BrewDog Barrel Aged 7.7 Lager

Brewed by BrewDog
Style: Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils
Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Serve in Dimpled mug, Footed Pilsner, Lager glass, Stein

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Bottle from Dranken Geers, Oostakker, Gent, Belgium 8th June 2012 consumed sat outside Frank (camper) at Bredene-aan-Zee, West Flanders, Belgium the same day. Clear as clear can be, warm gold in colour with a white head. Loz gets butterscotch on the nose, she has now changed her mind to fudge, I got sizzling blackening butter. A decent and very interesting beer, the barrel ageing certainly adds something to this. This is deceptive as the strength does not hit you as much as you might expect. Tangy, fruity edge, soft carbonation lightly numbing bitterness. Good. A7 A5 T7 P4 Ov14 3.7

Bottle 33cl. Poors clear yellow with white head. Aroma is wood, grass, vanilla, caramel, some malts. Taste is vanilla, fresh, nice little bitter. Mouth-feel a bit creamy. A very nice take on a lager.

[Keg at Brewdog Camden] On the whole I love barrel-aged beers; I wasn’t convinced about how it would work with a lager - but I was eager to give it a go. So - it pours pale amber with a moderate off-white head. There’s vanilla and wood up front, and grass and lemon behind, giving (unsurprisingly) a lagery taste at the back of your mouth. As I suspected, the barrel flavours don’t really compliment the lager, and it’s rather muted for Brewdog. It’s pleasant enough, though, and I still enjoyed the smoothness of the vanilla, but as other people have said, Innis & Gunn do this better. As an aside though, the Brewdog pork and fennel burger that followed this was fantastic - the best burger I’ve ever had. Can’t rate their burgers highly enough!

Keg at BrewDog Camden, London. Pours clear, copper-gold with. Small, white foam head. Aome aged, souring malts in the nose. Flavor is pretty messy, lightly tangy with muted fruit tones, some dry wood, a bit of sugar, some lager character. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Mildly sweet finish with subtle warmth, toasted sugar, light wood, some more tangy malts. This is a very weak effort. If you can age a lager, this isn’t how to do it.

33cl bottle. Pours amber with lazy bubbles and a nicely proportioned head. Nose of wood and caramel. Taste of toffee, candied orange peel and then a fudge finish. The palate is medium to full bodied with a big tangy middle section and a surprisingly balanced finish considering a lager has been hit with a whisky barrel. Overall, didn’t give this much hope when I heard what they’d done, but glad I’ve had it.

Incredibly bright and sparkling. Initial hit is of a good pilsner lager but then the 'woodiness' takes over adding vanilla to the creamy toffee notes. Hops still dominate though making the aftertaste quite sour and then the warming alcohol kicks in... Mutil layered like Innis & Gunn but not as good. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

On keg at The BrewDog Bar, Edinburgh. Pours a golden colour with a decent white head. The aroma is a little sour with a Belgian yeast character. Lemon, oak, Werther’s original caramels and raspberry characters. Moderate carbonation and a foamy mouth-feel. Nice and dry to finish. I really enjoyed this.

UPDATED: MAY 20, 2012 Keg @ BrewDog Edinburgh. Bright unnatural orange colour, not much head. Sour grassy malt aroma. Bitter sweet aromatic barley flavour. Sour aftertaste. Unbalanced. Not sure what this is. Not BrewDogs best.

Keg at BrewDog Edinburgh. Pale yellow amber, thin white head. Soft lager malts on the nose, subtle grassy hops and a big whack of oaky vanilla. Surprisingly dry front, with well balanced lager malts. Nice full body from the oak, and a balanced peppery noble hop character. I was skeptical, but this is actually very good.

Tried this on tap at brewdog edinburgh. Crisp clear appearance with a real toffee nose. Very similar to innes & gunn in taste but not as malty. Not bad but wouldn’t drink too much of it.