Coton - The Bruery

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rAvg: 3.97
pDev: 13.35%
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Brewed by:
The Bruery visit their website
California, United States

Style | ABV
Old Ale |  14.50% ABV

Availability: Limited (brewed once). bottle (122), on-tap (28), growler (5)

Notes:
This beer is retired; no longer brewed.

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Gobzilla

California

3.9/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: poured a dark murky brown with orange yellow highlights and a thin bubbly head leaving a little lacing sticking to the glass.

S: lots of dark fruits were present on the nose with apple, pears, caramel, toffee, but had some booze and bourbon notes.

T: the dark fruits also dominated the taste with caramel brown sugar flavors pear apple accents and a touch fo booze that was well hidden.

M: the brew was medium in body with a low amount of carbonation which had a sweet, fruity, boozy, silky finish.

D: it was a pretty easy drinking beer comsidering the extreme ABV and does seem like its getting better with age.

Serving type: bottle

04-06-2011 07:40:41 | More by Gobzilla
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Auracom

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -11.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Split the bottle with a friend at the Map Room in Chicago on April 2nd, 2011. 12-13 oz. of this into a tulip.

Coton poured a murky, dark toffee/brown coloring with absolutely no head whatsoever (yeah no surprise at 14.5%). Just a few bubbles lingered on the top with tons of alcohol feet at the sides.

The aroma was dominated by bourbon, maple syrup, brown sugar, caramel, and alcohol characters. I was a bit surprised by the big bourbon presence, thought it would've started fading back a bit with over a year on this bottle but it evidently has not. No problem, I like bourbon. The nose overall feels a little messy and kind of all over the place.

The drink offers up the exact same flavors but it's better integrated. Bourbon might be a bit less than it was in the aroma. Caramel is still huge, some toffee. Lots and lots of brown sugar. The sweetness is so close to being too much... cloyingly-sweet is probably the best description. It's a bit of a flavor bomb and hits me in waves throughout the drink. ABV is less present than it was in the aroma.

Mouthfeel is a little tricky. Good carbonation from the bottle conditioning but the body is bit thin. Strongly coats the tongue with heavy flavors and has a dry finish. Very throat-warming in the backend.

Drinkability isn't so great. It's rather palate-destroying and I had trouble getting through my half of the bottle. Can't imagine taking on this one solo. Again, ABV is better hidden in the taste so that helps this one a little bit.

Overall, worth trying. I hope to sample 100% BA Coton though, found myself wishing this had been better balanced and more wholly integrated throughout all of the flavors. I can't help but be very tough in grading this one based on my expectations, but it's honestly still a decent brew and I would revisit if given the chance.

Serving type: bottle

04-03-2011 20:08:46 | More by Auracom
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IKR

California

3.95/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance: Murky medium-brown. Thin beige head that dissipated quickly.

Smell: Raisins, prunes, & brown sugar. Hints of bourbon which increases upon warming.

Taste: Raisins, prunes, & brown sugar with traces of bourbon. Fairly sweet taste which subsides in the finish but still remains.

Mouth-feel: Full body with a light carbonation. The prominent flavors and mouth-feel conceal the 14.5% ABV.

Overall: The last few occasions I've had Coton it's been the Bal-aged version. The Bal-aged version is more complex and not as sweet, but I still like the base Coton. i paid $15 a bottle at the Bruery's 2nd anniversary and at that price I'm happy with how the base Coton tastes after almost a year of aging.

Reviewed on 3-29-2011

Serving type: bottle

04-01-2011 02:35:22 | More by IKR
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Knapp85

Pennsylvania

3.7/5  rDev -6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

I expected to this to be black for some reason. When I got my glass of it I thought it was a mistake. This beer is very similar to the 2 turtle doves in my opinion. The aroma is strong of alcohol, malts and dark fruits. It's got a strong flavor of most of the same qualities. Surprising red color, with a little head assuming from the ABV of this puppy! Overall this would be awesome for a nightcap beer. It will make your eyes lips heavy real quick and makes you nice and warm rather quickly.

Serving type: on-tap

03-31-2011 22:27:27 | More by Knapp85
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dtivp

West Virginia

3.53/5  rDev -11.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured dark ruby brown with a one finger light tan head little retention and light lacing.

Aroma of sweet dark cherries, alcohol and a hint of herbal hops.

Taste dominated by alcohol with dark cherries, fig and toffee. Not much balance from the hops.

Medium body, creamy with very little if any carbonation. Warth from the alcohol is a little too dominate.

Overall I was expecting a little more, needs a little bitterness for balance. The price may keep me from trying it again.

Serving type: bottle

03-27-2011 00:56:01 | More by dtivp
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dstc

Florida

4.15/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Pours a murky brown color with a slight red tone. Light brown head falls to just about nothing. Spotty lace.

Aroma is of alcohol and fruits, like big booze soaked raisins. Reminds me of DFH Raisin d' Extra. Now you have to find one of those to see what I'm talking about.

First thing you notice in the taste is the alcohol. Big, full bodied and very sweet malts make up the body of this beer. Taste of dark fruits, raisins, plums with hints of vanilla and a strong bourbon flavor.

Very full in the mouth and quite smooth with low carbonation.

I like it. Sweet and boozy, good stuff.

Serving type: bottle

03-15-2011 14:25:33 | More by dstc
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jzeilinger

Pennsylvania

3.9/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Let me preface by saying this particular bottle had close to a year on it.

A - Pours a deep black cherry color with a toffee colored head, foam lacing, and sticks to the sides of the glass like syrup.

S - Oak, light bourbon, cherries, small traces of chocolate, medicinal, plums, and other dark fruit. Also has hints of molasses and maple syrup.

T - The taste is even across the palette but has several layers that are semi-cloying and sweet with dark fruit, molasses, light maple syrup, cherries, bourbon, rum raisin, figs, and a small amount of oak tannin.

M - Lipsmacking sticky and full bodied. The alcohol has a very moderate amount of warming as it slides down the throat.

D - Pretty good. But at 14.5%, how drinkable can it really be? I have to say that I'm enjoying the bottle but it would have been better on my deck with good tunes and a cigar.

I would like to get another bottle and lay it down for one to two years.

Serving type: bottle

03-14-2011 00:22:51 | More by jzeilinger
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rowingbrewer

Massachusetts

2.13/5  rDev -46.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

Had this beer from a growler. This beer pours a rich caramel brown color with no head and almost no carbonation. The smell is dark fruits and sweetness and that alcohol smell but it is more than just warming. The taste is pretty close to the smell sweet alcohol messy with hints of dark fruits. The mouthfeel is entirely to thick and flat. This beer is not drinkable in my opinion but maybe it is better from a bottlep

Serving type: growler

03-10-2011 12:54:12 | More by rowingbrewer
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seeswo

Ohio

4/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a very dark cherry brown with a touch of tan head. Smells strongly of dark fruit, raisin, cherry and even a bit of caramel. Taste is like the nose, with a big richness that finishes hot going down and bring up small fusel alcohol flavors. There is just the tiniest touch of barrel in there. If I had a bottle of this I would sit it down for another year where it might really grow up. Flavor wise, this beer has a lot of potential if it mellowed a bit more. Surprisingly drinkable for such a big beer. If that slightly off, fusel flavor were to diminsh further, this could get up to a 4.5 or 5. Mouthfeel is maybe a bit thinner than expected, but in this case, it is welcome.

Serving type: growler

03-01-2011 04:36:52 | More by seeswo
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CrellMoset

Virginia

3.88/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

On tap as part of Beer Run's Valentine's Day celebration. Served in a 10 oz. snifter - that was about all I could take of this one, too.

Appearance: Arrives a dull amber, not quite dark enough to be mysterious or bright enough to be radiant. A slow fizzle of effervescence to the surface yields a thin, sizzling ring of foam but no head or surface dusting. Lacing is ... well, non-existent, unsurprisingly. It's not that I didn't expect it, but it's still a little disappointing.

Aroma: Spicy, spicier than the mouth is, really. There's not too much here, but it's not bad - heavy roasted malts, some boozy sherry-like notes, rum-macerated dark fruits.

Taste: A fat, chewy brew. Pineapple is dominant up front, tangy, fruity, and sweet. Caramel and brown sugar aren't far behind, nor is bright green oak and shiny stone fruit. Roast, bread, and toffee merge in to earth and toast, smothered in macerated cherries, plums, peaches, and pears, with faint hints of darker fruits behind. Spicy heat is barely concealed, but is indistinguishably merged with a slew of surprisingly strong herbal and fruity hoppiness and cane sugar sweetness.

Mouthfeel: Flat, flat, flat, with only the barest, faintest hint of carbonation evident among the morass of sugar. It doesn't work terribly with the flavor profile - there's enough spice, heat, and hoppyness to counteract the sugars such that this one doesn't turn in to a cloying, sticky, syrupy mess - but it's fairly close to becoming, you know, a cloying, sticky, syrupy mess.

Drinkability: Well, not really. This beer has a lot going for it. It's complex, though not unprecedentedly so for something this big - a lot of what's going on in here is a result of the way the booze interacts with the fruit notes and sugars, and anything that ages for the amount of time something like this necessarily has aged is bound to show a measure of complexity. On the other hand, the heat is here, the carbonation low, and the flavors occasionally harsh and abrasive. It's a mixed bag, and a mixed bag that comes with a 14.5% kick in the nuts. All that said, I know I'll continue to try the Bruery anniversary beers, and would do so even if they tasted far worse than this - it's nothing if not interesting.

Serving type: on-tap

02-27-2011 20:23:10 | More by CrellMoset
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notchucknorris

California

4.38/5  rDev +10.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Picked this up while having dinner at Ford's Filling Station in LA. Wish I had known they were charging $30 for the bottle. Ouch.

A: Very very dark brown with no head or hint of carbonation.

S: Soy sauce. As it warms, some more subtle flavor emerge. Dark fruits and molasses.

T: Lots of raisin with plum, burnt brown sugar, smoke, molasses, fig and caramel with a pretty good hit of bourbon mixed in. Alcohol is evident but not completely overpowering. Finished a bottle of this over the course of dinner. Needless to say, I was not able to drive home afterwards.

Serving type: bottle

02-25-2011 01:13:35 | More by notchucknorris
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Docer

Washington

4.22/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Grabbed a bottle.. let it cellar at its recommended temp of 55 deg. for only about 3 months..

- Nice dark clear ruby brown.. big fizzy tan head down to a steady creamy later with great lacing all about.

- Spicy earthy kick on a bed of roasty caramel and molasses.. Esters, fig, raisin.. plum.. sweet brown sugar kick.. perhaps some nice grassy bittering hops..

- Creamy caramel, esters, touch of tart prune or fig.. sugars, vanilla.. oak, liquor.. rather sweet, yet smooth and balanced.. warming the gut..

- Medium bodied, slightly smooth and oily, creamy in texture. Well carbonated, almost perfectly carbonated.

- Great drinker with a few months on it.. not so hot as I bet it was hot off the barrel. Great complex flavors and a nice kick of prune. Great brew.

Serving type: bottle

02-22-2011 02:23:09 | More by Docer
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argock

Virginia

3.9/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Served on-tap in a 10oz goblet/snifter at Beer Run (Charlottesville, VA).

A: Reddish/amber hue with short cap of light brown tightly bubbled head with some scattered thin lacing down the glass.

S: Toffee, caramel, minty-herbal hoppiness, cherry alcohol. Sweet overall with a little bit of raisin and fig too.

T: Sturdy, boozy flavor with loads of caramel, toffee sweetness and herbal hops not providing much defense. The alcohol is pretty stiff. Enjoyable, but it defintely would not be my first choice for a fresh old ale/barleywine and would be a good mone to cellar for 5+ years.

M: Slightly tacky, full bodied, low carbonation.

D: Had high expectations, but maybe I should pick up a couple of bottles to try out in 5 and 10 years to get a real idea of this brew's potential now.

Serving type: bottle

02-20-2011 01:59:31 | More by argock
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Avagadro

New Jersey

4.33/5  rDev +9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottle number 08155. I am absolutely thrilled to see someone utilizing one of the most intriguing aging methods in the world of booze: the solera method. Port and brandy from the Iberian peninsula have long been produced using this method, and I hope that The Bruery continues this tradition, so that we may see the system at its full maturity.

A: Deep mahogany in color, and fairly hazy, Coton emerges with an admirable head that quickly fades to nothing.

S: I am always happy when I can smell a beer immediately upon opening. Deep rum, raisin, and brandy tones are readily perceived, while the apple, molasses, and coconut need coaxing.

T: Slightly sweet, but not cloying. This is no easy task once the 10% threshold is breached. Burnt sugar, apples, and raisins are on the front, while nuances of cherry and rum linger for minutes at a time. I've only seen a finish like this on high quality spirits.

M: Full body, oily texture, no carbonation. About the best you could hope for at this strength.

D: A top notch brew from one of the best breweries out there. I eagerly await the next offering. Hopefully it will follow the Solera tradition, and contain a moiety of Papier and
Coton.

Serving type: bottle

02-20-2011 01:56:48 | More by Avagadro
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HopHead84

California

3.9/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

2/4/2011

Bottle opened for the hell of it to compare to something else which turned out not to be what I thought it was.

A: A hard pour yields an enormous frothy beige head. The body is reddish brown.

S: Prunes, dates, a little vanilla, brown sugar, caramel, sweet potatoes, dash of bourbon, a little oak, earthy notes. There's some noticeable alcohol.

T: Wood, lower moderate level of bitterness, evident booze, light vanilla, noticeable astringency, caramel.

M: Upper medium body with moderate carbonation. Mouthfeel is sticky with some warming and astringency.

Overall: A nice beer, but the 100% barrel aged version spoiled me.

Serving type: bottle

02-05-2011 05:45:22 | More by HopHead84
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JohnQVegas

Tennessee

4.78/5  rDev +20.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Bottle #04196 into The Bruery tulip.

Pours a deep, murly brown color, bordering on plum, with a two-finger, fizzy khaki head on top that doesn't stick around. Not much in the way of lacing or retention, but nice legs - hey, what's really to be expected from a 14.5% abv old ale?

Nose is beautiful. Deep, complex, near perfect - alcohol and leathery dried fruit up front, notes of toffee and molasses, bit of brown sugar, oak and a touch of the bourbon barrel coming through.

Taste is beautiful as well. The same alcohol heat is up front as in the nose, but in no way overwhelming or out of place as it pairs with the loads of dried dark fruit, savory in an almost new-leather way, and brown sugar. Just a bit tangy, hints of tobacco alongside the leather, toffee, bourbon underneath, very oaky, dry. Beautiful.

Mouthfeel is full bodied, very lightly carbonated. Silky, dry, some tannins on the long, rich finish. Utterly fantastic drinkability considering the abv. Again, beautiful beer.

Serving type: bottle

01-25-2011 02:50:06 | More by JohnQVegas
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cosmicevan

New York

4.5/5  rDev +13.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

saw this at the growler station this afternoon when picking up some brews for a trade and couldn't resist...16oz growler.

a-Through the growler has a deep mahogany color. Had a bit of carbonation and not much of a head (as I find in most if not all Bourbon Barrel Aged beers). When poured into a duvel tasting glassthe color seemed a bit bolder with a deep plum like center that lightened up along the sides of the glass. Really attractive deep and rich.

s-Vanilla and caramel jump out at first. Almost cranberry juice sweetness. Honey...alc...

t-Woody sweetness. Dark fruits...almost quad-like or BSDA like in the flavor from the heat of the alcohol. Brown sugar, caramel, vanilla...

m-light bodied with more of an alcohol sweetness than a tingle. leaves a juice-like aftertaste.

d-DANGEROUSLY drinkable. glad I only got the 16oz growler. I could feel the 17% immediately (had a crazy buzz going not even halfway through), but it is pretty well blended with the old ale making it feel and taste much more like a quad or a BSDA (2 styles which I happen to love). The Bourbon Barrels add a strong sweetness and a darkening of the brown sugars. This is a nice marriage of a style and barrel aging.

Serving type: growler

01-20-2011 02:41:45 | More by cosmicevan
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jlindros

Massachusetts

3.9/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Had on tap @ Armsby Abbey

Large beefy frothy head fades slowly with a sticky lacing, dark but clear mahogany brown copper color

Nose nice bourbon, some woody aromas, some dark crystal malts, dark sweet barleywine like aromas, brown sugar molasses, little nutty

Taste semi sweet, wood, bourbon, sweet brown sugar, burnt molasses and malts, bit of minerality, sweet dark malts barleywine like, hint of smoke and nutty, bit of cinnamon, plenty of warming booze especially as it warms, light Belgiany dark fruit. Finishes with a long slightly syrupy and boozy finish, with lingering dark sweet malts and a bit of bourbon.

Mouth is semi syrupy and heavier, with decent carbonation.

Drink is meh, plenty booze and it has a bit of a bitter iffy burnt minerality taste, as well as being syrupy.

Serving type: on-tap

01-11-2011 12:59:24 | More by jlindros
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clarkm04

Nebraska

4.22/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

From tasting notes 12/30; bottle.

Appearance- Mahogany brown/red unfiltered color, medium carbonation with a slight tan head and decent lacing throughout the draw.

Smell- Vanilla, caramel, pineapple/passion fruit, slight alcohol, expected more with a 14.5% ABV beer

Taste- Very complex taste overall. Lots of flavors going on with one. Overall very sweet and malty with slight fruit and an absence of alcohol in the overall taste. A lot of vanilla in the backside. Very surprising since typically beers this high have a strong alcohol note. Overall very balanced with a viscous and chewy taste.

M- Silky smooth with decent carbonation. Very stunning for a beer with this much alcohol.

D- Still a sipper despite the balance

O- Outstanding! Would definitely drink more.

Serving type: bottle

01-04-2011 02:21:35 | More by clarkm04
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kels

Virginia

3.8/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Beer pours a hazy medium brown shade with ruby and amber highlights throughout. Not much clarity to speak of, and the initial off-white head fades from a skim to nothingness, leaving only the slightest amount of spitty lace along the walls of the glass.

Really nice nose on this one. Starts with warm honeylike sweetness and nicely caramelized malts. There's a tart fruitiness in there that reminds me of orange zest and sweet dates. I also get some candy sugar right before a little hit of isopropyl.

Most notable aspect of the taste- near cloying sweetness. The malts are so super-caramelly sweet, and the sugars really take over on the palate. Sticky-sweet dates, golden raisins and honey add the sweet palate, which is really only cut by the sharpness of the alcohol that creeps through. There's a slight tinge of roast in the overall palate.

Feel is disappointingly thin although palate-coating due to the sugary stickiness. It has very low carbonation, low viscosity, and weak hold in the aftertaste.

Drinkability is moderate at best. The mouthfeel really lowers it more than the alcohol. Would like to see a little heavier feel.

Serving type: bottle

01-02-2011 02:57:49 | More by kels
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Beerandraiderfan

Nevada

3.55/5  rDev -10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Brown pour, good tan head. Little bit of retention for it, but at this alcohol level. . .

Extremely boozy aroma. And wood. Jeez, its like you're sniffin a barrel of grain alcohol.

Taste, very warming, a hodgepodge of flavors from soaked oak, vanilla, caramel (thick), toffee. I don't get a discernable fruit presence in this one. Gonna hold onto my bottle, let it age a ways. This is one brutal beer in terms of a challenge to your palate. Its hot, its complex, its not likely to make a lot of friends. But it is appreciable on some levels, and I think it could improve with years on it, and you can definitely age this one for years and years based on my impressions. Not my favorite Bruery offering, but a unique one nonetheless.

Serving type: on-tap

01-02-2011 02:09:54 | More by Beerandraiderfan
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pwoods

Ohio

3.85/5  rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Thanks to Kels for sharing.

750ml capped brown bottle poured into a RR glass.

A: Pours deep woody brown with strong ruby highlights. Moderate head on the pour with little retention and only a bit of lacing.

S: Alcohol is strong but not stinging. Lots of tart fruitiness. Malts and oak.

T/M: A fair bit of alcohol, nice and warming. Lots of fruitiness with the alcohol, somewhat sweet but still a distinct tartness. Plenty of caramel and toffee malts. Some barrel notes add a nice touch. Carbonation is low and smooth. Body is nearly full.

D: 14.5% is a bit surprising even with the present alcohol. Pretty drinkable for it's size.

Serving type: bottle

01-02-2011 01:57:07 | More by pwoods
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Wasatch

Utah

4.33/5  rDev +9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Thanks goes out to pokesbeerdude for this brew.

750ml
My 2400th Review

Poured into a chalice a nice brownish color, nice carbonation, little fizzy off-white head, with some some sticky lacing left behind. The nose is malty, sweet, with some nice bourbon notes, nice touch of figs, plums, raisins. The taste is sweet, malty, like the bourbon notes, and dark fruits. Full/Medium body, ABV is hidden very well with this brew. A very nice sipper. Very Drinkable, recommended. Thanks Chuck.

Serving type: bottle

01-01-2011 01:04:56 | More by Wasatch
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VaTechHopHead

California

3.7/5  rDev -6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

A - Deep brown, slightly hazy, light tan head, and good lacing.

S - Tends to lean towards the citrus side of the aroma for an old ale with raisins, candied figs, and fermented orange peel.

T - Mirrors the aroma with hints of figs, Belgian sugar, and sweet bread. A little sweeter than what I can remember most old ales tasting like but somehow The Bruery makes it work. Still get that musty funk to it at the end.

M/D - Heavy body with low carbonation which gives a thick texture on the palate. Alcohol is definitely present but doesn't give off a lot of heat as one might expect.

One of the better old ales, just way overpriced in my book.

Serving type: bottle

12-28-2010 17:04:09 | More by VaTechHopHead
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jminsc76

California

3.5/5  rDev -11.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

I've had this before, a barrel-aged version, but that was at an event at Blue Palms in Hollywood and I was busy happily entertaining, so here's a review finally of the regular version.

On tap at Tustin Whole Foods. Into an Allagash tulip, pours a half-finger's length of head atop a deep ruby body, almost vinous in consistency. Plenty of rising bubbles as I tilt the glass.

Aromas are rich in butterscotch and fruit cake. Maybe a little honey dew in there? Also a lingering, hmmm, something in there I cannot place. But it's off somewhat.

Exhibits a rich, malty rye bitterness up front, with more bourbon, chocolate malts, caramel, tobacco, and hops on the finish. My issue with the flavor, I think, is the rye: it's dominating everything, and not in a good way that a beer like Rugrod does. It overpowers the other flavors to the point that at certain moments Coton almost comes off as one-dimensional.

Mouthfeel is soft and silky on the palate, slightly sticking to the gums.

Overall, I appreciate Coton's flavors; subjectively, it's not among my preferences. If it's in front of me, I will drink it and probably enjoy it. If someone places Paupier (bourbon or rye) in front of me, Coton will be passed up.

Serving type: on-tap

12-18-2010 00:04:00 | More by jminsc76
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