Wizard Blend (2020) 13.8%, Modern Times Beer, United States
2 ratings
Wizard Blend (2020)
13.8% American Strong Ale
The delicious result of several years of masterful re-re-remixing, this glorious cuvée would be a shoe-in to headline the NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL DECADENCE tour—if tours were still a thing. This year’s amalgam consists of Beastmaster (aged in bourbon & applejack barrels), Cloud Daggers, Doom Hawk (aged in bourbon barrels), Dragon Mask (aged in rye whiskey barrels), Infinity Gauntlet (aged in bourbon barrels), Mega Devil's Teeth (aged in Kentucky whiskey & rye whiskey), Modem Tones (aged in bourbon barrels), Monsters Park (aged in bourbon & applejack barrels), Parliament of Birds (aged in bourbon barrels), and Suggestion of Mass (aged in bourbon barrels). Your first sip may be followed by a spontaneous little jig, so don’t be alarmed when it happens.

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Post author: Grey
Grey
4 years ago
Wizard Blend (2020), United States
4.0
BEER: Wizard Blend (2020) BREWERY: Modern Times Beer BEER STYLE: American Strong Ale (BA) COUNTRY: USA ABV.: 13.8% COLOUR (EBC): Dark Cola Brown (82.0) BITTERS (EBU/IBU): - AROMA: Pure Bourbon mix. Stony and rough. Opens up more, but slowly so take your time with it. HEAD: Swift to dissapear. GREY’S VIEW American Strong Ale Barrel Blend of 11 different Bourbon/Apple Jack/Rye Whiskey Barrels. Taste is pure barrel dance! Giving all the barrels used, in layers…after another. Bourbon gives sweet vanilla and oak while Apple Brandy shares some of its slow and sticky liquer sort of feel just before the Rye Whiskey enters the play. Mouth has minor amount of carbonation. Sugars plays part in this dance, but it’s more about the barrels this one. OTHER NOTES: Plenty of barrels in this one. Almost liqorice sort of feel. Bit too easy to enjoy, although the barrels fights against that thought. Hard to say. BOTTLED 5/2020 TASTED 11/2021