Giving up on oaked beers...

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I've had four oaked beers. La Musette by Allagash, Madrugada Obscura by Jolly Pumpkin, and two others I can't recall.

I hated all of them. In general, they ranged from "Pretty Gross" to "Downright Undrinkable". I'm giving up. I don't like the oak flavor in beer.

I did thoroughly enjoy one or two "Bourbon Barrel" stouts though... So what gives? :drunk:
 
Yeast Infection said:
is the oak in oaked beers charred or toasted like a Bourbon barrle is?
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No... I probably like the burnt oak because it is the sweet taste of the destruction of oak, oak being a taste which is vile and foul. Sort of an enemy of an enemy is a friend sort of thing, I suppose...
 
Yeast Infection said:
is the oak in oaked beers charred or toasted like a Bourbon barrle is?
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I would have to say yes, I can't seem to find any coopers that don't char/toast their barrels. Also what i have come across is many smaller brewery will use old wine barrels or wiskey/bourbon barrels.

Cheers
 
This has kept me from trying the Oaked Arrogant bastard. I like AB as is, it is a little bit malty so not quite my normal preference, but I just think the oaky taste would ruin that beer. I'm with you man. :)
 
Rook said:
This has kept me from trying the Oaked Arrogant bastard. I like AB as is, it is a little bit malty so not quite my normal preference, but I just think the oaky taste would ruin that beer. I'm with you man. :)
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Don't be skerred.

If you like AB, you'll like the Oaked AB. It is very subtle oak, in fact it smoothes out the beer some. I heard a quote by the CEO of Stone saying "Oaked AB is like AB in a tux". I think that is a fitting description for it. I wish I had more of the stuff.
 
What's that brewery? Great Divide?

I had their oaked Yeti Imperial Stout. That one was merely gross, not disgustingly undrinkable like one or two of the others I had.

And it's weird. I like to think I have a pretty good palate, with a tolerance for a variety of tastes.. but man oh man... oak character, to me, tastes like licking a 9 volt battery.... which is followed by a hint of upset stomach. Blech!!!!
 
Toot said:
What's that brewery? Great Divide?

I had their oaked Yeti Imperial Stout. That one was merely gross, not disgustingly undrinkable like one or two of the others I had.

And it's weird. I like to think I have a pretty good palate, with a tolerance for a variety of tastes.. but man oh man... oak character, to me, tastes like licking a 9 volt battery.... which is followed by a hint of upset stomach. Blech!!!!
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I would agree with you on that one. The bottle of oaked yeti that I had was borderline undrinkable as the oak was downright overwhelming.

Other oak aged beers that I recall having recently: muesette (tap), oaked AB (bottle) and burton baton (bottle) were all significantly more subtle on the oaking.
 
Big difference in putting a few small oak chips in, and putting the whole wort in an oak barrel. Maybe the barrel thing is just too much?
 

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