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Bitch Please (Islay Cask)
BrewDog
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- From:
- BrewDog
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 13.5%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.76 | pDev: 19.41%
- Reviews:
- 13
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 04, 2016
- Added:
- Apr 14, 2012
- Wants:
- 15
- Gots:
- 10
Collaboration with 3 Floyds Brewing Company
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Ratings by BelgianBeerPope:
Reviewed by BelgianBeerPope from Belgium
4.67/5 rDev +24.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.67/5 rDev +24.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bottle @ Brew Dog pub in Manchester on 13/09/2012.
I LOVE Islay whisky's (esp. Ardbeg), so when I saw this bottle, I had to try it (even after the price was revealed :)
To be honest, I think this is the best tasting beer that ever passed through my mouth. The fact that I'm also a great whisky fan makes my review probably a bit objective but If you like peat, smoke, oak, ... taste & smell, this the ONE !
Everything (S - T - M) reminds very much of Ardbeg whisky, although I suspect that they used Laphroaig casks to do the trick. I was a fan of the peated version of the Embrasse (from Dochter v/d Korenaar) but to my opinion, this one is even better.
Small downset is, as already mentioned, the price and therefor appearance gets 4.0 but all the rest is almost perfect ! ! !
S - If this was available as a perfume scent, I would definitely use it :)
T - Peated barley, smoke, vanilla oak, ... Everything which also makes a great whisky
M - Pure heaven
Sep 17, 2012I LOVE Islay whisky's (esp. Ardbeg), so when I saw this bottle, I had to try it (even after the price was revealed :)
To be honest, I think this is the best tasting beer that ever passed through my mouth. The fact that I'm also a great whisky fan makes my review probably a bit objective but If you like peat, smoke, oak, ... taste & smell, this the ONE !
Everything (S - T - M) reminds very much of Ardbeg whisky, although I suspect that they used Laphroaig casks to do the trick. I was a fan of the peated version of the Embrasse (from Dochter v/d Korenaar) but to my opinion, this one is even better.
Small downset is, as already mentioned, the price and therefor appearance gets 4.0 but all the rest is almost perfect ! ! !
S - If this was available as a perfume scent, I would definitely use it :)
T - Peated barley, smoke, vanilla oak, ... Everything which also makes a great whisky
M - Pure heaven
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
2.35/5 rDev -37.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.25
2.35/5 rDev -37.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.25
12 Oz bottle.
Off putting rubbery aroma with a unpleasant flavor dominated by ash. FA Food Science expert in the tasting group said phenols in the aroma.
Overall. Avoid. The worse brew I've had from either FFF or Brewdog.
Apr 04, 2016Off putting rubbery aroma with a unpleasant flavor dominated by ash. FA Food Science expert in the tasting group said phenols in the aroma.
Overall. Avoid. The worse brew I've had from either FFF or Brewdog.
Reviewed by mick303 from Canada (ON)
4.45/5 rDev +18.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.45/5 rDev +18.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bitch Please Islay Cask (batch 44, good till 2017, but the time was right) Poured into a tulip glass was a caramel brown, in the glass quite a bit darker, murky darkish brown, good film and lacing.
S – full of candied and brown sugary aromas, raisins, cherries, sweet treacle, whisps of medicinal smoke and peat coming in, lot of barley notes, a husky sweetness. I had Sunturnbrew by Nogne a few days ago and that came across smokier on the nose.
T – the full barleywine kick is so upfront, then the big salty smoky Islay character comes in strong and lingers through the finish. Starts with candied fruits, and sugary caramelly malts then the transition is abrupt and seamless as you descend into the full depths of peaty southern islay scotch. Notes of smoked fish, oaky treacle, charred barrel, leather, salt, similar to an Ardbeg (maybe) or Laga, not harsh at all which is a bit surprising just a consistent meld of the full bodied barleywine with some seriously smoky and intense islay barrel character, finish is oaky, peaty and longlasting.
M – good, full bodied with a moderate carbonation, strong oaky cloying feel a little bit on the end, maybe a bit long on the barrel contact. Excellent sipping barleywine, alcohol presence isn’t a factor in this profile, well balanced for sure. Lovely.
As a disclaimer, I am a big fan of southern Islay malts, and picked up this beer a year or two ago in Scotland to take home, would highly recommend fans of smoky Islays to try this if they can. Barleywine was a very astute decision to take on the strong peat character, the two meld wonderfully. As it warms a wealth of complexity comes out. This is a really intense beer tho, and probably needs a forewarning before you jump in. But this is really inspiring though, especially the balance, with the boozey whisky barrel working to counter the (boozey) barleywine, somehow worked wonders. How I wish I had more than this bottle...
Jan 19, 2014S – full of candied and brown sugary aromas, raisins, cherries, sweet treacle, whisps of medicinal smoke and peat coming in, lot of barley notes, a husky sweetness. I had Sunturnbrew by Nogne a few days ago and that came across smokier on the nose.
T – the full barleywine kick is so upfront, then the big salty smoky Islay character comes in strong and lingers through the finish. Starts with candied fruits, and sugary caramelly malts then the transition is abrupt and seamless as you descend into the full depths of peaty southern islay scotch. Notes of smoked fish, oaky treacle, charred barrel, leather, salt, similar to an Ardbeg (maybe) or Laga, not harsh at all which is a bit surprising just a consistent meld of the full bodied barleywine with some seriously smoky and intense islay barrel character, finish is oaky, peaty and longlasting.
M – good, full bodied with a moderate carbonation, strong oaky cloying feel a little bit on the end, maybe a bit long on the barrel contact. Excellent sipping barleywine, alcohol presence isn’t a factor in this profile, well balanced for sure. Lovely.
As a disclaimer, I am a big fan of southern Islay malts, and picked up this beer a year or two ago in Scotland to take home, would highly recommend fans of smoky Islays to try this if they can. Barleywine was a very astute decision to take on the strong peat character, the two meld wonderfully. As it warms a wealth of complexity comes out. This is a really intense beer tho, and probably needs a forewarning before you jump in. But this is really inspiring though, especially the balance, with the boozey whisky barrel working to counter the (boozey) barleywine, somehow worked wonders. How I wish I had more than this bottle...
Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia
4.22/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.22/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Pours a red-brown sort of colour, mostly red. Head is beiege, foamy but quite decent. Nice lace; looks good.
Smokey. Charry, burnt, smouldering actually on the nose. So much aroma, and history, and evolution in that smell. It's all of one family but so much character. Wow.
Taste is hugely burnt, charred and smokey. Not meaning to channel Ralph Wiggum but "it tastes like burning". Smouldering, peat-filled, smokey malt. Slight spice and caramel at the back adds a touch of sweetness, but it's really just mostly that smouldering, day-old ash heap; that's the flavour.
Remarkably smooth for the size; big body but pretty good.
Hugely burnt, almost spicy, carbon-burning flavour. I love it of course but it's just so deep and complex and yet there's a smoothness to the construction. Pretty amazing beer.
Mar 21, 2013Smokey. Charry, burnt, smouldering actually on the nose. So much aroma, and history, and evolution in that smell. It's all of one family but so much character. Wow.
Taste is hugely burnt, charred and smokey. Not meaning to channel Ralph Wiggum but "it tastes like burning". Smouldering, peat-filled, smokey malt. Slight spice and caramel at the back adds a touch of sweetness, but it's really just mostly that smouldering, day-old ash heap; that's the flavour.
Remarkably smooth for the size; big body but pretty good.
Hugely burnt, almost spicy, carbon-burning flavour. I love it of course but it's just so deep and complex and yet there's a smoothness to the construction. Pretty amazing beer.
Bitch Please (Islay Cask) from BrewDog
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
39 ratings
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