Private Press Brewing

Microbrewery in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸

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332 Ingalls St, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, United States

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8.5

Tried on 11 Jan 2025 at 19:52

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

Malty, sweetish and caramely with some toffee, prunes, vanilla, bourbon, oak and woody notes, some roastiness and earthiness. Quite complex and tasty

Tried on 06 Jan 2025 at 15:25


8

Malty, sweetish and caramely with some toffee, prunes, vanilla, bourbon, oak and woody notes, some roastiness and earthiness. Quite complex and tasty

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jan 2025 at 20:54


8.5
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.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2024 at 00:53


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

Bottle shared at CBJ, thanks to Dave, 27/11/24. Black pour topped with a khaki head. Nose is chocolate, dried fruit esters, toffee, mellow barrel strokes. Taste comprises stewed fruits, toffee, bourbon, molasses, fruit cake mix, dates, prunes, brown sugar melt. Full bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a lick of alcohol. Solid life.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2024 at 18:11


8

Magus, vanilje, röst, linnaseline, alkone, rosinane, puuviljane, kerge iiris. Hea.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2024 at 20:19


8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sampled from a shared bottle. this was good, caramel, some chocolate, dried stone fruit.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2024 at 03:58


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

Sample at the RB CBJ Bottleshare 27/11/2024 Toasted and sweet malty with lashings of caramel and fudge like sweetness, layers of dried fruit shred, nice spices, full body, bourbon and cognac accents into the dark malty lingering finish.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Dec 2024 at 06:53


8.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, with Matthijs and Paul, 10th December 24. Pours a dark and murky brown. Aroma is intense, maple, caramel and toffee, alcoholic, earthy, sweet, complex, love it

Tried from Draft on 11 Dec 2024 at 16:39


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

Bottle, 500 ml shared with MiroB and JFK10000. Almost black with beige head. Burnt caramel, toffee, some chocolate, vanilla, sweet, dried fruit. Bourbon.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Dec 2024 at 06:13


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