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Tsingtao Brewing Co.

Tsingtao Brewing Co.
Legend Barrel Aged Lager

Category: Barrel Aged Lager

Date Tasted:
Country: China
Alcohol: 11.5%
94 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional

Tsingtao Brewing Co.
Legend Barrel Aged Lager

Category: Barrel Aged Lager

Date Tasted:
Country: China
Alcohol: 11.5%
Clear medium copper color. Aromas and flavors of caramel sauce, caramel heavy bread pudding and bananas foster, apple brandy, and dates and figs with a round, lively, petillant, fruity medium-to-full body and a warming, complex, medium-long finish manifesting elements of baked apple bread, bread pudding with toffee date syrup, honey, and caramel, and sweet delicious honey barrel. Full of self-love here, awash with caramelized dessert flavors without being too sweet; rich and enveloping without overwhelming the palate.

Tasting Info

Beer Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: caramel sauce, caramel heavy bread pudding and bananas foster, apple brandy, and dates and figs
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with elements of baked apple bread, bread pudding with toffee date syrup, honey, and caramel, and sweet delicious honey barrel
Bitterness Bitterness: Medium/High
Enjoy Enjoy: on its own
Recipes Pairing: BBQ Chicken, Ribs, Steak & Potatoes
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Full of self-love here, awash with caramelized dessert flavors without being too sweet; rich and enveloping without overwhelming the palate.

The Importer

Crown Imports LLC

The Importer
1 South Dearborn St Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60603
USA
1 312-873-9600

Barrel Aged Lager

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Serve in a Snifter
The category of barrel-aged beer represents a diverse range of ale and lager styles that have been aged in non-neutral wood. These beers commonly range between 7.5-10% in alcohol with further variations depending on the interpretation of the style. These beers are characterized by both wood-influenced flavors (vanilla, caramel, toast, coconut) and secondary flavors of the alcohol previously aged in the wood (bourbon, scotch whisky, sherry). The overall character of the final beer may also included acetic, lactic or Brettanomyces flavors and aromas resultant of the barrel. A wide variety of base beer styles may be barrel-aged for an additional level of complexity, although barrel-aged versions of darker or more alcoholic styles are among the more common examples. Noteworthy examples of this style include: Goose Island Bourbon County Stout, Alltech Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale and Grand Rapids The Mound Maker.