Iron Hill Oak Aged Quad

tasted with the phoenix crew. opened by sparky27. pours a clear copper color with no head. smells like freshly smoked maple cured bacon... cream, smoke, oaky/wood, tobacco, golden raisins and brown sugar. tastes really smokey... astringent and almost fake? flavors include oaky/barrel/vanilla, toffee, spice, alcohol, dark dried fruit (maybe figs and black raisins) and a surprisingly dry finish. it’s still way too sweet but at least this has some characteristics to make it worth the effort (versus the regular). medium body with a creamy texture and light mouth feel.

Sampled at Bockyhorsey’s Bocky Bash on 7-5-08. Not much diferent from the father other than the alcohol presence and smoky wood aroma was ood. Still sweet malted quad that left mild smoke and a sweet aftertaste. Just too sweet for my palate I quess.

Sampled at Bockyhorsey’s Bocky Bash on 7-5-08. Cloudy dark brown pour with a small tan head. Aroma of raisins, molasses, alcohol and wood. Lightly sweet flavor of dark ripe fruit, caramel malt, wood and alcohol. Much tastier and more complex than the non-oaked version. Nice.

Bottle courtesy of GMCC2181 and shared at the 7/5/08 Bocky Bash locals tasting as a small vertical with the non-oaked version. Pours a clear brown with minimal tan head. Nose is sour oak, tobacco, molasses and alchohol. Taste is burnt caramel, tobacco, wood notes and alcohol. Full, creamy mouth feel. I liked this one much better than the quadfather. Thanks G!

750, thanks to SuzyGreenberg! Pours cloudy brown with a lacy off-white head. Nutty caramel aroma. Full sweet body. Taste of molasses, figs, cherry, vanilla. Semi-dry finish.