Dominion Millennium Oak Aged with Brett

Bottle form Joe at Hangar 24.. 10th rating.. Legal Baby!! Pours copper with a thin white head..Aroma was sweet with some caramel and malt.. Flavor was sweet some dark fruits. Couldn’t pick up any brett but it was very smooth.. Good stuff.

9th rating for this beer.12oz bottle from Big Bad Joe at H24. Sweet, malty, lots of dark fruitiness. Has a dark copper color, not much head, but it was thin and a little off-white. More sweetness, figs and other dark fruits, slight hop bitterness as well, this is very well done and very tasty, too bad Joe only has half a case left. (973)

Sample from a bottle in the VIP tent at WBF Raleigh on 5/2/09. This beer and the Lost Abbey beer pretty much made the VIP costs worth it. From a 12 ounce bottle. Cloudy copper with a short tan head. Nose is strong oak, caramel, alcohol, light Bretty notes and sweet malts. Taste is sweet malts, caramel, vanilla, molasses, more oak and soft Bretty notes. Body is silky smooth and medium overall. Ends with more caramel, oak, vanilla, light funk, sweet, chewy malts, and molasses. Awesome stuff! Multiple samples. This was our goto beer in the tent.

Draft at Capone’s. Pours ruby ruddy brownish with nose of oaky, woody, sour mashy and figgy fruit, leathery malt, vanilla, brown sugar, slight funk. Tastes spirity, complex, with a palate pounding cognacy malty flavor, plus woody, oaky, brown sugary, figgy, and cherry/blackberry notes late. To me, this one tasted like a slightly funky version of the regular Millennium, which is just fine by me. I feel this one is a bit low on the rating scale, and that pisses me off a little bit.

Draft @ Capones. Nice reddish color with a sweet and sour oaky aroma - lots of sugar, citrus, and vinous fruits featured. Flavor starts sweet with some burnt sugar and oak and settling nicely into some sour funk. Quite interesting, though not as good as Iron Hill’s bretty Barleywine by any means.

On draft at Capones. Pours a slightly hazy orange caramel with a medium sized beige head. Aroma of candied sugar, malt, dark fruit, oak wood, and vanilla. Taste of candied sugar, malt, dark fruit, vanilla, oak and bourbon. Very minimal Brettanomyces detected. Maybe age will bring this flavor out more, but kinda hard to tell its here.

Draught at Capone’s: Aroma of dark ripe fruits, raisin, malts, slight alcohol, wood, toffee, and honey. Poured deep amber/brown/orange in color with a tiny, off-white head around the edges. Cloudy. Sparkling. Flavor is medium sweet. Tastes of boutbon, malts, booze, and caramel. Medium body. Oily, then dry texture. Soft carbonation. Bourbon finish is sweet.

Tap at Capones. Pours a deep amber/brown with a small off white head. Aroma of vinegar, dark fruits, vanilla, light woody notes and I guess maybe a touch of brett. Flavor of caramle, dark fruits, light vinegar, oak and vanilla.