Atlantic Brother Adams Honey Bragget Ale

Brewed by Atlantic Brewing Company
Style: Mead
Bar Harbor, Maine USA

Serve in Snifter

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barley wine and mead are not my favorite by anymeans therefore my opinion should not affect whether you try this brew

22oz bottle from Downeast Beverage Co in Portland, ME. Pours a cloudy brown-orange colored body with a thin, frothy, beige head that dissipates quickly and leaves a nice lacing. Aroma is sweet honey with some bready toffees and pretty fruity with apricots, raisins, apples, and a light citrus. A bit of a chewy butter to the malts along with a few florals. Flavor is malty sweet up front with lots of honey and some syrupy toffees with a light breadiness. Florals, a light spice, and some fruity notes of citrus, apricot, and raisin in the middle before this dries pretty well with a touch of bitterness, honey, and a light alcohol warmth. Fairly lengthy aftertaste following a medium, chewy body and a moderate carbonation. Overall, a sweeter barleywine with a lot of mead qualities. Big honey character with some fruitiness and florals while this finishes pretty dry and stays fairly well balanced for the size. Not bad.

Picked this up many years ago at Sam’s, Durham. Why did I wait so long to drink this? Dunno but I was surprised and delighted to find the brew to be far less sweet than anticipated. Taste of almost tart apple crossed with a honeyed barleywine to some extent. Enjoyed it.

Poured from 1 pint bottle purchased from Atlantic brewery. Color is a deep apple cider brown with very little head. Little floating sediment yet cloudy. Aroma is roasted malt, honey and hint a alcohol. Taste is complex. More malt and alcohol in the front with natural honey in the finish. Mouthfeel is thick like an imperial stout. Leaves the mouth dry with a mildly sweet afternotes. I’m surprised overall, I saw Barley Wine on the front, and I’m not really a fan of that style.. but this one was a nice surprise. Its worth the purchase. Glad I have another warm one aging as we speak.

Aroma is of sweet malt and light honey. Appearance is of a dark honey color, almost reddish. The taste is of sweet honey, almost sugary bread, light butterscotch, spicy mix. As it sits on your palate after a sip, it warms, probably from the higher alcohol content. Overall, this was very good. I had this with a good cigar, and it was the perfect compliment. It was pricey at $11 for a little over a pint, but it was delicious. I would buy a few of these if I come across them again, and put them away for a good drink with a stogie.

Dark amber with off white head. Big malty nose, hint of spice? malt leads hops but alcohol slips in at 3rd. Coats tongue but not overly full on the palate. Alcohol begins to become more prominent and distracting.

Pours a slightly cloudy reddish orange amber color with a decent fluffy white head that has moderate retention. Smells of honey, sweet bready malt, caramel, butterscotch, slightly spicy with a hint of oxidation. It really screams English ale to me if that makes any kind of sense. Taste is malty and sweet. Lots of ripe fruit mixed with a honey bready thing. Slightly spicy most of the way through, but finishes with a twinge of alcohol and a lingering earthy bitterness. Medium to thick body, light carbonation, sweet almost sticky mouthfeel. I found this quite complex, but I feel the flavors are still competing, maybe this needs some time. Its good now, but I suspect it might be great with some age.

Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Clear amber - white head. Candy, sweetness, honey, minerals, fruity, licorice notes, barley notes, ryebread. light alcoholic, wooden, peppery.

Thanks to my father for sharing this bottle. The beer pours a hazy brownish-orange color with a small white head. The aroma is full of honey, but I also get some light floral notes. The flavor is more complex than the aroma. The honey and floral notes are present once again, but I also get a ton of sugary sweetness and some dark fruit notes. The alcohol is very noticeable. Medium mouthfeel and low carbonation.

(Sample at Papsø’s) Pours a clear amber with little yeast sediments. Aroma is malty syrupy with alcohol and a honey flavour. Medium-body, medium carbonation oily texture and a sweet, boozy finish. Taste is sweet and boozy.

Bottle at Papsø. Clear orange coloured with a small white head. Sweet and fruity aroma of honey and caramel. Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, honey and alcohol. Warming alcoholic finish.