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Cambridge Blunderbuss Barleywine


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A Barley Wine brewed by
Cambridge Brewing Company

Cambridge, Massachusetts USA

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323.77/5.03.72/5.0Winter11.7%70.6 Snifter P  Stats

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Once again the brewers at CBC have thrown caution to the wind in our latest annual effort to create the biggest, baddest, strongest, bestest beer around. Double-mashed with nearly a ton of malt, five different hops, and cold-aged several months with Frenck Limousine oak, this extraordinary, complex ale boasts flavors and aromas of cramel, dried fruit, vanilla, oak, toffee, spicy hops, and a warming alcohol finish. Very rich and full-bodied, it is unfiltered and unfined. This unique beer will be available all winter, served for your admiration and enjoyment in a 9oz. snifter.

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 bu11zeye (3572), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/58/103/515/20
Feb 20, 2008  
(Draught) Pours a clear copper body with a small bubbly head. Aroma of caramel, fruit, toffee, peach, and vanilla. Flavor of caramel malt, grapefruit rind, and honey.


 GriffinAvenue (350), South Boston, Massachusetts, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/516/20
Feb 16, 2008  
Draft. Copper coloring. Clear, still waters. Light, sporadic soapy head on the rim. Aromatic, hoppy, orange-peel, dates . . . very pleasing. Flavoring mirror the aroma with spices and fruity notes physically dancing on the tongue. Smooth finish, warm fuzzies from the alcohol level. it’s clearly present but not overpowering. Very nice - a quality barleyine.


 scraff (1615), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Dec 12, 2007  
Tap @ CBC - Deep hazed orange, creamy off white head. Deep rich nose of dried fuzzy fruit, vanilla, oak, and bourbon sit upon toffee brittle notes and hints of coconut cotton candy. Brown sugared bourbon and spiced peach flavors round into soft vanilla wood-like notes. A light hop bitterness in the end truly provides balance to the full richness. Medium to full-bodied, soft carbonation, bittersweet finish. Fantastic execution of the barrel here. Should have grabbed a growler, but two snifters (plus other beers) rendered me silly…


 kp (6000), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Date: 02/10/2007
Mode: Firkin
Source: Brewfest, Extreme Beer

hazy amber, frothy beige head, sweet ripe light fruit aroma, nice fruity flavor, deceptivly light, well balanced with only a touch of bitterness,
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Date: 02/11/2007
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
Vintage: 2006
Score: 3.4 to 3.7

sweet fruity aroma, soft creamy body, lots of creamy sweet fruit flavor, candy sweetness, a touch of alcohol, would age very nicely

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***/4


 Zeswaft (1000), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Feb 15, 2007  
served in a snifter. pretty close to being one of those overwhelming alcohol BWs. Not much hops. a fair amount toffee malt, and, needless to say, a noticeable amount of alcohol




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