BrewDog Abstrakt AB:10

Brewed by BrewDog
Style: American Strong Ale
Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Un liquide brun rougeatre magnifique surmonté d’une tete génératrice de dentelle comme rarement j’ai vu. Un nez de coulis de raisins hyper malté, vraiment similaire à la raison d’extra, ça augure franchement bien. En bouche c’est une rondeur parfaite qui se déverse, tout le long de la déguste j’avais peine à y croire. Chocolat, raisins, malts foncés se laissent compléter par le baril de vin de façon surprenante. Dans la catégorie ’’intéressante idée sur papier mais est-ce que ça marche?", le gagnant est Brewdog...et c’est loin d’avoir toujours ete le cas.

UPDATED: JAN 8, 2013 Bottle at home, bottled 20/06/12. Bottle 7222 of 9987. Dark reddish brown color, almost black. Smooth medium white head. Nice aroma of oak, licorice, alcohol, roasted malts, raisin. Smooth mouthfeel, taste of oak, licorice, coffee, little alcohol but not dominating, full bodied, sweetness and balanced. Taste staying nicely long. Multiform taste gives extra points.

Vanilla, chocolate, bourbon, dark berries, plums, raisins, warming alcohol, peanut butter, toffee. A real quality brown ale.

Aroma is full of vanilla, toffee, a bit of malt sweetness and many-many tones hard to recognize. Taste is just incredible! ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pours a cloudy dark brown colour with a one inch white head. Aroma of cherries, burnt wood, leather, with a supprisingly small alcohol stinch. Flavour is red fruits, syrup, wet wood with a long, dry aftertaste. Medium body, with a super smooth mothfeel. This beer is just fantastic in my opinion. Really good balance, a lovely taste and quite supprisingly easy to drink. Awesome!

Keg at BrewDog Camden, London. Pours dark brown with a large, lasting creamy tan cap. Lots to take in on the nose. Loads of dark, sun-dried fruits such as raisins, blackcurrants and dates. There are notes of rich chocolate syrup and mild alcohol. Light earth and burnt wood. Flavor is fantastic. It is very sweet, though I wouldn’t say cloying. Plenty more ripened dark fruits here, dates and raisins especially, also brown sugar, restrained chocolate, moderate roast, hints of alcohol, some woody dryness that spreads out the sugars. There are hints of lightly tangy cherry cordials as well. Full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Somewhat chewy. Very sweet to finish with some warmth, moderate sticky sugars, figs, dates, brown sugar, faint grapes, touches of wood, very light earth. Soft roast, hints of toffee. Lasting impressions of brown sugar, dates, currants. Excellent beer. Very bold with deep complexity.

29/X/12 - 375ml bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - bottled: 20/IV/12 - bottle # 7946/9987 (2012-1218)

Clear very dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of forest fruits, red lace candy, strawberries, on warming up more mocha, fudge, caramel, some vanilla, hint of bourbon or whisky, more fruity candy, sugary. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body, thick texture. Taste: very fruity start, red forest fruits, sweet and sugary, caramel, red lace candy, brown sugar, some vanilla, sweet chocolate, bourbon, some mocha, sweet alcohol. Aftertaste: some vanilla, bourbon, caramel, bit of mocha, coffee as well. Awesome dessert beer!

olor marrón muy oscuro, opaco, poca espuma, de color beige, escasa pero persistente y compacta, nada de carbónico. Aroma: intenso pero sutil muy maltoso, casi como una scotch ale, muy complejo, melaza, miel frutas oscuras, flores. Sabor: suave y equilibrado, muy complejo, vino dulce, no llega a ser empalagoso, se camufla bien con los sabores de las maltas, muchas ciruelas pasas, muchos frutos secos, nueces y almendras, vainilla, romero, bastante madera (como veis, también podría recordar un poco a una quad curiosona). Alcohol muy bien integrado. Retrogusto larguísimo con notas de chocolate. un auténtico cervezón, de lo mejor que he probado este año, o el año pasado, mejor dicho, espectacular, muy compleja y con muchos matices pero muy bien hecha, extremadamente equilibrada, nada exagerada, muy fácil de beber. Original, pero sin ser una locura,

Bottle at home. Caramel colour with no head. Good legs. A deep boozy, rum raisin aroma. The aroma opens up when it gets a bit warmer. The beer has light carbonation which suits it well, and has a really smooth velvety palete. The base beer compliments the wine character beautifully and it hides the ABV diceptivly. This is very well put together beer.

[375ml bottle, Appellation Wines, Edinburgh] Left for 6-8 months in sweet, sherry-like red wine casks, produces a nose that is just incredible – soft, sweet, juicy and with a background hum of alcohol. Extremely porty, in every respect. Apparently, the brown ale was brewed to be very bitter to compensate for the expected sweet pickup – and as a result, everything has married together beautifully. An Abstrakt almost on a par with AB:04 [18022013]