Barley Island Single White Friar Ale

Brewed by Barley Island Brewing
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Noblesville, Indiana USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle sampled on 7/26/09: Pours a transparent amber ruby with a thin, wispy-lacing off-white head. Aroma of sweet doughy dark caramel malt with some light fruity esters. Body starts with good caramely malty sweetness with some light fruity complexity and a touch of biscuity yeasty flavor. Finishes slightly drier with some dark candi sugar sweetness and light fruity flavor. A decent Belgian strong ale.

12oz, white waxed, bottle acquired in trade with shawnm213 (thanks!). Poured a deeper mahogany color with a smaller sized tan head. Aromas of caramel, dark fruitiness, chocolate, and some molasses. Tastes of dark fruits, chocolate, caramel, and some brown sugary sweetness. Alcohol content well hidden.

Bottled. A hazy deep red beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of sweet malt, alcohol, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of alcohol, fruit, and caramel, leading to a dry alcoholic finish. The body is thick. Thanks KimJohansen for sharing.

Served from a 12 oz bottle picked up at Crown Liquors in Indy. Pours a deep red brown with almost no head. Aromas and flavors of barrel-ness, caramel, molasses, candy sugar.

Bottle dan picked up on his bach party extended weekend then shared on his wedding week. Pours deep dark ruby. Nose is sweet smooth apple and red fruit. Flavor has some roasted malt, more dark red fruit, a little bitterness, and an overall bitter bite. Pretty strong and harsh.

This white wax covered bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a small sized head of foamy finely sized tan colored bubbles that were long lasting and left behind a hazy strongly carbonated . The strong aroma was vinous raspberry and malt hop. The mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start and at the finish with a medium vinous aftertaste. The nice flavor contained notes of malt hops vinous and raisin. Delicious and one I would certainly buy again.

Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks BelJohansen. Clear reddish - white head. Coffee, chocolate, sweetness, berries, dried fruits, honey, licorice, soapy, alcoholic, overripe fruits. OK.

Dark amber with a tiny beige short lasting head. Aroma was sweet witt toasted malt, caramel, overripe fruits and chocolate notes.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a distinct redish glare with a small off-white head. Aroma is fruity, overripe fruity. Roasted malt flavoured, overripe fruity. Mild bitterness and lingering malty and overripe fruity flavoured finish.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of KimJohansen. Clear orangey brown with a small off-white head. Intense aroma of caramel, overripe fruit and alcohol. Quite full-bodied, sweet roasted malts, overripe fruit and caramel with a yeasty edge. Warming alcoholic finish. More like a Quad really. 300809