BrewDog Mix Tape 8
keg and bottled, special
An epic fusion of age old Belgian tradition, American new wave brewing and the world of Scotch whisky.
Mix Tape 8 is a blend of two huge oak aged beers – half a hopped up Belgian Tripel, and half a Triple India Pale Ale. These beers have both been aged in single grain whisky barrels for close to two years and finally blended to create a beer that our head brewer Stewart Bowman can most helpfully describe as ‘fucking complex’.
Mix Tape 8 is a high octane blend of styles, influences and processes. This beer is a blend of 2 huge oak aged India Pale Ales. Half of this beer is rooted in an amped up, hopped up Belgian Tripel which has been aged in Scotch Whisky casks for almost 2 years. The other half of the equation is a triple India Pale Ale which has also been aged in Scotch Whisky barrels for close to 2 years. This beer is inspired by the Belgian Monastic brewing tradition and its centuries of heritage, the hopped up American new wave craft brewing and everything that rocks about Scotch Whisky barrels and oak aging.
An epic fusion of age old Belgian tradition, American new wave brewing and the world of Scotch whisky.
Mix Tape 8 is a blend of two huge oak aged beers – half a hopped up Belgian Tripel, and half a Triple India Pale Ale. These beers have both been aged in single grain whisky barrels for close to two years and finally blended to create a beer that our head brewer Stewart Bowman can most helpfully describe as ‘fucking complex’.
Mix Tape 8 is a high octane blend of styles, influences and processes. This beer is a blend of 2 huge oak aged India Pale Ales. Half of this beer is rooted in an amped up, hopped up Belgian Tripel which has been aged in Scotch Whisky casks for almost 2 years. The other half of the equation is a triple India Pale Ale which has also been aged in Scotch Whisky barrels for close to 2 years. This beer is inspired by the Belgian Monastic brewing tradition and its centuries of heritage, the hopped up American new wave craft brewing and everything that rocks about Scotch Whisky barrels and oak aging.
3.9
208 reviews
Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Community reviews
Backlog, ocena przepisana z untappd, w ramach uzupełniania profilu na ratebeer.
Bottle at home from Brewdog online, pulled out from the back of the cellar. A lightly hazed sticky amber / orange coloured pour with a fading light tan head. Aroma is sweet toffee, woody , mint, brown sugars, brandy, boozey fruit pudding. Little age and jammy fruits on the nose as well. Flavour is composed of very sweet sticky earthy toffee, burnt toffee, boozy cognac, whiskey, jammy fruits and boozzy cakey malts. A little bitter woody tannin in the finish. Palate is medium sweet and sticky, lowish carbonation, viscous.. Held up pretty well with age.
Unclear, ruby red colored, small off white non lasting head. Aroma is of caramel, dried fruit, some spice, bit vinous and more wood, leather, boozy. Taste is very sweet malt and caramel, some toffee, dried fruits, some spice, leather, bit walnut, woody notes but not really that strong whisky or oaky, quite strong boozy finish and warming aftertaste, some bubblegum in the finish as well. Full bodied, soft carbonation, sticky. Don’t really see a point in blending aged hopped up (well, aging hops...) beer but OK. Interesting but way too boozy...
(bottle from the brewery, thanks Nikola)
How: Bottle.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Dark amber colour with a tan head.
Aroma: Malt, alcohol, raisin, dried fruit, vinous.
Body: Full body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Fruit, alcohol, caramel, malt, raisin.
Bottle @ home. Cellared for 2,5 years. Deep amber liquid with almost no head. Very vinous aroma with dark fruits. Sticky alcohol is up front along with vanilla, oak, leather, raisins, dates, pears, some terpentine, herbs and toffee. Taste is full bodied with a very long duration. The alcohols blends much better in taste than aroma. The taste is complex with lasting caramel and toffee. Vanilla, oak, marzipan, leather, raisins and dates . Finish is drier but still sweet with lingering honey, toffee, herbs, marzipan, pears, cogniac and oak.
I love this one. It’s one of those, big, over the top beers that BrewDog often (or often try to) make, but this one really works. Nice, amber color, and the sweet and alcohol aromas hit you during the pour. It’s hard to comprehend all the tastes going on, but the whisky casks really makes it mark on the beer. Sweet, spicy, alcohol, caramel, oak, medicinal, but even though the flavors are large, they mix well and leave you with an overall satisfying finish. Next to perfect American Strong!
Bottle@wka. browny muddy appearance. Bourbony nose, malty, sweet corny, slight herby, sweet doughy, cookie dpughy syrupy flavour. Full bodied, good bitters, bit boozy whiskeybourbonesque finish. Lots of flavours, intense. Kind of a beer you could write esseys about, complex. Pretty nice flavours too. Totally worth the 5€.
-- rated with beerbasher/winphone
Kolor: miedziany, delikatnie zamglony.
Piana: średnio obfita, drobnopęcherzykowa, w miarę trwała.
Zapach: bardzo złożony, słodowy, karmelowy, opiekany, melanoidynowy, , aromaty ciemnych owoców, likieru, wina jęczmiennego, wyraźne aromaty beczki, drewna, delikatnie wyczuwalna whisky, obecne również akcenty chmielowe, ziołowe, delikatnie cytrusowe, kandyzowane skórki cytrusów, subtelne akcenty przyprawowe, korzenne.
Smak: spora pełnia, lekka gęstość oraz oleistość, również złożony, sporo nut suszonych owoców, daktyli, rodzynek, moreli, wyraźne akcenty słodowe, karmelowe, likierowe, lekko przypiekane, wyraźnie wyczuwalne beczka oraz whisky, słodycz wyraźna, ale nie mdli, ani nie zalepia, bardzo dobrze skontrowana goryczką, alkohol wyczuwalny przez lekkie rozgrzewanie w żołądku.
Wysycenie: w kierunku niskiego.
Bottle. bronze-colored, clear, with light creamy froth. Aroma: complex, honey, oak, smoke, white sherry, whiskey, very nice. Taste: sweetness, dried fruit, raisins, sherry Oloroso, honey, warming and very good.
Color ambra/rubino con un cappello di schiuma biancastra non molto persistente. Al naso è densa e avvolgente e colpisce subito con sentori di frutta matura, frutta esotica, luppolo e caramello; al palato è prima dolce, rotonda, liquorosa poi calda, vinosa, pungente e amarognola. Il finale è pulito, per nulla stucchevole, nonostante l’abbondantissimo corpo e il sapore generoso; abv ben celato. Un tripudio di note di uva, toffee, malto, prugne, luppoli americani, zucchero a velo, scotch, pan di spagna, marmellata di albicocche, sciroppo d’acero, chinotto... ogni sorso è "nuovo" ha una complessità spiazzante.
Birra esagerata ed estrema, un’esperienza indimenticabile.
The first bottle shared at TheArtofTea place. 10.03.2016. Clear amber with bronze and cooper color. Like a liqueur and port, like american barley wine. Sweet, sticky, rich and spicy, with a litlle bitter in the end. Nice
From a bottle that has been stored since release. The hopped influence that was there on release has now reduced. The barrel aged influence are stronger, with the whisky finish now balancing out the sweetness of the beer.
Bottled. Amber colour with a mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is herbal, grassy, some bready and herbal notes along with mild caramel and nuts. Flavour is floral, herbal, some mild bready and nutty notes along with some slgiht alcohol and mild toffee.
Rossa con riflessi caramello, schiuma ocra non molto persistente.
Aroma di toffee, zucchero di canna, biscotti al burro, albicocca, uva passa, whisky, note legnose, agrumate e floreali.
Al palato gli stessi sentori si ripresentano uno ad uno insieme a una leggerissima nota di arancia candita e ad una bella coda etilica, lievemente piccante e zuccherina, seguita da un amaro erbaceo e leggermente tostato.
Corpo pieno, carbonazione medio-bassa, oleosa.
Bottled from Systembolaget
Deep Coop and almost no head.
Very sweet flavour. Brown sugar, apricots, raisins.
Sherry/port-ish.
KRS 140815. Pale amber colour with a beige head. Flavour is alcohol, orange, pine, bread, caramel, whiskey, oak, dried fruit, sugar, malt. Full body. Very nice beer.
Barwa miedziana, klarowna, widaż że piwo mocne ponieważ zostawia ’nóżki’ :P
Piana niewielka, drobnopęcherzykowa i zwarta.
Aromat złożony, ale przede wszystkim brak mi było amerykańskich chmieli. Owocowy, ciemne owoce, lukrecja, trochę miodu, odrobina wanilii i burbona.
W smaku bardzo słodkie, no i alkohol całkiem nieźle wyczuwalny, później jest tylko więcej słodyczy. Słodkie wino, dojrzałe owoce, tak słodkie że przywodzi na myśl dżemy, albo konfitury.
Wysycenie niskie w stronę średniego, półpełne, goryczka średnie z dodatkiem alkoholu i słodyczy.
Flasle fra vinmonopolet. Klar burgunder m , lite karbonert med en tynn skumtopp. Smaker malt,karamell,eik,krydder,mørk frukt og alkohol. Meget bra
Clear, amber colour with poor, beige head. Sweet aroma, dried fruits, barrel, caramel, herbs and some roastness. Taste is also sweet, dried fruits, herbs, caramel, melanoidins. In the background some bitterness.
Bottle. Almost clear in the glass, amber in color and with a small, beige head. The aroma is lightly alcoholic, with dried fruits, caramel and some faint roasted malts, there’s pine cones, resins and boozy, some bread crust, nuts and dark sugar. It’s full-bodied, warming and softly carbonated, with loads of flavors. bread, caramel, dried fruits, dark sugar, some wood, pine cones and resins and a decent bitterness. Lasting finish. Rather wonderful this one, sure complex, a beer that needs quite some time to be consumed, and it’s sure repeatable. 150814
Bottle 330ml @ Geokkjer
Pours slightly hazy amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, bread, alcohol, dried fruits, oak and hint of citrus. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and light to medium biter with a long warm, caramel, dried fruity, bready, oak and bitter finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Bottle. Pours amber with an off-white head. Aroma of herbs, some malt, bread, some caramel and nuts. Flavor is sweet and malty with some warming alcohol, bread, nuts, dried fruits and herbs. Medium body, average carbonation.
Pours clear dark amber with low yellowish white head. Aroma of butterscotch, caramel, oak barrel, light citrus. Taste is very sweet, oaky, hazelnuts, caramel and butterscotch with a light boozy bitterness in the finish. Body is thick and creamy with soft carbonation. Very alcohol warming.
This beer was quite the experience. A Tripple and and Triple IPA? Both barrel aged? Then combined? Ok!
Sehr süßer, minimal alkoholischer Antrunk. Sehr sehr süß bleibend, minimal herb. Kein Hopfen, unausgewogen, trocken herb. 7/8/4/7/8/6
Noe tåkete gylden brun med lavt beige skum. Lukter at den har ligget i eiketønner, vanilje, noe karamell alkohol og rosiner. Søt rosin og bittersøt brent karamell og fyldig søt kraftig alkohol. Portvin. Kjenner alkoholdunsten lenge. Lite kullsyre.
Ruby copper with white head. Toffee, licorice, floral, herbal, roasted caramel and alcohol spice. Fruity, sweet, licorice and hoppy finish. Overall: almost like a barley wine
Botella de 33 cl en el momento en oviedo el 04-06-2015 de el coleccionista de gijón. Color bronce algo turbio con espuma beige. Aromas y sabores intensos y alcohólicos. Entre barley wine y strong ale tirando a escoces. Aromas y sabores maltosos y especiados mieles y algunas hierbas con toques dulces de caramelos tostados. Cuerpo medio a intenso con gran sensación alcohólica aumentando según calienta. Bastante buena. Alcohólica y original.
Klar mørk amber farve med beige skum. Lukt av malt, karamell, frukt, bær og whiskey. Smak av malt, karamell, frukt, eik, bær og krydder. Fruktig og vinøs med søt avslutning. Vinmonopolet.
Aroma: red fruit, caramel, yeast, whisky, vanilla, cherry, spice, citrus, lemongrass, liquor, anise, strawberry, herbs, floral, jasmine, licorice, banana, clove, cookie, gingerbread, cocoa;
Apperance: dark red, vanishing frothy ring
Taste: intense sweetness, intense sourness, intense bitterness
Palate: full body, slick texture, long finish, soft carbonation
Fairly dry, mostly Tripel and Whisky Barrel features, IPA definitely in the background. Boozy, heady, barley-winish. Bitterness kicks in midway but is considerable too.