North Coast Old Stock Cellar Reserve Brandy Barrel

Formerly brewed at North Coast Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Fort Bragg, California USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle 375ml. corked.

[ Courtesy of Secret Summer Santa ]. Clear medium to dark brown amber colour with a small to average, fizzy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, dark berry - fruity, wood, alcohol - bandy, moderate roasted, raisin. Flavour is light heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, dried berry, alcohol, alcohol warm, raisin. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20121019]

Huge thanks to funkel81 for getting this to me. Been a long time want for me. 375 ml bottle C&C bottle served in a Half Acre tulip. A: Pours a dark brown color with a stillness to it. Very low carbonation with no real head forming on the pour besides some small off-white wisps hovering around on top. S: Toffee sweetness with some dark fruit flavors. Toasted malts with raisins, figs and some earthy dates. Caramel as well. T: Burnt sugars with some caramel covered raisins. Heavy malt sweetness with a touch of light cardboard. As it warms it takes on a light earthiness with more sweet toffee and a fudge characteristic as well. Dark fruits on the finish. No noticeable booze at all. M: Medium bodied with a slightly syrupy mouthfeel. Low carbonation level. O: Letting this sit around warm up to room temperature really opened up a great bouquet of flavors. The minimal oxidation gave it a sherry like flavor to it and a nice sweetness as well. Most personal whales disappoint, this did not. Serving type: bottle

Bottle @ home. Pours dark amber with a small quick dissapearing head. Aroma is dark fruit, raisins, figs, chocolate notes, brandy, toffee, alcohol. Flavor is raisins, figs, dark fruit, alcohol, oak, toffee. Soft carbonation. This is awesome.

My Rating # 11200. Bottle @ French Oktoberfest Tasting Ulfborg, 2012. Pours dark brown with a small bubbly head. Nose is fruit, caramel, oak, brandy and some well matured cellar like notes. Sweet and oaky flavor with a touch of candy, caramel and vanilla. Sticky and warming. Nice.

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear reddish brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dried fruit, wood, vanilla and gentle notes of whisky. Flavor is very sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet finish with lots of warming alcohol. Smooth. 191012

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Bottle @ FoneFan, 14.7%. Dark brown/red with tiny head. Aroma is malt, caramel, dark fruits, wood and oak. Flavour is malt, caramel, toffee, oak, medium sweet, brandy, wood, raisin, little vanilla, warming and light nutty.

Sample during tasting @ Ölrepubliken. Main reason I’m here. Pours hazy reddish wooden brown with no head worth mentioning. Smell is sweet and malty with caramel, brandy, resinous wood, alcohol, plums in brandy, vanilla fudge, orange peal, roasted caramelized almonds, leather, pine and lemon zest. Taste is sweet, malty, fruity and vinous with caramel, sweet bread, brandy, resinous wood, plums in brandy, raisins, orange zest, lemon zest, leather, pine and hints of moist soil. Mouthfeel is round, boozy, slightly vinous and full bodied. Finish is sweet, tiny bitter and fruity with caramel, sweet bread, brandy, wood, caramelized nuts and raisins. Extremely good but I suspect it would have been better a few years ago.

Bottle at a recent bottle share... Wow! A big want of mine for a long time and I finally got a pour. 2005 vintage, with although a hint of oxidation, showed little signs of its age. Poured brown with a bubbly, khaki head. Still so much booze and brandy tones. Oak, wood, vanilla, toffee and caramel sweetness with worty malts. Finished with brandy booze and alcohol. Holy shit! This lived up to what I imagined it would be like.

Bottle 37,5 cl. Pours ruby mahogany, brilliant, with a small bubbly iff white head. Aroma is vinous port madeira grapes raisins sweet alcohol almonds. Flavor is lean velvety, alcohol is there all right but in a pleasant way, dry alcohol malty in front, elegant port madeira touch with dried fruits and pleasant bitterness and increased maltyness from middle ending with flavors sustaining and more noticeable touch of warming alcohol leather and lean bitterness. A bit short finish maybe.