Private Press Brewing Cosmic Echoes

Cosmic Echoes

 

Private Press Brewing in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Strong Ale - American Regular
Score
7.79
ABV: 11.5% IBU: - Ticks: 14
Cosmic Echoes is the most ambitious blend to be assembled at Private Press. The final expression showcases a fusion of 3 stouts and 2 barleywines that were aged in 5 different types of oak barrels.

Batch #1: 2020
Batch #2: 2021
Batch #3: Double Barrel Cosmic Echoes
Batch #4: 2024
Batch #5: 2025
 

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8.4
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

Tap at the new tasting room. Pours clear mahogany, small tan head, hint of lacing. Aroma is rich vanilla, bourbon, cacao, werthers. Flavor is full sweet, light plus bitter. A bit hot. Medium body, silky mouthfeel. Solid beverage. Not sure why it's not getting the love!

Tried from Draft on 29 Jun 2025 at 21:18


6.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

50cl bottle. Leggy brown no head. Cocoa and malt and brown sugar. Huge booze. Very hot. Maple. Wooooo. 7 6.5 6 6 6

Tried from Bottle on 22 May 2025 at 13:32


7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Leather, roast and tobacco. Black pour with mocha head. Bitter end with some salty caramel. Bottle. 78778 3.7

Really not sure which blend this is as had at a tasting.

Tried on 19 May 2025 at 19:43


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at the DCBeer May share. Poured a very dark brown, almost black color with a small tan head. Aroma was chocolate, boozy notes. Vanilla, woody barrel, and sweet toffee. Some kind of leafy character.

Tried from Bottle on 16 May 2025 at 22:37


8

Solid chocolate toffee blend.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2023 at 18:12


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle. Black beer with a tan head. Bourbon and rich malt aroma. Bourbon and honey flavor with rich malt. Medium-plus bodied. Bourbon and honey linger with rich malt and light molasses.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Nov 2022 at 18:09


8

Lci

Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2022 at 22:33


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Poured from a 500ml bottle. Aroma is malt forward with lots of chocolate, layers of dark caramel, lighter notes of honey, roast, toasted bread, and burnt sugar. Medium light alcohol notes and light bourbon and oak character. Pours back with dark brown hues on the edges with a small, thick, creamy, mocha head that recedes quickly to the edges where it lingers. Light lacing and long legs. Flavor is fairly sweet with lots of chocolate, layers of caramel and toffee with lighter notes of honey, roast, toasted bread, burnt sugar and treacle. Moderate bitterness and medium light alcohol notes. Light bourbon notes with hints of oak and faint vanilla and almond notes. Mouthfeel is full bodied with medium low carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, a really solid beer. I'm a sucker for barleywine & stout blends (hello King Henry) and this is a great one. Lots of caramel and toffee notes to balance out all the chocolate notes. The roast is well hidden and the honey adds some nice character. Great barrel notes in aroma and flavor.

Tried from Bottle on 07 May 2022 at 03:21


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Flaska från PP, batch 1. Ska vara 11,5%. Nästa batch som är starkare. Något mörkare brunsvart, liten beige krona. Toffee, tjärpastill, marsipan, likörpralin, lite underliggande fruktighet, typ körsbär, mycket fat. Märkbart lättare (relativt sett) efter Plato's Shadow och Rev/HA portern. Men fantastiskt gott. Mer stout än bw.

Tried on 24 Apr 2022 at 17:20


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours opaque mahogany with minimal head and wispy lacing. Aroma is cocoa, vanilla, bourbon, brown sugar, toffee; bit of an eclipse vibe to it, i guess that's the honey talking. Flavor is sweet, light bitter, balanced and integrated. Medium plus body, silky mouthfeel, lingering boozy chocolate.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Nov 2021 at 02:29