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4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Strong - Wheatwine, The Ale Apothecary, USA

The Ale Apothecary Red Echo

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Brewery: The Ale Apothecary
Country: USA
ABV: 10.89%
Style: Wheatwine
Other Notes: 1240 bottles

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Wheatwine Ale brewed with ponderosa needles aged in wine & whiskey barrels.

(from hanging neck tag) .Palouse wheat + Mecca Grade Estate Malt. .+ ponderosa needles. .Oregon Spirit Distillery wheat whiskey. .+ 2nd use wine barrels. .presented barrel-still without carbonation. .1240 bottles. .find ways to honor the wild earth.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4

Intro: A 500ml corked bottle, batch from 5th June 2017, poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A lemon tea orange brown colour with no head and no lacing.
Aroma: Fruity, plum, apple, a touch vinous, with notes of vanilla, oak, and butterscotch.
Taste: Lightly sour and tart, plum, cherry, apple, vinous, with notes of honey, oak and a slow spicy burn.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with no carbonation “this beer is still”.
Overall: Admittedly probably aged longer than ideal, but still an enjoyable sipper with aroma and flavours that combine well.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Strong - Wheatwine, The Bruery, USA

The Bruery White Chocolate

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Brewery: The Bruery
Country: USA
ABV: 13.8%
Style: Wheatwine
Other Notes: Ale aged in bourbon barrels with cacao nibs and vanilla beans. This bourbon barrel-aged wheatwine-style ale made a fanciful trip to the chocolatier, featuring cacao nibs from TCHO and fresh vanilla beans.

Brewer Description: (from bottle) This is one luscious, rewarding summons to the senses – beginning with its golden appearance and finishing with warming, which chocolate-like flavors. This is accomplished by adding cacao nibs and fresh vanilla beans to our bourbon barrel-aged wheatwine-style ale, complementing the rich notes of coconut, honey, caramel and vanilla from extensive barrel-aging.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.25
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 750ml bottle, 2017 edition, bottled on 19th January 2017. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: A cloudy orange brown colour with a half finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly, while leaving some fine spotty lacing.
Aroma: Bourbon, chocolate, cacao, caramel, toffee, vanilla, raisin, with a hint of nuts and orange.
Taste: Moderately sweet, caramel, toffee, vanilla, honey, bourbon, chocolate, coconut, boozy, and a lightly bitter finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
Overall: Boozy yet still smooth, with good aroma, flavours and complexity.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Denmark, Mikkeller ApS x Three Floyds Brewing Co., Strong - Wheatwine

Mikkeller x Three Floyds Hvedegoop

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Brewery: Mikkeller ApS x Three Floyds Brewing Co.
Country: Denmark
ABV: 10.4%
Style: Wheatwine
Other Notes: Wheatwine

Brewer Description: (from Three Floyds website) A wheat wine brewed with our friends at Mikkeller.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.02
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 750ml bottle with a best before date of 9th April 2020 (drank before that date, I’m just behind in my reviews). Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: A hazy amber brown orange colour with a one finger beige head that had decent retention while leaving nice lacing.
Aroma: Sweet dark fruit, plum, prunes, fig, pineapple juice, caramel, honey, and a splash of lime.
Taste: Sweet and bitter, dark fruit, plum, prunes, fig, pineapple juice, caramel, honey, citrus rind, pine, herbal, oak, lime and a touch bready.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
Overall: Nice enjoyable sipper with good balance between sweet and bitter.