BrewDog Barrel Aged Albino Squid Assassin

Barrel Aged Albino Squid Assassin

 

BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  IPA - Rye Special
Score
7.45
ABV: 9.2% IBU: 65 Ticks: 85
A warped version of Albino Squid Assassin, this super exclusive small batch beer sees us amp up the rye character to the max.

This red rye IPA has spent six months sequestered in rye whiskey barrels, drawing incredible toasty, spicy and oaky flavours from the wood.

The hops have softened and morphed from pithy citrus to ripe autumn fruit, while the malt base has picked up cinder toffee and cinnamon. An incredibly deep and complex IPA.
 

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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
330ml bottle from Brewdog’s online tuck shop. Pours hazed amber, small off-white head. Aroma is rye and sweet whisky. Taste is smooth rye, toffee and a velvety whisky sweetness creeping in on the finish. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2016 at 15:57

7.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
BOTTLE 33 CL. Clear dark mahogany, creamy beige head. Strong-ale-ish malts and warming alcohol, strong barrel notes - vanilla, toasted coconuts, wome whisky. A touch of pine. Moderate herbal bitterness. Not much hop flavour and aroma left. Very nice
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2016 at 17:02

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
CBC. Clear dark brown with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, hop, rye, little barrel and a little pine. Flavour is malt, caramel, hop, medium sweet, little barrel, little grapefruit, hop, little pine, medium bitter and a little toasted.
Tried on 13 Jul 2016 at 06:48

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tap@Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016, Copenhagen - pours hazy amber brown with a beige head. Sweet malty aroma and taste, brown sugar, caramel, dark dried fruits, some spices, medium body, bitter sweet spicy finish.
Tried from Draft on 11 Jul 2016 at 11:33

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Appearance- mahogany, dark, a half-finger beige head, ruby tinges. Aroma- plum, caramel, vanilla, oak, whiskey, biscuity malt, cherry cake, dark fruit, Christmas cake. Lots going on. Taste- fruitcake, cherry, rye, vanilla whiskey sweetness, almond, marzipan, caramel and toffee, sweet and slightly sticky finish, clingy mouthfeel, booze well hidden. Nice!
Tried on 10 Jul 2016 at 02:08

7/10
Tried on 03 Jul 2016 at 20:02

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Sampled from bottle at the Oedipus International Beer Festival 2016. Clear, brownish amber with an off-white head. Sweetish-malty aroma of caramel, honey and some vanilla. Sweetish-malty taste of caramel, honey and vanilla, followed by a medium long, slightly bitter, a little warming-alcoholic finish. Medium to full body, oily mouthfeel, flat. Nice!
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2016 at 06:45

8/10
#oibf --- Beer merged from original tick of Barrel-Aged Albino Squid Assassin on 02 Jul 2016 at 22:21 - Score: 8. Original review text: #oibf
Tried on 02 Jul 2016 at 22:21

8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draft at Oedipus fest. Dark red pour. Aroma of red vinous fruit, spices and malt. Taste of spicey red malt, red fruit, vanilla, cream and a long rich finish. Hard to pin this down, good beer.
Tried from Draft on 02 Jul 2016 at 16:14

9/10
Wow. Supercomplex, impossible to describe and do it justice. Sour, smooth, warming, dark, caramel, hop, barrel, rye. !!
Tried from Draft on 01 Jul 2016 at 22:00