Cape Ann Fishermans Tea Party

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

Serve in Snifter

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(Draft @ brewpub) Served in a heavy goblet. Pours dark amber, mostly clear. Barely any head. Nose of slightly toasted caramel and a bit of fruit. Medium-heft, fairly smooth, lightly syrupy. Taste is predominated by smoke from fore through finish overlaying sweet dark caramel/toffee and a bit of fruit. Barkeep says the smokiness is produced by the tea. Kind of an "out there" barleywine, atypical.

Draft. Pours orange with an off white head. Light floral hoppy aroma with sweet malts ans a hint of smoke. The flavor has toasted malts, light smoke, and light floral hops. Good stuff.

Draft at the brewpub. Amber-orange beer with little carbonation or head. Initially sweet, this then backs into a unique earthiness from the tea. The more I tasted, the more it’s like steeped tea. Sounds odd, but the warming alcohol behind it works. Pulled off well. (#4228, 8/24/2011)

A draft pour at the Cape Ann Brewpub. Poured a red to amber color witth a light tan head. Nose is roasted malts with some vanilla and burnt wood. Medium body. Flavor is very smoky, with some ripe fruit. Interesting, mostly for the smoke.

On tap at Cambridge Common, $5.95 for a 10oz pour. Pours a two finger white head that fades quickly leaving some lace. Light-medium carbonation and light-medium bodied but seemed a little watery. Nose is tea and flavor is strong dark tea with a late hint of caramel.

On tap at Oliver Twist. Hazy copper with a tiny off-white head. Aroma of malt, ith smoke and a hint of peat (I didn’t know the smoke came from the lapsang while drinking it). Sweet and sugary but still complex malt flavour, with a little peaty smoke. I have wanted to brew with lapsang. Now I know it’s possible!

Draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Pors out in a hazy deep reddish mahogny appearance with a asmall sticky off-white head. Rich rounded aroma of peat, smoke, caramel, figs, anise and burnt sugar. Full-bodied with chey notes of peat, tar, figs, raisins, licorice, burnt caramel and warming alcohol. Long warming finish of fudge, burnt caramel, figs, black pepper and prunes. Surprisingly tasty in it’s own rustic peaty character.

Draught@Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Deep reddish amber colour with small beige head. Aroma is alcohol, roasted malts, some mild wooden, vanillaish and peaty notes. Flavour is quite much the same along with some raisins and more strong on the wooden notes than the aroma was.

2009-09-03 and 2009-09-04, draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm
Cloudy red-amber color; creamy head, a small cap of foam is persistent.
The aroma has a decent smoke touch going along with the malt and caramel, woody as well, and with a tear of peaty whiskey; later some cereals appear.
Full bodied, rich malt and caramel flavor; the sweetness happily marry the smoke, without being syrupy; lightly tannic.
The final is malty, the sugar sticks on the lips, with caramel and a trace of smoke; it’s not extremely hopped like in others North American examples, but still it’s enough to reminds us that ain’t a smoked Doppelbock; it’s more enjoyable this way.
A whisky-barley wine. exploring a different terrain, with an interesting mix: sweetness, freshly cut wood, caramel and light smoke.

Big beer here. Had it on draft at Barcade in Brooklyn. Poured a nice, rich copper with a slight, fine white head. Aroma of bitter hops and some kind of tea, sure. Tasted very sweet, with undertones of hops and malt to give the beer a distinctive compexity. Felt great to drink, and the force of the beer made it a good beer to savor. An overall excellent experience.