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Duvel Distilled - The Celebration Bottle

Started by Trappist, September 10, 2021, 02:26:51 PM

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Trappist

"Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health."
–- Thomas Jefferson

John B

That's an interesting idea for their bottle design. I wonder what the liquid inside tastes like.

Cheers - John

Jay

That is one very nice looking bottle, love the upturned glass design  :appauding-1:

It's limited to 8000 bottles and aged for a decade in carefully selected oak bourbon and sherry barrels, with the Celebration Bottle  finished in Moscatel de Sétubal barrels.....bet it won't be cheap.

Cheers
Jay  t_u

Trappist

#3
Hi,
There's more details here:
https://www.duvel.com/en/the-beer/celebration-bottle
But no word about the price though  :chin: It sure won't be cheap





Cheers,
Filip
"Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health."
–- Thomas Jefferson

Viv

Hi Filip, Jay and John,

You bet it's going to be expensive!

But we have all been waiting 10 years for this, haven't we!

Haven't we?

Cheers!


Viv

Trappist

Quote from: Viv on September 14, 2021, 07:57:43 PM
Haven't we?
Well Viv, actually I didn't  ::)
It is not a beer after all :)
Cheers,
Filip
"Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health."
–- Thomas Jefferson

Viv

Hi Filip,

Indeed it isn't a beer. It's 40% so it's probably going to cost anywhere between
£10-50 per bottle, which for a specialised spirit/liquor isn't too bad....

At that ABV it's going to be sipped and savoured and should provide many
days/nights of enjoyment.

When you compare the cost to one bottle of super-dooper barrel aged beer
which could easily be the same cost it is actually pretty cheap!!! That's
because barrel aged beer is mainly silly money.

Cheers!



Viv





Trappist

#7
Viv,
I must confess that I'm not really a spirit drinker myself.
somehow, spirits don't attract me that much. Too much alcohol I suppose.
I would rather use them for making cocktails.  :stir:
Speaking about barrel aged beers.
I always compare with wine. Cognac for instance is made from wine. Actually whisky has the basis from beer too.
You have the non barrel aged wines and the more expensive barrel aged beauties.
The quality really doesn't depend on the barrel ageing. I've had some excellent wines without wood flavors.
That's exactly the same with beer.
I sure love the barrel aged Chimays, but the Chimay blue is also top notch.
Ofcourse, one needs to pay for that barrel, and sometimes very special barrels are used, which raised the prices dramatically.
With spirits, the barrels are much cheaper than for example with beer that's been Bourbon barrel aged, but in that case the barrel was already used for ageing Bourbon.

I can understand that you say that barrel ageing beer is silly, but than I'm struggling with the fact that wine is also barrel aged, and that doesn't seem that silly to me though  ???

Seems complicated matter IMHO :)

But 1 thing is sure, I always prefer the normal quality beers, without that extra barrel ageing. I also think that beer really needs to be savoured fresh.

Cheers,
Filip



"Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health."
–- Thomas Jefferson

Jay

#8
I think everyone knows my thoughts on barrel aged beers, it's been well documented   :D

Here's a stunner (no a super-dooper  ;) ) that I had last week, and in all seriousness it was truly amazing.

Mikkeller San Diego - The Ocho...13% Imperial Stout aged in Blanton's Bourbon, Ransom Spirits Whisky, Superstition Mead & Firestone Union Barrels.

Shit a friggin brick...this is WOWSER

Meaty roast, old patina'd leather, pipe tobacco, charred barrel, espresso, bourbon, whiskey, oily, molasses...mind blowing delicious 🤤




The other day I received another barrel aged beer, this is something special and I can't wait to try it...

Fremont Cinnamon & Coconut B-Bomb - 13% Imperial Winter Ale aged in Bourbon barrels (a blend of 9, 12 and 24 month old)



Cheers
Jay






Trappist

Quote from: Jay on September 20, 2021, 09:28:42 PM
Mikkeller San Diego - The Ocho...13% Imperial Stout aged in Blanton's Bourbon, Ransom Spirits Whisky, Superstition Mead & Firestone Union Barrels.
Holy sh*t Jay,
This beer has been aged in 4 different barrels ?? I wonder how they have achieved that method.
Barrel ageing and pouring into another barrel to barrel age, again....and again. What a tough job, amazing.
I also noticed that it seems to be quite some collaboration  :o
The OCHO Collaboration was brewed with Almanac Beer Co (Alameda) Pure Project Brewing (CA) Superstition Meadery (Arizona) AZ Wilderness (Arizona) Firestone Walker - Propagator (CA) Gigantic Brewing (Oregon) Seven Islands Brewing (Greece)

What a piece of organisation!

No wonder this beer is a real super-dooper (Filip, always learning :))

Cheers (thanks for sharing)
Filip
"Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health."
–- Thomas Jefferson

Trappist

Quote from: Jay on September 20, 2021, 09:28:42 PM
The other day I received another barrel aged beer, this is something special and I can't wait to try it...

Fremont Cinnamon & Coconut B-Bomb - 13% Imperial Winter Ale aged in Bourbon barrels (a blend of 9, 12 and 24 month old)



Cheers
Jay

Hi Jay,
I had the extreme pleasure to already have tasted that beauty here in Bruges. That was the 2017 edition.
With massive thanks to Lloyd Bunce from Canada  t_u t_u t_u t_u t_u
Here's the picture Lloyd has taken from this beer. I was sitting in the back there.



This sure was an amazing Barrel Bomb  t_u You'll LOVE it !!!

Cheers,
Filip
"Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health."
–- Thomas Jefferson