Barley BB10° (Dexi)

Brewed by Birrificio Barley
Style: American Strong Ale
Maracalagonis (CA), Italy

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Mi aspettavo meglio, un po’ astringente, note vinose un po’ slegate da quelle maltate... comunque il livello è sempre alto

..... I don’t know..... i expected something more from this beer.....................

UPDATED: FEB 18, 2013 19/I/13 - 75cl bottle from Gradi Plato (Roma) @ RBBWG 2013 - BB: I/2014 - 2008 vintage (2013-81)

Clear purple brown beer, small aery beige head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: caramel, raisins, dried fruits, some chloride, grapes, bit sourish. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty sugary, red wine, grape fruice, pretty sour, bitter tannins, some caramel (ok, only read afterwards that this beer was made with grapes, suddenly the label makes sense). Aftertaste: little bitter, mocha, sour touch, caramel, bit malty, dry hops, bitter ending, bit chocolaty.

Clear brown colour, beige head. Sweet aroma, caramel, molasses and most. Vinous notes. Sweet flavour, light bitter, roasted malts and some sweet fruits. Light grape peel astringency. Finish liquorice and roasted malts.
Original idea, nice brew.
(From 75cL bottle @ RBBWG II, Wilrijk 2013. Courtesy of tderoeck. Thanks for sharing, Tim!)

Thx. tderoeck / Tim for this one. 75 cl. bottle sampled @ RBBWG 2013. Apparently made Italian grapes, yay, appears to be some kind of vintage, I am guessing 2011 but that is a pure guess. Pours a blackish brown with a tanned head. Smell sweet, sticky & tad boozy, mocha, grapes, yeast, brown sugar & very strongly vineous. Didn’t know this was made with grapes when I wrote this stuff, was just a bit surprised & figured it just went south like this :) taste is bitter coffee, spices, mocha, chocolate plus a strong vinous character, dark fruits, light booze, malty with red grapes // red wine, light red wine booze in the back. Rather smooth, both sides don’t entirely work, I feel, don’t know, remember the bottle & see the notes but no distinct memories, going mainly by my badly written notes :) This was the last new beer of the evening for me, after this just re-sampling & drinking leftovers.

Una delle migliori birre italiane senza dubbio, barley wine con forti sentori vinosi molto delicato e piacevolmente equlibrato.

Bottle (75 cl), courtesy of Nisse666. Black with beige head. Caramelly, chocolatey aroma with salmiak, and some red berries. Medium bodied, soft carbonation. Semi sweet, medium bitterness.

Bottle from Bianco & Rosso, Palau Sardinia cons 2012-09-01 Göteborg AR: roasted malt, red berries AP: pitch black F: roasted malt, white sugary, fizzy, red berries, - were are the grapes???

Bottle thanks to Nisse666! Sampled on September 1, 2012
Riserva 2011, BB MAR 2017, LOT 05-12
Clear dark brown color, brown head. Sweet, malty, grains, roasted, alcohol scent. Sweet, roasted, alcohol, char coal taste. Spicy and metallic aftertaste. Medium to smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness.

Bottle courtesy of Nisse666. Pours hazy deep brown with a big frothy brownish white head that leaves some trace and lacing on the glass while dissipating. Smell is sweet, malty and spicy with dark bread, dark grapes, minerals, dry wood, caramel, cereal, alcohol, honey and red wine. Taste is sweet, malty and fruity with sweet dark bread, sheet metal, dark grapes, resinous wood, grass, alcohol, vanilla, cereal, prunes and minerals. Mouthfeel is round, tiny boozy and medium Bodied. Finish is sweet, tiny bitter and fruity with dark bread, dark grapes, lemon zest, prunes and alcohol.