Beer Valley Highway To Ale Barley Wine

Brewed by Beer Valley Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Ontario, Oregon USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle 66cl. @ Amerikaner blindsmagning @ Papsoe, Bottle #24.]
Unclear medium orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lancing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, fruity, moderate to heavy hoppy, pine needles, orange. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (190608)

Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel and straw. The flavor is sweet matly with notes of hops, spices, and cloves, leading to a very bitter finish. The body is thin. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.

Bottle. Papsoes MadsBerg homecoming blindtasting, bottle #24. Pours hazy orange with a lacing white head. Light woody and mild spiced hoppy aroma. Flavour starts light sweet and is followed by a dry and mild woody note. Ends with a mild liqourice note arrising from the hops. Ends dry and solid hoppy.

(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of MaltOMeal. Slightly hazy amber golden with a small, off-white head. Slightly oxidized aroma of overripe fruit. Medium body, notes of caramel, peach and overripe fruit. Ends quite hoppy. 190608

Bottled@PBF2012. Orange colour, small white head. Aroma is caramel, some sweet hoppyness, alcohol and quite pleasant maltyness. Flavour is lots of bitter and sweet hops and mild toffeeish notes. Balanced.

Bottled at PBF. Cloudy amber, minimal head. Deep caramelly nose with some grapefruit and strawberry esters. Full bodied with soft mouthfeel. Plenty of brandyish peppery alcohol. Intense and soft, long resiny bitterness.

Botte #24 at Papsoes blindtasting. Cloudy orange red coloured with a medium sized white head. Sweet aroma of caramel, fruits, hops and pine needles. Fruity flavour of caramel, fruits, hops and pine needles with notes of grape fruits. Dry hoppy finish.

Bottle. Pours a pale amber color with a longlasting off-white head. Has a fruity malty weak piney hoppy aroma. Fruity malty sweetish hoppy bitter dry flavor with piney hints and weak hints of dark fruit. Has a malty hoppy bitter dry finish.

Bottle @ Odense Tasting, July 2012. Pours unclear amber with a creamy head. Sweet malty nose. Green pepper, hot bitterness and a whiff of alcohol. Lacks depth.

Bottle from Beers of Europe, King’s Lynn
Hazy amber color with generous compact head. Strong aroma of malt, crystal, perfumy, hoppy, a bit fruity, light anise. Smooth mouthfeel, full bodied; flavor of malt, caramel, light toffee, some crystal malt, and very strong bitterness, with quite some resins.
Good but not exciting.