Buckerfields Legacy Ale

Brewed by Swans Hotel (Buckerfield Brewery)
Style: Barley Wine
Victoria, Canada

Serve in Snifter

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Thanks to Oakes for sending this one out. Hazy amber beer. Aroma is sweet and minty. Some bright pineapple, mango, and other tropical esters. Brown sugar, rum, toasted barley and a rich sweetness. Nice balance of soft hop bitterness, sweet juicy malts and fruity yeastiness. One of the fruitier barleywines I’ve had, but it works very well for me. Tasty brew.

(Bottle) Pours dark copper. The aroma holds potato flour, nutmeg, grains and over ripe dark/dried fruits. The flavour is medium to heavily sweet and light to medium bitter with some alcohol warmth. Tones of grains, fruits and spices. The mouthfeel is sticky and numbing. Sweetish sugar finish. Medium to full bodied.

Bottle from Brewery Creek in Vancouver. 2009 Vintage. Pours sparkling burnt copper with a spare rocky off-white head, mostly diminishing, spare lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (caramel, nutty, cookie), heavy hops (pine, floral), average yeast (dough) with notes of butter, apple and honey. Full bodied, alcoholic texture, lively carbonation and a bitter finish. Moderate sweetness, acidity and bitterness; heavy spicy palate, roasted caramel malt, floral and alcoholic flavour.

Bottle, pours dark golden amber with a thin off-white head. Aroma of apple, caramel malt, orange peel and a sweet & sour scent. Flavour of brown sugar, caramel malt, maple syrup and citrus. Low carbonation, sweet & sour finish. The best I’ve had from Swans.

Bottle. Slight butterscotch & burnt malt aroma. Dark copper brown with small head that disappears quickly. Carbonation is on the low side. Malt sweetness is overwhelming, like a mouthful of honey. It feels thick and chewy. There is a considerable resinous, piney hop presence. However, the malt overpowers it. I must admit that the alcohol was well masked.

Bottle:   Bright caramel, orange hued, thin sudsy off-white head, dies rather quickly, sparce lacing.   Candied orange peel on the nose, slight acidity, with a little bit of funked cheese.   Bright yet sweet citrus peel flavors, decent malt base, pale caramel, a little sticky, without a lot of hop bite.   Pleasant to drink, with a definite warming as it goes down.   Not alcoholic for being 11%.   Slightly buttery on the backside, but its very slight.   Moderate body and mouthfeel.   Better than I anticipated.   For a high ABV Barley Wine, it drinks like its much lighter.   Tasty!   Thanks Todd!

2009 vintage bottle in Vancouver. Big aroma of brown sugar and molassas. Not much carbonation; rather still, murky bronze colouring. Flavour is way syrupy sweet...possibly from the land of maple sugar? Not my favorite for a barley wine style.

Bottle from Brewery Creek in Vancouver, BC. Pretty pour - a dark amber with a decent, beige head. Smells overwhelmingly sweet. Extremely malt-heavy - the only counter I can smell is booze. Candied sweet potatoes, cloves, cinnamon, caramel, brown sugar, and some citrus. Yipe - flavor actually follows suit, and doesn’t let on any bitterness until there’s just a tinge in the aftertaste. Seriously, this is like tossing marshmallow-laden sweet potatoes and a spoonful of molasses in a blender and then carbonating it. Really bizarre flavor, and I can’t get used to it. This desperately, desperately needs some hops to dry it out.

Bottle. Dark orange/reddish colour with a beige head. Aroma: very sweet and sugary, pears, and very off-putting notes of mashed potatoes. Flavor: very sweet, caramel, sugar, dried fruits, orange peels, alcohol.

Glass, 5 ounces, draught, at the pub, savoured on April 29, 2009; eye: copper, clear, no effervescence, tiny ring of tan head, light lacing; nose: malt, orange zest, unknown odour, stale (?), spices, light alcohol, residual sugar; mouth: malt, orange zest, stale, medicinal (?), spices, residual, sugar, medicinal finale with presence of spices and alcohol, medium body, not much carbonation, lightly bitter, mildly sweet, sticky texture; overall: disappointing FRANÇAIS Verre, 5 onces, en fût, bue sur place, savourée le 29 avril 2009; œil : cuivrée, claire, pas d’effervescence, très petit anneau de mousse fauve, légère dentelle; nez : malt, zeste d’orange, odeur inconnue, éventé (?), épices, léger alcool, sucre résiduel; bouche : malt, zeste d’orange, éventé, médicinale (?), épices, sucre résiduel, finale en médicinale avec présence d’épices et d’alcool, corps moyen, peu carbonatée, légèrement amère, moyennement sucrée, texture collante; en résumé : déçu

A deep reddish brown ale with a thin ligh moka head. In aroma, a nice vinous malt with light bleu cheese notes and warming alcohol. In mouth, a lightly oxidized caramel malt, with raisins, licorice, and warming alcohol. Rich and warming. Shared with Probstk, April 2 2009. Bottle from Capflu, around end of 2007. Merci Todd.