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8 Wired Batch 18 - Barrel Aged Imperial Stout

Score
9988
OVERALLStyle
8 Wired Brewing
Brewed at Renaissance Brewing
Style: Imperial Stout
Blenheim, New Zealand
Serve in Snifter

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 71   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.87   SEASONAL: Special   IBU: 75   EST. CALORIES: 375   ABV: 12.5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
We always wanted to do something unique for our 8th batch but it came around so fast that we had to meet demand for our existing beers. So we decided to hold out until the 18th batch to produce a seasonal celebration of what 8 Wired has become over the last 18 months. Batch 18 is not for the faint of heart, nor the selfish. It’s a huge celebration of flavour that’s made to share and to savour. It’s the product of our wildest imagination, brewed by hand with one goal - to make the most regal of imperial stouts. Batch 18 uses an enormous amount of malt, hops and a delicious Indian raw sugar, Jaggery. We fermented it with two different yeast strains, infused it with locally roasted fair trade organic coffee, then aged it for three months in American oak barrels. We did this not just for the challenge or the journey, but to showcase our philosophy of creativity and quality. We didn’t just make it because we could, but because we had to, and it’s the perfect expression of our raison d’être, ingenuity in flavour.


3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
Baz7778 (24) - SCOTLAND - MAY 15, 2012
Picked this up in the USA lacked lace and seem to have little carbonation perhaps the travel has hurt this beer could not find a packaging date.. Roasty notes on the nose better fresher? ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
RasmusOtt (770) - Aalborg, DENMARK - MAY 12, 2012
Pours black with a tiny brown head. Aroma is oak, vanilla, dark fruits, chocolate, weak alcoholic hints, coffee, thick dark malts, brown raw sugar and dryness. Taste is oak, dry wood, roasted coffee, brown sugar, smooth chocolate, vanilla, liquorice, salty, bitter espresso and some alcohol.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
gunnfryd (7007) - Kristiansand, NORWAY - MAY 11, 2012
Bottle. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma is vanilla, roasted malt, coffee. Flavour is vanilla , cocos, malt, hop, coffee, alcohol. Full body. Very nice beer.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
lortsker (277) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - MAY 9, 2012
bottle, thanks RasmusOtt, Pours pitch black with a quickly disappearing head, lovely lacing, Aroma: Roasted, dried, fruits, red berries, chocolate, acidic notes, malty sweet, wet wood, woody notes, vanilla, fruity, coffee notes, grassy. Taste: Deep roasted, a bit tingly sweet and some warmth from the alcohol, grassy, sugar burn, minerals, iron, earthy, chocolate, roasted bitterness, acidic notes, dry, chalky, prunes, raisins vanilla, coffee, long dry, sweet tingly end notes

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
phredrik (877) - Aalborg, DENMARK - MAY 9, 2012
50 cl bottle courtesy of RasmusOtt. Black pour, quickly dissipatig head. Aroma has a huge buttery vanilla bourbon presence, lots of chocolate sweetness, dark fruits, fudge, caramel, light alcohol feel. Taste has a lot of malt sweetness, dark chocolate, burnt malts, coffee bitterness, oak and vanilla presence, tarry feeling. Oily texture, mild carbonation. Would prefer the iStout.

3.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
GT2 (3942) - Washington DC, USA - MAY 9, 2012
500mL thanks to rasmusott. My 300th imperial stout rating. Fizzing, weak brown head atop clear mahogany. No lace. Nose is a bit vegetal with mild tomato. Taste is silky and rich losing off DMS character. Palate is richer, a bit tangy. Not bad. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Travlr (5359) - Washington, Washington DC, USA - MAY 9, 2012
Bottle courtesy of RasmusOtt, thank you sir! Almost black, thick brown head with good retention. Aroma of. Anilla, whiskey, coffee. Taste is burnt coffee, vanilla, licorice, some booze. Really nice.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
anders37 (9873) - Malmö, SWEDEN - MAY 8, 2012
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty bourbon chocolate aroma with hints of vanilla. Roasted malty chocoalte and vanilla bourbon flavor. Has a roasted malty bourbon chocolate and licorice finish.

4.3
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
sfhodense (3820) - Odense NØ, DENMARK - MAY 7, 2012
Pours black with a light brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, oak, bourbon, vanilla, coffee and light liquorish. Flavour si roasted malt, light malt acidic, chocolate, alcohol coffee, vanilla and oak.

4.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
jesperhammer (1518) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - APR 2, 2012
16-MAR-2012, bottle @home, from "Fish & Beer". Black with a brown head. Wonderfull bourbon nose. A little peat. Taste is smooth, chocolate, coffee, roast, and bourbon. All lovely smooth. Fantastic brew.


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