Ø For Awesome
8 Wired Brewing Co.

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From:
8 Wired Brewing Co.
 
New Zealand
Style:
American Amber / Red Ale
ABV:
9%
Score:
90
Avg:
4.05 | pDev: 8.15%
Reviews:
18
Ratings:
38
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 08, 2014
Added:
May 09, 2012
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  1
Collaboration with Nøgne Ø & Renaissance Brewing Company

75 IBU
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Rated: 3.25 by olradetbalder from Sweden

Dec 08, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by animal69 from Louisiana

Oct 02, 2014
 
Rated: 3.76 by kwkdmk from Louisiana

Sep 21, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by Kroehny_Loves_Hops from Australia

May 01, 2014
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Reviewed by Cyberkedi from Georgia

4.36/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Pours a dark, rather hazy sepia with a thick and fluffy buff head. Strong aroma has malty, hoppy, hay, and subtle caramel and horehound notes. Lip-smacking flavor mixes malt, woody hops, caramel, fruity and earthy tones with a snipped of horehound. Thick, almost syrupy texture leaves a woody finish and a rather persistent tingle. Long live collaborations!
Mar 17, 2014
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Reviewed by BlackHaddock from England

4.03/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Shared bottle at the Pre-Brugge beer festival bottle swap organised by Filip of the Belgian Beer Board website: thanks whoever brought this.

My sample was fairly large (cos I'm a greedy git) and I wanted to do the beer justice by having enough to judge it by. Others may have missed out, but I only had about one third of the selection at the swap , well only 22 different beers anyway.

This poured a nice dark brown colour and an off-white head of foam.

The aroma was a rich blend of maltiness mixed with spicy hop notes and a basket of citrus fruit.

It had a wondrous taste: those malts in the smell lead the way in the mouth too, semi-sweet caramel, other malty molasses type tastes and a calming undertone of a woody, hop like feel. A very pleasant beer indeed. Full bodied and worth missing a few other beers for.

Glad I grabbed some and took the time to take notes, it was difficult though as the bottles came along a bit swiftly at times and I missed some excellent brews because of my note taking.
Feb 19, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by ystazi from Illinois

Jan 25, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by ygtbsm94 from Utah

Jan 12, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Agentveba from North Carolina

Sep 12, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by Syracuse12 from New Jersey

Aug 04, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by ari32 from Georgia

Jul 24, 2013
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Reviewed by Zachtheporter from Wisconsin

3.57/5  rDev -11.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Picked up a bottle at Discount Liquor in Milwaukee under the guise that this was a brand new beer. It was listed under the "NEW for MAY 2013" section of there new beer arrivals and so I thought it was a completely fresh new beer, but after looking at some other reiviews and doing some reaserach I am realizing that I couldn't be more than wrong. This beer is more than a year old! (at least that's when the first batch was brewed, I'm not sure exactly how old this particular beer is since there doesn't seem to be a bottling date on the bottle anywhere. This beer is incredibly similar to Nogne O's #100, in fact I would go so far to say that this is a barleywine being disguised as an imperial amber. There is a very aggressive leatheriness to the taste and the hops seem citrusy, yet a bit faded. Disappointing really. I truly thought that I could trust discount liquor but I'm finding more and more that they are very deceitful when listing there new arrivals. I don't know what to think really, If this beer truly is fresh than it certainly isn't something that i would choose to ever buy again. There's a lot of dark fruit flavors and caramely malts mixing together with the faded hop profile. Interesting to say the least..
May 24, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by cadaugherty from Illinois

May 08, 2013
 
Rated: 4.75 by TrickkyGangsta from Florida

Jan 31, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by Odysseyalien from New Jersey

Jan 26, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by ShemRahBoo from New Jersey

Dec 17, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by rolive from Georgia

Dec 02, 2012
 
Rated: 4.25 by st9647v3 from New Jersey

Nov 29, 2012
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Reviewed by beerdrifter from Germany

4.38/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Picked this up at my favorite beer store in Belgium, Dranken Geers. Beautiful clear mahogany pour with a ruby tinge when held to the light. Two finger beige head with great retention and lacing. Very bold, complex, malty nose with hints of brown sugar, molasses, toffee, tobacco, pine, caramel, citrus, and just a touch of dark fruit. The taste is just as bold and complex. Earthy and nutty with incredible balance. Starts off almost like a Barley Wine with citrusy hops, pine resin, molasses, caramel, and toffee. Mid way it opens up with lots of oak, port wine, a touch of vanilla, and an awesome vinous character. Can definitely see the Nogne Ø 100 influence here. The mouthfeel is slightly syrupy but really smooth with a really nice bittersweet finish. Hugely drinkable for such a big beer. It really defies categorization. It has the best of several styles. A truly surprising and remarkable beer! Very close to giving it a 5.0 in taste...
Nov 21, 2012
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Reviewed by crnipeter from Slovenia

3.6/5  rDev -11.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Pours deep coppery-brown with a finger thick beige head with good retention.

Nose is heavy on caramel, toffee, orange-oil and biscuit-like malt aroma that exhibits hints of chocolate and smothers the hops underneath. Various-hop aroma overlaid by massive malt-profile seems to comprise at least earthy, spicy and citrusy qualities. The reach overall fruitiness seems to be due to specialty malts rather than hops used or esters.

The unfermentable sugars of strong caramel malt impart prominent sweetness balanced by copious amount of resinous hop-bitterness lending astringent finish with woodsy aftertaste. The astringency is inappropriate but not surprising considering the huge amount of hops needed to balance such a malt bomb. Body is viscous, supported by moderate carbonation.

For Awesome is essentially a three-beer mixture (scotch ale, barley wine and DIPA) reflecting the qualities of each. Albeit labeled "Imperial" it's overdone in a sense that creates a jumble of aromas & flavors. Still, balanced for what it is which is the key to a good Amber, thought (500 ml, BB end of March 2014, into tulip).
Nov 10, 2012
Ø For Awesome from 8 Wired Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 38 ratings