Cape Ann Fishermans Tea Party

Brewed by Cape Ann Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Gloucester, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Snifter

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Cask at barcade. Dead brown pour looks more like an old, stale mead than beer. Aroma is a fantastic blast of peaty smoke that is anything but a sign of things to come. The second you put this in your mouth it is a huge letdown, a syrupy, ashy mess. Completely flat, lifeless, the big smokiness which normally helps a beer just makes this one even worse. Near undrinkable. Could not finish even half my glass. I’d say this needs about half the malt bill to be any good. Focus on the smoke.

Cask at Barcade: Pours a headless, very deep brown; some light gets through by the edges. The aroma is astonishingly smokey! Rich, meaty and has a fire-y smoke presence. The body, however, is extremely flat, with an awkward flavor. Ashey, and off balance, accompanied by an odd herbal, unpleasant bitterness that doesn’t work. A true dissappointment, especially after the rich, smokey aroma.