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Gentlemen's Club - New Oak Aged
Widmer Brothers Brewing Company
- From:
- Widmer Brothers Brewing Company
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Old Ale
- ABV:
- 9.5%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.73 | pDev: 13.4%
- Reviews:
- 17
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 03, 2018
- Added:
- Jun 27, 2013
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 13
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Reviewed by LiquidAmber from Washington
3.77/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
2013 properly cellared bottle. Poured into a Fremont small snifter. Pours a medium to dark orange-red with a thin ivory head the dissipates to patches wih light lacing. Aroma of dry caramel malt, plums, light orange and stone fruit, mild oak. Flavor is biscuit malt, plums, orange, light cherry and oaky vanilla, some aged hop bitterness in the finish. Medium bodied with light creaminess. Another lost bottle from my cellar. Probably should not have cellared this for 5 years, but it has survived satisfactorily. The flavor is kind of a hybrid between an American barleywine and an old ale, but rather subdued. The age has mellowed this out quite nicely; it's not as hot as the bourbon version I reviewed fresh, but the flavor seems dialed back, much like that ale. Not a full flavored strong ale, but doing pretty well after being aged beyond its expected life. I enjoyed this despite wishing for more robust flavor. This one has two entries here, both named slightly different than the bottle label. This one has more reviews, so I'm using this one. "Aged on New Oak Spirals", as in the picture.
Sep 03, 2018Reviewed by metter98 from New York
3.86/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.86/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
A: The beer is very hazy caramel amber in color. It poured with a quarter finger high beige head that died down, leaving a thin collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of oaky vanilla are present in the nose.
T: Similar to the smell, the taste is dominated by flavors of oak and toffee also has notes of caramel and vanilla. Hints of alcohol and fruits are also perceptible.
M: It feels medium- to full-bodied on the palate and has a little warming from the alcohol.
O: This beer is really heavy on the oak and toffee, so if you don't like these flavors it might not be your cup of tea, but if so it is a pleasant sipping beer.
Serving type: bottle
Mar 03, 2015S: Moderate aromas of oaky vanilla are present in the nose.
T: Similar to the smell, the taste is dominated by flavors of oak and toffee also has notes of caramel and vanilla. Hints of alcohol and fruits are also perceptible.
M: It feels medium- to full-bodied on the palate and has a little warming from the alcohol.
O: This beer is really heavy on the oak and toffee, so if you don't like these flavors it might not be your cup of tea, but if so it is a pleasant sipping beer.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed by ryannosaurus from Arizona
3.07/5 rDev -17.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.07/5 rDev -17.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
May 30 '13 bomber poured to tulip.
Hazy red-amber. 1 finger of head that goes away immediately, no lacing.
Smell is big on butter scotch, some fig and yeast, light oak notes
Flavor is hot alcohol, raw woodiness, sweet and buttery on the backend. Oak replaces hops in the bitterness dept and does it well, decent balance
Mouthfeel is medium-thick, kind of cloying with scant CO2 to liven it up
Pretty expensive bottle ($19), which caught my eye due to the Cigar City collab (they are not distributed here, so my first taste of anything CC).A very interesting brew, very woody and rough even with nearly two years age on it. Either it isn't quite my thing or it needs far more aging.
Feb 27, 2015Hazy red-amber. 1 finger of head that goes away immediately, no lacing.
Smell is big on butter scotch, some fig and yeast, light oak notes
Flavor is hot alcohol, raw woodiness, sweet and buttery on the backend. Oak replaces hops in the bitterness dept and does it well, decent balance
Mouthfeel is medium-thick, kind of cloying with scant CO2 to liven it up
Pretty expensive bottle ($19), which caught my eye due to the Cigar City collab (they are not distributed here, so my first taste of anything CC).A very interesting brew, very woody and rough even with nearly two years age on it. Either it isn't quite my thing or it needs far more aging.
Reviewed by Gajo74 from New York
4.2/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.2/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pours an amber brown color with a rapidly rising, thumbnail length foam head. The head soon dissipates but leaves a modest layer of creamy foam.
The aroma is caramel and toffee like, with bready malt and a hint of alcohol spice. This is complimented by a fruity aroma that consists of raisins, figs and prunes.
The taste is characterized by a caramel and toffee like sweetness that has a silky and smooth texture. Medium to full bodied with a gentle carbonation and soft, velvety mouthfeel. Rich and creamy with bready malt flavors that are complimented by the fruit highlighted above in the aroma. Although the alcohol is well masked enough so as to not make it too boozy, there is a nice touch of bourbon. Midway, a balancing doze of oaky flavors, alcohol spice and hops bitterness add a nice balance.
I thought this was a delicious and complex big beer that is nevertheless drinkable and accessible. I wish I could find it more often.
Oct 11, 2014The aroma is caramel and toffee like, with bready malt and a hint of alcohol spice. This is complimented by a fruity aroma that consists of raisins, figs and prunes.
The taste is characterized by a caramel and toffee like sweetness that has a silky and smooth texture. Medium to full bodied with a gentle carbonation and soft, velvety mouthfeel. Rich and creamy with bready malt flavors that are complimented by the fruit highlighted above in the aroma. Although the alcohol is well masked enough so as to not make it too boozy, there is a nice touch of bourbon. Midway, a balancing doze of oaky flavors, alcohol spice and hops bitterness add a nice balance.
I thought this was a delicious and complex big beer that is nevertheless drinkable and accessible. I wish I could find it more often.
Reviewed by seedyone from New York
3.75/5 rDev +0.5%
3.75/5 rDev +0.5%
On tap at Rattle n Hum, NYC. As part of a Widmer/Cigar City barrel aged set. Smooth & tasty. All buttery on the nose & tongue. Less corn than the bourbon barrel. The ABV & price will keep this in check but it is definitely one for the books & bucket list.
Sep 07, 2014Reviewed by maximum12 from Minnesota
4.25/5 rDev +13.9%
4.25/5 rDev +13.9%
Second of the $8.99 bottles I dragged back from CA, split with my wife after drinking lake water for five days. I'll bet this tastes better. Then again, maybe not. Lake water is awesome, though the bog-stained is probably .25 worse than the clear, deep lakes.
Pour is the same lazy red as the rye whiskey aged version. Nose is a bit of malt, caramel, pumpkin spicing, but not much of any of them. Quiet in the glass.
Gentlemen's Club - New Oak Aged turns a nice trick of being lovely opposites rotating around the same glass. Sunless pale sweetness & citrus peel hit jarring against a harsh slap of fusel alcohol that's just this side of grandpa's moonshine. Mid-palate brings sharp baking spices, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, an almost Belgian candied sugar dollop, and a good dose of alkeehol. Wood really hits on the finish, drying. I could have used some drying in my tent this weekend. Half a bomber is good. Three quarters would have been half again as good.
Superior in every way to the rye whiskey aged version, which appears to have taken all of the nice, sharp edges off of this brew. Which is excellent. Wonder which side of the fence the bourbon version will fall on?
Sep 02, 2014Pour is the same lazy red as the rye whiskey aged version. Nose is a bit of malt, caramel, pumpkin spicing, but not much of any of them. Quiet in the glass.
Gentlemen's Club - New Oak Aged turns a nice trick of being lovely opposites rotating around the same glass. Sunless pale sweetness & citrus peel hit jarring against a harsh slap of fusel alcohol that's just this side of grandpa's moonshine. Mid-palate brings sharp baking spices, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, an almost Belgian candied sugar dollop, and a good dose of alkeehol. Wood really hits on the finish, drying. I could have used some drying in my tent this weekend. Half a bomber is good. Three quarters would have been half again as good.
Superior in every way to the rye whiskey aged version, which appears to have taken all of the nice, sharp edges off of this brew. Which is excellent. Wonder which side of the fence the bourbon version will fall on?
Gentlemen's Club - New Oak Aged from Widmer Brothers Brewing Company
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
94 ratings
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