Barley Days Oaked Harvest Gold Pale Ale

Brewed by Barley Days Brewery
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Picton, Canada

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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A golden ale with a thin white head. In aroma, a sweet caramel malt with light cedar plank and oaken notes, some ash notes. In mouth, a nice smooth caramel with fresh wood, cedar, light British hops, decent. Bottle from Mike, shared with Probstk, GRM, Mike and Shaun, Nov. 20 2011.

Bomber from brewery via Mike (thanks!) at Mike’s, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass. 20NO11.

App.: Clear deep golden with a white vail. Aroma: Raw wood, wet ash, vegetal, canned peas, biscuit, a little fruitiness, messy. Palate: Medium body, nearly flat. Flav.: Some decent fruity malt, still vegetal, less raw wood, less ash, cedar notes, still messy; dry with fair bitterness and a nondescript malt and wet ash finish.

Fail. Either this beer can’t handle wood or the wood was incorrectly applied.

Brown bottle, 650 ml, savoured on November 20 2011; eye: golden, clear, no effervescence, tiny ring of beige head, light lacing; nose: light woody, light canned peas, light malt; mouth: light woody, malt, light caramel, finale in light woody, below-average carbonation, a bit thin; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 650 ml, savourée le 20 novembre 2011; œil : dorée, limpide, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse beige, légère dentelle; nez : léger boisé, léger pois en conserve, léger malt; bouche : léger boisé, malt, léger caramel, finale en léger boisé, corps moyen, carbonatation sous la moyenne, un peu mince; en résumé : ordinaire

650 mL bottle from the brewery. Pale orange with only a few big bubbles and a thin film of head. Oak and a floral/soapy note in the nose. Not unappealing, but quite mild. The flavour is interesting, and maybe a little hard to describe. Some floral hops, some vanilla, some bitterness. But it’s all, like the nose, quite mild. Body on the thin side of medium. Not bad, but not worth revisiting.

Bottle 650 ml
Aroma strong oak feel, smooth, bit of alcohol ,hint of vanilla. 7-
Appearance slight haze on amber with flat low top. No lace , rings? 2-
Flavor and Palate : Medium light bodied. Clean with low carbonation. Vanilla, oak character. Clean and plain. Slight acidic hints. Decent work.

Incredibly strong oak aroma. A light mouthfeel. Cidery. A light orange colour. Ton of oak and not that drinkable, the verdict is this is oak chips. This was better than the original but still a wonder at why it would be given this flavour.