Tag: brandy barrel-aged

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Review – Brandy Barrel-Aged OE Barleywine from Smog City

I have expectations when it comes to Smog City Brewing and barrel-aged beers. They continue to set a high bar and their latest OE barleywine ages in Brandy barrels exceeds expectations.

The brandy just pours out of this. It must have been a super wet barrel. Near dessert levels this. Pours a dead black color. Lots of sugar to me with a growing abv heat from the over 12% barleywine. Getting some cake like notes here. Not that I am aficionado of fruit cake but this is redolent with that fullness. But mostly this is a brandy show and it is great.

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Brandied About

Chimay has been putting some of their classic Belgian ales into barrels and this year, the new Barrel-fermented Grand Reserve is aged in “barrels of Brandy sourced from one of the oldest wine regions in the world”.  It is certainly on my extra long wish list.

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Holiday Cheers – Day 29 – Mulled Memories from Bottle Logic

Getting near the end here, let’s add in a new beer from Bottle Logic Brewing and one of their pastry-esque beers with a memory, a Mulled Memory.

“Apple Brandy Barrel-Aged Mulled Golden Ale with elegant aromas of wintery apple cider curl from the glass of this Apple Brandy Barrel-Aged Golden Ale. A subtle wisp of lactose twists through the base, tethering the delicate apple character to a warming blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and citrus peel.”