Ballast Point Old Barmy Ale

Date: 12/01/2005
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewery

clear amber, fine white head, light sweet honey aroma, big sweet flavor, complex flavors, nice fruity character, brewed with apricots and wildflower honey
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Date: 11/30/2006
Words: Bottle
Words: Brewery

clear yellow, sweet and tart cherry aroma, nice light tart cherry flavor, touch of cherry pit character

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 9/10
Score: **+/4

Sampled at the brewery on 11/30/06: Pours a clear deep golden with a thin ring of white head. Sweet apricot and honey aroma has a nice pale malty sweetness. Body starts fairly full and sweet with nice fruity citric apricots and floral honey notes. Well-balanced and incredibly drinkable given the abv.

This was simply an awsome brew!! You could barley even taste the 10.5 in this guy. On tap @ the Linda Vista Brewery. Aroma of sweet honey. I tasted some caramel malts to go along with the outstanding honey presance.

Draft from: All Over Town. This is a nice, rare treat from the BP folks. It’s somewhat sweet, peachy colored and will get you looser than a sack of wet mice if you have more than a couple pints. Best part is that girls LOVE this stuff. This is good because at 10.5%, St Ides doesn’t even grease the hinges that efficiently. This beer’s a work of art and suddenly I’m an artisan.

Draft from BP - early December notes. Honey yellow and clear, with a medium head. Honey apricot aromas - sweet but not overly sweet. Moderately sweet apricot and honey flavors, with just a touch of hops and some light caramel notes. Smooth. Fruit beers are usually not my thing, and neither are honey-based beers or meads. Fairly warming. This was nicely balanced and very drinkable - fruity and sweet but not too sweet. Not my style, but I would go for more of this in the future if I could.