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RATINGS: 206   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.41   SEASONAL: Winter   IBU: 70   EST. CALORIES: 300   ABV: 10%
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Blue Point Brewing’s "Old Howling Bastard" named after an infamous local character, this strong ale has plenty of character all its own. Made with English 2 row barley and Vienna malt. Reaching an alcohol content of 10% barleywine should be consumed in moderation. Strong malty caramel flavors balanced by lots and lots of hops. Try this in a snifter or wineglass. The trick is to never forget that after a few glasses you may become the "Old Howling Bastard"


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3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
fonefan (29525) - VestJylland, DENMARK - SEP 29, 2011

Bottle 22fl.oz.

Clear medium orange colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, dusty, moderate to heavy hoppy, wood. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. Nice hoppy BW not over sweet ;O) [20110918]

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Ungstrup (26476) - Citizen of the universe, DENMARK - SEP 18, 2011
Bottled. An unclear golden beer with a thin lazing off-white head. The flavor has notes of fruit, malt, and cararmel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, straw, and over ripe fruits, leading to a dry finish.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
yespr (26476) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - SEP 18, 2011
22 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy to murky orange with a huge off-white head. Aroma is caramelish and light toasted caramelish. Sweet caramelish and light breadish. Bitter and toasted malty and bitter. Dry and bitter finish.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Papsoe (25129) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - SEP 18, 2011
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of Cletus. Pours a hazy deep golden with a creamy and lacing off-white head. Sweet caramellish aroma with quite some citrusy hops. Solid body, caramel and oxidized fruits with a solid hoppiness. Good and solid Barley Wine. 180911

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
oh6gdx (18799) - Vasa, FINLAND - AUG 11, 2010
Bottled@Akkurat, Stockholm (thanks to BK for helping me out drinking this one). Deep ambery red colour with big off-white head that leaves some lace. Aroma is fruits, wood, caramel malts, mild bready notes as well as some zesty notes and a bit of alcohol as well. Flavour is being quite much the same, but the alcohol is burning a bit too much.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
joergen (17722) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - SEP 18, 2011
Bottle at Papsø. Hazy orange coloured with a small off-white head. Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel, dried fruits, hops and cookies. Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, dried fruits, hops, grass and cookies. Dry hoppy finish.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
omhper (17561) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - APR 13, 2010
Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Clear ambr, small head. Sweet and viscous. Full bodied with dense syrupy mouthfeel, lots of chewy malt simmering in cognac. Deep, buttery malt flavours, brandy-like and warming, Thomas Hardy-style barley wine. Low hop presenence and bitterness, malt and alcohol comes to dominate.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
anders37 (12974) - Malmö, SWEDEN - OCT 1, 2010
Bottle. Pours a hazy orange color with a small off-white head. Has a sweetish malty hoppy toffee aroma. Sweetish malty caramel and bitter hoppy flavor. Has a sweetish malty warming bitter finish.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
fiulijn (12360) - Malmö, DENMARK - JUN 23, 2012
Tasting at Papsø’s
Cloudy orange-amber color, with small head. Malt and vanilla aroma, sweet nuts, macadamia. Malt flavor, sweet and strong, with a few elements to cut the sweetness: bitterness, alcohol; the hopping is very resiny too; nice fudge touch too; strong ending final. Very good.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
Theis (11355) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - SEP 27, 2011
Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Clear golden/amber - white head. Knækbrød, sweetness, peppery, red berries, nice hoppy, fruity, power malty, caramel, light toffee, nice hoppy, cookies, dried fruits.


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