Valley Brew Decadence 12 Cuvee Speciale

Brewed by Valley Brewing Company
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Stockton, California USA

Hehe. All kinds of goodness here: Rare + highly rated + >10.1% + barrel aged. 22oz handbottle via Steve and AgentSteve in a combo trade with WeeHeavy. Wow, what an aroma. Buttery sweet. Thick. Malty. Darkish amber color. Tastes very barrel aged. Definitely the highlight of the night. Excellent. You never know with a hand bottle, but this one was top notch: 10,4,10,4,19: 4.7-4.8. Rerate at Another Santee Sampling. this time at toncatcher’s house. 9,3,10,4,18:4.4

Bomber via Agent Steve, shared with Wetherel, and Bikesandbeer, and AlohaC, and others. Pours dark dark opaque copper with a bright white ring head. Nose is huge with lots of candy corn flavor. Taste is sweet with caramel and overall very sweet, pretty damn nice beer.

Bottle @ ORL throwdown, courtesy of SoLan. This pours garnet with no real head. Upfront this hits you with an amazing butterscotch aroma (a rich caramelly one), spicy, some dark fruits, vanilla, just lovely. Flavors go fig, butterscotch, vanilla, sugary dates, some alcohol, brandy hints, rich toasted malts. Though some alcohol is evident, I would have never guessed it was 13%. Smooth. This was just fantastic.

Date: May 31, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Noog Four-O
Appearance: clear dark red, scant head
Aroma: sweet caramel and vanilla aroma with lots of fruity esters and a touch of peppery alcohol
Flavor: sweet fruity malt flavor, nice caramel sweetness, fruity esters rule the experience, hot peppery alcohol adds complexity and blends well with the flavors

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Name: Decadence 12 Brandy
Date: July 11, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: RBSG 2009
Appearance: hazy amber, scant off white head
Aroma: sweet caramel and vanilla aroma, estery fruityness, musty character
Flavor: sweet candy caramel and vanilla flavor, brandy sweetness, light bitterness

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.9/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Bottle… SMAACMSM O-Town Throwdown, Part Sept…This beer rocks!... Clear, caramel-colored ale with a small, creamy, white head. The aroma is an intoxicating whirlpool of buttery caramel, brandy, whiskey, wood and golden raisins. Full-bodied and syrupy with restrained carbonation. Lots of caramel malt and residual sugar with lesser degrees of alcohol and dark fruit. It’s warm, but not 13% warm. The cask aging has rounded off any rough edges. Malt bomb. Boozy, bittersweet finish. Big props to SoLan for acquiring this world class masterpiece and sharing it with the crew!

Courtesy SoLan. This makes up for the tent debacle. Brownish caramel pour with no head. Huge caramel, vanilla, barrel aroma. Malty, brandy, hop taste that has a lot of barrel characteristics in it. Insane over the top aroma and taste, thanks Alan!

Courtesy SoLan. Thanks for sharing this rare treat! Pours a lightly hazy amber maroon, with a small white head. Nice coloring. smells of some nice dark fruits, butterscotch, bready yeast, and big caramel malt. The caramel malt was quite profound here, and the mouthfeel was smooth as silk. The vanilla and butterscotch are abundant in the finish, with a noticeable alcohol burn that tingles the back of the throat as it goes down. Very nicely crafted, from a killer brewery.

#500 coutsey of the ballinest gangsta in O-town SoLan: thanks for sharing pours a great caramel colour with no head just a great carmel coulour though. aroma is big dried fruit dates, raisins, super deep caramel malt, great wood aroma like the barrel is in the glass, the alcohol is good also almost get the brandy aroma. flavour is awesome almost dead onto the aroma. flavour gets the wood, caramel, vanilla, vinous alcohol. great dry finish adn just palin awesome brew. smooth as can be.