Antares Barley Wine

Brewed by Antares
Style: Barley Wine
Mar del Plata - P. de Bs As, Argentina

Serve in Snifter

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average creamy/frothy white head. good lacing. mostly diminishing. translucent thick dark amber body. aroma: heavy malt, chocolate, raisin, cask wood, honey. if: light sweet heavi bitter. ff: moderate sweet harsh bitter; long duration. palate: medium full body, oily texture, lively carbonation chalky light alcoholic finish. gosto amadeirado, bem alcoólico, delicioso e pungente amargor de lúpulo, uma boa escolha pra ser o número 500, dulçor amadeirado e frutas secas lembrando de tripel, amargor IPA, complexa, não é só álcool sem sabor e sim com nuances , quando ganha temperatura fica menos alcoólica e mais frutada, diferentemente do que eu esperava140 skol

750 mL courtesy of kp. Pours deep gold with copper core and tall off white head. The aroma is a bit spicy and mixes with the additional notes of apricot and mildly musty sweet malts. The taste begins with slick sweet malts and sweet apricots. It then gets a bit more fruity with apricot skin and apple skin tartness mixing with plenty of malty and fruity sweetness. The hops seem to show up with some late addition to the boil spice hop flavor and a dash of earthiness.

Color ámbar, con moderada espuma blanca de poca retención. Un poco turbia, con aroma a malta con algo de caramelo y leve aroma a lúpulo. Se siente un sabor maltoso algo tostado que perdura en la boca. Es marcado en un principio el sabor alcohólico aunque después se diluye en un amargor marcado y un leve dulzor. De final seco. En definitiva una cerveza fuerte.

A strong taste of honey in this one, very sweet and musty. Feels like a thirst quencher even though its 10%. However it doesnt really feel like a barley wine, tastes more like a mead.

UPDATED: MAY 5, 2011 Re rate (05/05/2011): Very nice hop aroma with some esters and malts. Strong hop flavour with good malt backbone. I don’t know if it improved but I liked it better now. Old rate 3.3 (8/6/2007):Dry, bitter from the hops with a bit of sweetness in the tongue. Not much alcohol burn, which is good. A nice barley wine, but not one that you would like to drink more than a bottle at once.

Bottle, 75cl, as Simpatico. A clear, golden beer under a small off-white head. Malty, bready nose with a roasted hint. Fruity hops and citrus-peel and alcohol as well. Malty and bready flavor too, with resiny hops and sweetness. Full-bodied and warming. Lasting bitter finish with sweetness. The alcohol is too evident in this one and it somehow feels a bit one-tracked, still it’s a good example. 090822

Bottle at SMÖF -08. Hazy yellow with a thick white head. Malty and fruity tones. Alcohol, malt and fruit. Full body with a long, warming, bittersweet finish.

Bottle courtesy of Ibrew2or3. Pours amber. Nose is very fruity, esthery, malty, mild booze. Flavor is fruity, come citrus and floral hops going on, some spicy yeasty flavors. Not bad. Probably the best barley wine in Argentina :)

Thanks Brent for sharing! Starts bready with a tobacco hoppiness. Some citrus fruit and dusty yeastiness. My companions are proclaiming citric hops and urine! I almost get that, but not quite exactly that. Its a weird and unusual aroma for sure. Light copper color. Big caramel flavors, with some unusual floral notes and a background of grapefruit hops. I’ve never had anything like this and I can’t even say if I liked it or not!

Sampled at the RBESG08 grand tasting. Cloudy orange with medium white head. Fruity and nutty with some herbal hops. Medium bodied and smooth. Nicely balanced. Perhaps not the most complex BW out there, but strangely underrated.