Cellared Beer Reviews

[KevSal]

2013 B1 Rum King thanks to Fingolfin and Minnesotaryan. Opens with a fizz. Pours with decent head and some foam that sticks around for a while. Nose is very rum forward with some chocolate and oxidation. Taste is fairly flat and one dimensional. Boozy rum in the front with some generic aged stout notes to round it out. Minimal carbonation. It's definitely over the hill but still has some life left in it thanks to the huge rum presence. Thanks for the treat fellas!

damn i’m sitting on one of these, guess it’s time to move it to the front of the line?

 

[SeizeTheCarp]

2013 Allagash Midnight Brett. Bottled June 14, 2013.

Surprised at how much carb this one had. Roasty, funky, even some mild tannins showing up. Quite enjoyable for a style I don't usually find myself reaching for.

 

[jdd419]

Drank this a few days ago. Cherries were good and still very fruit forward while cold. Turned into enamel ripping sour as it warmed.

Probably wouldn't drink this much again of this. Small sample would be good though. I have a feeling I will be saying that about a lot of TRB beers I have left.

 

[trickytunadicky]

2008 Fort paired with Shakedown.

Somehow still boozy af. Otherwise raspberry jam.

 

[trickytunadicky]

2008 Fort paired with Shakedown.

Somehow still boozy af. Otherwise raspberry jam.

Since I just missed the edit window:

Edit: After a few more sips... This is like you added 151 to your favorite fruit beer. The ideal drinking time was probably closer to 5-7 years out. The raspberry would have still been fairly strong (there is no mellowing this boozefest like with Raison D'Extra), but the fruit to booze balance would have been closer. Too young and the raspberries themselves being so strong would have also thrown their own tannic heat. This is basically fruit barleywine. I will be on the floor after my pour. RIP Sunday day buzz, I will be full blown day drunk. I hope I finish my laundry and packing. I have **** to do today. cheers!

 

[FTowne1]

RIP Sunday day buzz, I will be full blown day drunk.

Das it mane

 

[stupac2]

Had some fun stuff today:

Let's start with this:

2007 OGV (not Valentine's). Surprisingly little carb, less than Zenne which I wasn't expecting at all. Still nice, good funk, but I remember these being better. At least my son liked it:

Didn't take a picture of the LPG 2009, but it was awesome. It tasted bizarrely like the Zenne, like I might've had a hard time telling them apart blind. Not sure what to make of that. Really funky, great smell, interesting sweetness. Still doing well.

1999 Fou Foune: alarmingly good. I used to see those large verts of Fou and wonder what was wrong with those people, but this was amazing. Still plenty peachy, and a strange (for a Cantillon anyway) amount of oaky butteriness, or something, that worked pretty well. Probably less sour than most fresh Fou now. Happy I got to try it, can't imagine I will again.

Kinda cheating here since I have no idea what this was like fresh, but this was a bizarre Uli blend. A few different lambics plus Rochefort 8 and 10, aged in a Calvafort barrel, whatever that is. Best before 3/17/2018, so we were just under the wire! I really can't describe it, there was so much going on, it was enjoyable but very strange. Dark, smokey, tart, funky, just very complicated.

 

[davey101]

Since I just missed the edit window:

Edit: After a few more sips... This is like you added 151 to your favorite fruit beer. The ideal drinking time was probably closer to 5-7 years out. The raspberry would have still been fairly strong (there is no mellowing this boozefest like with Raison D'Extra), but the fruit to booze balance would have been closer. Too young and the raspberries themselves being so strong would have also thrown their own tannic heat. This is basically fruit barleywine. I will be on the floor after my pour. RIP Sunday day buzz, I will be full blown day drunk. I hope I finish my laundry and packing. I have **** to do today. cheers!

I miss the 'ol 750's of this beer. A shop near my apartment in college had cases on the shelf that never sold and I used to sprinkle one in every now and then and just make a day of it.

 

[matedog]

Clearing bottles I really shouldn't be cellaring before the move:

B1 Winification - Original review from like 4 years ago said "BT but slightly sour." It pretty much tastes the same, though the sour/fruit flavor is starting to conflate with the standard Bruery oxidation that they seem to have problems with.

6/18/14 Temptation - Perhaps the 15% abv beer I had beforehand threw me off, but I was surprised how much I liked this. I usually think Tempt is the least interesting of the standard RRBC sours, but this had some good green apple notes and the brett was really strong. I'm not sure if that's attributable to age or batch, but this had a lot more going on than the standard one note dry white grape thing Tempt usually has.

 

[stupac2]

I usually think Tempt is the least interesting of the standard RRBC sours

Them's fightin' words.

 

[Tlo4sho]

1999 Fou Foune: Still plenty peachy

Apricoty as well?

 

[matedog]

Them's fightin' words.

I still have a 2012 which I should open soon. If that is similarly delicious, I may have a new found love for aged Temptation.

 

[stupac2]

Apricoty as well?

[facepalm] Maybe I'll get those fruits confused less when both my trees are fruiting.

I still have a 2012 which I should open soon. If that is similarly delicious, I may have a new found love for aged Temptation.

Did you ever have any B4 when it was around at Toronado and such? That might've been the best beer RR has made, alongside B3 Beat. IIRC it's fallen off pretty hard, but it's like 8-9 years old so that's hardly surprising.

 

[Tlo4sho]

[facepalm] Maybe I'll get those fruits confused less when both my trees are fruiting.

I've done it myself from time to time.

 

[matedog]

[facepalm] Maybe I'll get those fruits confused less when both my trees are fruiting.

Did you ever have any B4 when it was around at Toronado and such? That might've been the best beer RR has made, alongside B3 Beat. IIRC it's fallen off pretty hard, but it's like 8-9 years old so that's hardly surprising.

I've heard mythical things about it and was kicking myself for not ordering it when it was available for on site at the brewpub for awhile.

Given the results my Beat mini-vert I did awhile back, I'm wondering beginning to think they are a rare case (for me) of their beers actually being better with 3-5 years.

 

[stupac2]

I've heard mythical things about it and was kicking myself for not ordering it when it was available for on site at the brewpub for awhile.

Given the results my Beat mini-vert I did awhile back, I'm wondering beginning to think they are a rare case (for me) of their beers actually being better with 3-5 years.

Mmmm, 2013 Pliny...

 

[matedog]

Mmmm, 2013 Pliny...

Nah, I'm thinking B1 Row 2. Still got a case that I'm hoping to flip...

 

[holldy01]

Got this at the end of last year. A bit over the hill. Opens flat and a bit dull but brightened as it warmed. No grapefruit but there is some lemon. Not bad but lacking depth, just a bit dull.

 

[Shakedwnst]

I still have a 2012 which I should open soon. If that is similarly delicious, I may have a new found love for aged Temptation.

Had a 5 year old pour at a philly beer week event a few years ago and have been sitting on a few bottles of ‘15 ever since....

I liked temptation, but that older batch was really something else.

 

[stupac2]

2010 Orval. I bought this not too long after I got into beer, and have been holding onto it since. I think I waited too long, the brett had evolved in a direction that I didn't love, although toward the end of the glass it was warming up to me. Still very enjoyable though. I've been pretty derelict about getting more Orval, although at the last Whole Foods beer sale I grabbed a few, I should really have a case or two.

 

[regularjohn]

I've been pretty derelict about getting more Orval

 

[fogindex]

2010 Orval. I bought this not too long after I got into beer, and have been holding onto it since. I think I waited too long, the brett had evolved in a direction that I didn't love, although toward the end of the glass it was warming up to me. Still very enjoyable though. I've been pretty derelict about getting more Orval, although at the last Whole Foods beer sale I grabbed a few, I should really have a case or two.

There's a place in S. Lake Tahoe that has Orval from 2011-on, I had an '11 paired with wild boar for Thanksgiving a few months back that was fantastic. Actually they may have these glasses for sale if you ask (I'll ask next month if you're still ISO):

 

[CommanderofAwesome]

This has held up surprisingly well.

 

[Snarf1]

This has held up surprisingly well.

Surprisingly? Was it stored in the trunk of your car or something? 2 or 3 years before those are even drinkable, 5 is just getting good!

 

[matedog]

Surprisingly? Was it stored in the trunk of your car or something? 2 or 3 years before those are even drinkable, 5 is just getting good!

Yeah, I posted my take on an 01/03/05/07/09 set not too long ago: https://www.talkbeer.com/community/posts/1352162/
They were all great and holding up super well. I’m not much of an old beer guy but the 01 was my favorite because the softer carb made for a nice smooth mouthfeel.

 

[matedog]

Glad I didn't move this bottle. November 2012 SITR. I still really enjoy fresh SITR, but this was an oxidized mess. It doesn't bode well that every Bruery beer I've had at 4+ years has had serious oxidation issues. It hadn't gotten overly acidic at least.

 

[stakem1]

Sat down with this guy last night since its been resting 2 years in the bottle now. I heard reports that this has “gone downhill” as soon as 6 months after it was released.

I honestly dont know what people are talking about and im trying to understand but I just dont get it. This brew is phenomenal. The only thing I can make out that has changed about it is that while fresh it had more sweetness akin to vanilla/caramel and now it has seemingly dried out a bit having more focus on its earthen roastiness and even some smokiness poking through mingled with oak. After nearly chugging half the pour, I let it sit at room temp for a good 30-45 minutes while playing games with my kids. Came back to it and it was like liquified boozy chocolate.

 

[Gaseous Clay]

Had some fun stuff today:

Let's start with this:

2007 OGV (not Valentine's). Surprisingly little carb, less than Zenne which I wasn't expecting at all. Still nice, good funk, but I remember these being better. At least my son liked it:

Didn't take a picture of the LPG 2009, but it was awesome. It tasted bizarrely like the Zenne, like I might've had a hard time telling them apart blind. Not sure what to make of that. Really funky, great smell, interesting sweetness. Still doing well.

1999 Fou Foune: alarmingly good. I used to see those large verts of Fou and wonder what was wrong with those people, but this was amazing. Still plenty peachy, and a strange (for a Cantillon anyway) amount of oaky butteriness, or something, that worked pretty well. Probably less sour than most fresh Fou now. Happy I got to try it, can't imagine I will again.

Kinda cheating here since I have no idea what this was like fresh, but this was a bizarre Uli blend. A few different lambics plus Rochefort 8 and 10, aged in a Calvafort barrel, whatever that is. Best before 3/17/2018, so we were just under the wire! I really can't describe it, there was so much going on, it was enjoyable but very strange. Dark, smokey, tart, funky, just very complicated.

You drank two of my birthday bottlings in one share I am rather envious.

 

[stupac2]

You drank two of my birthday bottlings in one share I am rather envious.

Which ones?

 

[Gaseous Clay]

Which ones?

You buyin' me a present?

Both the 2009 LPG and 2007 OGV were bottled on 12/27
A special day for lambic. Its also JVR's birthday.