Entropy - Mystic Brewery

Dope

Massachusetts

3.73/5  rDev -6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

2013 bottle. Waxed and corked.

A: Pours a murky, cloudy dark brown. No head of course, this beer is still. I won't mark it down too much on appearance, it's an atypical and intended style.

S: Boozy dark fruits. Like rum-soaked raisins, fig and prunes. Loaded with very sweet caramel and some molasses too.

T: Again, huge boozy dark fruits as mentioned in the aroma. Very oaky throughout. Big alcohol with a nice sting in the finish. Sweet but not as sweet as I was expecting. Lots of lingering dried fruits and earthiness in the aftertaste. I'm not sure if this was aged in fresh barrels or what, but it does have a slight white wine flavor too. Not strong, like their wine barrel saisons, but its there.

M: Thick and heavy, but not ridiculously so. Flat, of course.

O: Well, one of the more unique beers I've ever had. Ignore the fact that it says barleywine, it barely resembles any normal beer. I'm not sure what I'd even use for classification, probably just the generic "american strong ale". It's a big, boozy and fruity ale with barleywine, wine and belgian yeast characteristics. A belgianwine? It's not bad, curious to age one for a while and see how it turns out. Surprisingly drinkable given 14.2% ABV and completely flat.

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2013 00:32:05 | More by Dope

Lledd

Massachusetts

4.19/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Tried this at a weekly tasting local to me.

This is a "still beer", no carbonation. It is very complex and has many features similar to wine and a flat stout like body. It's very dark and pours with no head. Also oaky. I bought a bottle for myself so I could age it for some time. The website says up to 20 years...

You can taste this beer for a while and discover new flavors. However, it is not a "mega super awesome" brew like the price might suggest. But its certainly unique and high quality.

Serving type: bottle

05-07-2013 00:06:09 | More by Lledd

Dicers

Massachusetts

4.08/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

I was at the Mystic Brewery today and had the pleasure of getting a tour of the place by its founder. He had just returned from the Craft Beer expo down in DC and was a bit tired. He did however make it a big point that all of us on the tour try the new Entropy batch that had just been released.

This was batch #17 of Entropy and let me tell you it was DELICIOUS!

Appearance: Dark brown, no head, little to no carbonation.

Smell: This beer smells like you're about to take a sip of a fine cognac not of a beer and that is not a bad thing as long as your know what you're getting yourself into.

Taste: This beer tastes almost like sipping on a fine cognac like previously stated you get the dark fruit notes in your sip and it finishes with a bit of an aftertaste comparable to hard alcohol. I would put it closer to a Sam Adams Utopia finish than a standard Belgian quad finish, but good nonetheless.

Mouth: Without carbonation some may not like it very much and I was told that the longer you let it aged the heavier it will feel in your mouth. I thought it was about medium bodied and delicious.

Overall: A great specialty beer that is currently only available at the tasting room of Mystic. I was talking to the guy running the tasting room and they have plans to bottle it (750ml w/cork & cage) and sell it around $20 a bottle so getting a free taste before you buy is recommended as this beer in my opinion is only for beer connoisseurs or extremists.

Serving type: on-tap

03-31-2013 05:39:58 | More by Dicers

johnnnniee

New Hampshire

4.18/5  rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

I got the opportunity to try this at the brewery today at the founders party. Pours a solid dark brown with barely any head that never really disappears. Smells like an aged German dopplebock at first. Lots of dark and burnt sugars, melanoid, dark dried fruits like prunes and raisins with a touch of alcohol. Taste is sweet with lots of burnt sugars, caramel and dark dried fruits. A bit of warming alcohol reminds you this is a serious beer, but never gets harsh. Medium to thick body, light level of carbonation with a sweet sticky mouthfeel. Wow this stuff is great. 18 % and it drinks like its 8. I can't wait to get a few bottles of this when it gets released.

Serving type: on-tap

12-04-2011 00:52:43 | More by johnnnniee