raisins, caramel, no carbonation, bit vinous, not so complex yet not bad at all, enjoyed.
F: no.
C: dark brown, hazy, opaque.
A: dried apples, woody, brown sugar, pears, caramel, raisins.
T: full malty base, pears, dried apples, boozy, woody, raisins, caramel, no carbonation, bit vinous, not so complex yet not bad at all, enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
from
De Struise Beershop
on 14 Feb 2025
at 19:37