Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught @ GBBF 2019, [ Great British Beer Festival 2019 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, Greater London, England W14 8UX.
[ As Bidassoa Bourbon Barrel Aged - Imperial Stout Barrel Series: ].
ABV: 11.0%. Clear dark black brown colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, barrel, wood, vanilla, alcohol - bourbon. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, bourbon, laber larver, chocolate, vanilla, barrel, dark malt. Body is medium to medium full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is warming and light alcoholic. [20190809]
8-4-8-4-15
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draught, half pint. @Artbeerfest 2019, Caminha (Portugal). 13/07/2019. Dark brown colour with a tiny tan head. Aroma is caramel malts, toffee, yeast and raisins. Taste is the same leading to a boozy and harsh finish. Next one please!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Quadrupel attempt by this unknown brewery in Spanish Basque country, thanks Stefan for sharing at Dok Brewing Festival. Thick and creamy, membrane-lacing, yellowish-ecru head on a hazy mahogany brown beer with ochre-ish edges. Aroma of bubblegum, rubber even, caramel candy, ripe banana, brown sugar, rainwater, candied fig, tea. Sweet onset, brown-sugary with pronounced bubblegum effect, banana ester and cooked pear impressions, medium carb, smooth and quite ‘fluffy’ mouthfeel; thoroughly caramelly and somewhat ‘sweetbready’ maltiness, honeyish sugariness lingering, tad earthy in the end with lingering sticky sweetness, lingering bubblegum effect and some warming, rum-like alcohol. I get the idea here, but this is bit of a caricature of Belgian style ‘strong dark ale’, too brown sugary sweet and too thin to absorb that sweetness; we are far removed from the great trappist legends in this style, though nothing is strictly wrong here and I can equally easily name several ‘new’ attempts at this style in Belgium that are of no better quality than this one. Drinkable in all but still a bit of a missed opportunity, especially since this is apparently intended as a celebration beer…
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
As the name says, an imperial porter aged on red wine barrels, by a brewery in Spanish Basque country. Thick and creamy, yellowish beige, stable head, black robe with thin mahogany edge. Aroma of bitter chocolate, toffee, toasted walnut, clear red wine, old oak wood, tawny port, wet leather. Sweetish onset, dried fig, raisins and a sourish effect not unlike blueberries, very light umami accent, softish carb, full and somewhat creamy mouthfeel; walnutty, toffeeish and bitter-chocolatey malt bittersweetness dried by early and quite outspoken red wine tartness and tannic woody dryness, with port-, earth- and leather-like aspects in the finish. Not sure what the below rater’s problem with this beer is, perhaps wine barrel aging on a porter or a stout doesn’t work for anyone and its typical tart, grapey and earthy effects are certainly present here, but given that this was the intention, I think this is quite well executed, though perhaps a bit crude around the edges. Would happily revisit from a bottle if I would ever encounter it again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Bidassoa Nexus Anniversary Ale (by Bidassoa Basque Brewery):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
6/VII/19 - on tap @ DOK Beer Festival (Gent), BB: n/a - (2019-995) Thanks to all my beer friends for sharing today's beers!
Clear red brown beer, creamy beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of (over)ripe banana, caramel, sweetish, bit sugary, nice and fruity, little malty. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet start, bit sugary, roasted, chocolate, bitter touch, some coffee, malty touch. Aftertaste: sugary, mocha, caramel, some vanilla, coffee, banana, yeasty, little sourish.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Bidassoa Basque Nil Admirari (by Bidassoa Basque Brewery):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
6/VII/19 - on tap @ DOK Beer Festival (Gent), BB: n/a - (2019-994) Thanks to all my beer friends for sharing today's beers!
Pretty clear yellow beer, practically no head. Aroma: funky, lots of berliner weisse smell, lacto acidity, lemony, more funky. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty sour, lemony, fruity, mango, passion fruit, soft bitterness, little metallic. Aftertaste: dry, bit metallic, fruity, mango.
jefverstraete (7489) reviewed Amuitz from Bidassoa Basque Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
@ Dok Festival. Amber colour, white foam. Sweet aroma of ripe fruits, sweet malts. TAste is malty, some note of citrus. Well balanced hoppy lager.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Amuitz from Bidassoa Basque Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Bidassoa Amuitz (by Bidassoa Basque Brewery):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
5/VII/19 - on tap @ DOK Beer Festival (Gent), BB: n/a - (2019-969) Thanks to all my beer friends for sharing today's beers!
Clear deep blond to almost orange beer, creamy white head, stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: sweetish, lots of ripe fruits, sweaty feet, cheesy, decent! MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very malty, grains, some citrus, grapefruit, grassy, hoppy, bitter. Aftertaste: dry, some citrus, lots of grapefruit, nice!