How hot is it? Hot enough to explode beer cans! No, actually it isn’t today, I’m not sure what happened to Samhain. Maybe it just isn’t a summer beer in any way. I was told it was something akin to barleywine, with a lot of spice and a heavy body to it, a specialty beer from its northern brewery. I assumed it was Galician, since it has that Celtic touch, but it’s actually Reptilian Brewery of Cataluña. It wasn’t quite chilled in the fridge at Hidden Beers, but that just means it wasn’t hit with a big temperature difference on the street, where it swelled out the top of the can and popped a hole in it. Fortunately I was close to home and I didn’t lose much. An hour in the shitty fridge here and we’ll see what this does.
As expected, extra frothy, but still spicy and autumnal in aroma, nothing unpleasant about it. It’s a good dark amber color and a nice light beige head, which does calm down eventually. It’s a thick and robust feeling beer, yet smooth. I was expecting it to be a little rougher, maybe like that Australian ale, but it has almost a pumpkin pie filling feel to it. It also has a little bit of pumpkin spice taste, which makes it a shame I couldn’t hang onto it until October. Chestnuts and habañeros are in the ingredient list, but for the life of me I can’t pick out any heat. The wood aging is also not clear to me, although I don’t know what kind of wood was used. Apparently not one that had been infused with other alcohol. The chestnuts might be part of the nutty pie filling sensation. Since it isn’t thoroughly chilled, the candiness is evident in the flavor, not as overwhelming as some pastry stouts, but definitely in the realm of a dessert beer, or perhaps just a sweetish snack.
Supplier: Hidden Beers
Price: €4.54
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