Private Press Brewing
Microbrewery in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸
Bytemesis (16171) reviewed Lark Dream from Private Press Brewing 1 week ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours inky black, small brown head, good lacing. Aroma is deep and rich, vanilla, fudge, bourbon. Flavor is fully sweet and heavy on vanilla. Full body, creamy mouthfeel. Too much vanilla for my taste. Its funny, 15 years ago vanilla BA stouts were like manna from heaven, now I just wish they would leave vanilla out of beer as a rule.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Tap at Ale Arsenal.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Bottle pours with a murky mahogany colored body that supports almost no head. The aroma offers up inviting reduced sugars as well as some wood notes followed by booze and spirits. The taste delivers smooth integrated molasses, a dash of toffee as well as murmurs of sweet dark fruity esters. The barrel treatment overshadows the beer a bit with booze, slick sweet bourbon and then muted woodiness. Great sipper.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Pours inky black, small tan head, some lacing. Aroma is rich, boozy, bourbon, truffle, cacao liquer. Flavor is sweet, light plus bittter, a bit boozy. Medium plus bodyd. Hot.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
aroma of dark chocolate and coconut. very real and unrefined in the aroma.alcohol barely noticable but felt in the nose a bit, super nice aroma that does not smell like a cheap bakery, but more like a store that sells high end dark chocolate perhaps. barrelling notes, esp the booze, also noticable as fine aromatic hints of what to come. really good, well balanced but not strong aroma. pitch dark, brown head.
flavor is booze barrel, i think whisky. oak, roasted malts, irish coffee, very dark chocolate. end is dark chocolate, roasted malts, booze bitterness.
pretty nice flavor and not overly sweet , even though the abv is through the roof. more dark chocolate and barrel than roasted malts and coffee. practically no dark bitter caramel, which i find a great plus.
Bytemesis (16171) reviewed Third Press from Private Press Brewing 1 month ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9.5 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
Bottle. Pours inky black, small beige head, good lacing. Aroma is dark sugars, bourbon, toffee, werthers, cocoa, vanilla. Flavor is sweet, light plus bitter, well integrated flavors. Full body, creamy mouthfeel. As good as it gets.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. Pours inky black with a small dark brown head and good lacing. Aroma is rich cocoa, bourbon, brandy, oak molasses, vanilla. Flavor is sweet, light plus bitter. Full body. Good, hot
Zymurgeist (5674) ticked Solar Plexus from Private Press Brewing 3 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Draught at Ale Arsenal. Wonderful beer!
Bytemesis (16171) reviewed Solar Plexus from Private Press Brewing 3 months ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Pours clear mahogany, small tan head, good lacing. Aroma is dark sugars, bourbon, vanilla, oak. Flavor is medium sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body, perhaps a bit thin.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Poured from 1 pint .9 fl oz bottle (side by side with Beyond Forever Blend 1). Very dark brown with small beige head. Nice bourbon nose with feint fruity vanilla. Floral, slightly perfume-y vanilla character with a touch more complexity than regular Beyond Forever Blend 1. Enjoyable, but still has a simplicity about it.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 7.44 |
| Beers | 91 |
| Ticks | 314 |
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CoccoBill | 8 |