Arbor / Art Brew Double Trouble

Formerly brewed at Arbor
Style: Barley Wine
Bristol, England

Serve in Snifter

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cask at the bat ... copper brown ... thin tan head ... soft sweet toffee fruits nose ... full rich body ... sweet toffee ... little blackcurrant ... juicy fruits ... oily body ... bitter toffe linger .. soft mellow vanilla and woody finish

Bottle courtesy of Doodler (thanks Scott!) poured a hazy reddish amber with a small lingering amber head. Aromas of toffee, carmel, sherry, prune and raisins. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of toffee, carmel, dried fruit and light wood with a smooth lingering toffee finish.

On cask dispense at the Cask, Pimlico (Feb ’12). Dispensed into a UK half pint glass to a copper/dark amber colour with a thin white head. On the nose you get a big alcohol whiff straight away! Also a floral hop aroma and some dried fruits and general sweet smells coming off. Taste wise - sweet malts, hops, dried/dark berry fruits and a fairly strong alcohol flavour on the finish with a warming aftertaste as it passes down the gullet! Palate - a medium bodied beer but surprisingly not too heavy and free flowing for a 12% barley wine. No stickyness or treacle at all! Overall - for a 12% cask offering this was a good effort and very well balanced. Mouthfeel was good - not too treacley or sticky, quite thin really !

A - citrus and sherry A - slightly hazy orange gold with frothy head T - sweet and sour P - mid O - good

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty dry hoppy aroma with hints of caramel and weak hints of dark fruit. Fruity malty dry hoppy bitter caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter finish with hints of dark fruit.

Cask. Frothy white fair mostly deminishing head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and hopy aroma. Light sweet and moderate bitter flavor. Strong. Long moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.

Cask @ The Bree Louise. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber and light hazy. Aroma and taste are malt, hops, caramel and fruits.

Cask (gravity) @ The Bree Louise, 69 Coburg Street, Euston, London, England NW1 2HH.

Light unclear medium to dark red amber colour with a small to average to large, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to light heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, hop oil, dried fruit. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, riped fruit, caramel, hoppy, sweet, sweet dried fruit, dry, light syrup. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - creamy, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20111210]

Bottle 33 cl. Pours a cloudy opaque amber with a small off-white head. Fruity and phenollic nose, with quite some booze coming through. Solid body, close to flat, plums and overripe fruit with quite some warming alcohol in the finish. Not overly complex, but enjoyable none the less. 030312

Cask at CP&K. It pours deep amber, with a decent beige head. The nose is wood, resin, leather, leaf and resin. The taste is resinous hops, pine, leaf, leather, caramel, toffee, gingerbread and alcohol warmth in the finish. Full body, soft carbonation and thick, oily mouth-feel. A delicious hoppy barley wine.