J.W Lees releases vintage harvest beers every year, aged in sherry, port, whisky (scotch), or calvados (French spirit). This one is whisky aged from 2006 making it an old ale. Whisky spelled without the e is the Scottish form called Scotch in America.
This beer has a pronounced peaty scotch aroma with sherry notes. There is also an oxidized raisin smell to the beer which isn't surprising from a 2 year old beer. The color is brown with some haze of sediment floating in the beer. The head is almost non-existent, just a few bubbles from agitating the liquid.
The beer starts sweet, tasting more like sherry than beer. The Lagavulin Scotch only provides a peaty earthy taste. The earthy taste in this beer is very strong a root cellar or dried roots. The finish is dry with the earthy tastes. There is a slight alcohol taste to the beer which is expected form an 11.5% beer aged in scotch barrels.
I know plenty of people would not like this beer, but I really like the earthiness. A guy in my beer club recently brought a beer than was aged with old port corks and it had a similar taste.
1 comment:
I am not a beer lover or drinker. Having said that, the only exception for me is the Lagavulin (2005). It is a fabulous barleywine (beer). I cannot get enough of the stuff! Have not tried the 2006 as yet, but I will...soon!
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