Chiltern Bodgers Barley Wine

Brewed by Chiltern
Style: Barley Wine
Aylesbury, England

Serve in Snifter

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Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 3     Golden(1)->Dark brown(5) : 3     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 2   White(1)->Tan(5) : 2   Lasting: 1   Lacing : 1
Aroma:
Intensity : 3  
Yeast : 3   Bread : 2   Tropical Fruits : XX   Soap : XX   Diacetyl : 3 Sulfur : XX   Fusel : 4  
Malt : 3   Biscuity : 2   Hay : XX   Toasty : XX   Caramel : 3   Fruity : XX   Nutty : XX   Honey : XX   Maple : XX   Molasses : XX   Cereals : 2   Grainy : XX
Hops : 1   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : XX   Spicy : 1   Floral : XX   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : XX Orange : XX   Herbal : XX   Grassy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX  
Notes :   Peach/Apricot : XX   Earth : 2   Mint : XX   Butterscotch : 2   Smoke : XX   Dates : XX   Bourbon : XX   Bubblegum : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : 1   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 3   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 1   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : 3   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : 4   Mineral : XX   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Kinda like a strong lager and with a generous dose of higher alcohols. Very strong and unsubtle.

330ml bottle. Pours a slightly hazy dark orange with a large head. Aroma is sweet figs and alcohol. Toffee covered bananas. Taste is sweet, caramel, some raisin and alcohol. A little burnt.

Bottle bought at St Albans beer festival 2011. An amber orange coloured pour with a huge off white head. Sweet, fruity aroma. Tastes sweet, dark fruit, caramel, rich, malty. Belgian styled barley wine. Pretty good.

330ml bottle, no.51825, picked up at The Real Ale in a Bottle Bar, GBBF 09. Stable, soapy white head. Slightly hazy, yet shining, golden-amber body. Rather faint aroma of herbal dried fruits. Tart citric fruits, malts and mild spices in a well balanced flavour. An integrate alcohol punch to a dry hopped ending. Likable, without being an exceptional barley wine (Tromsø, 02.02.2010).

This smells beautiful...huge smooth ass malts..similar to St Bernardus 12 . I drank this from a goblet ..that pint glass in the photo to the left is all wrong and obscured . Flavours mmmmmm very malt driven , no surprise ..but silky and suave on the tounge.Fruit like coconut ...raisin and peach esters. Waz not expecting to dig this as much because i expected a rigid english B-Wine ..but irs more like a classy Belgian in persona.

Delicious lavender honey aromas, full of fruit and is remarkably similar to pritt stick. Rich and deliciously sweet and cereally in the mouth. Fruity honey and rich caramel. It is a little belgian. Way nice.

[330ml bottle from Chiltern brewery shop] Pale amber-orange with a moderate foamy off-white head. Strong floral aroma and initial taste, lots of orange and lemon in there too. Syrupy mouthfeel gives the citrus flavour a cut mixed peel quality. Bitter, dry finsh, like an IPA. No discernable alcohol hit makes this quite a dangerous beer! Interesting flavour, I rather enjoyed this.

Glowing amber, this is an attractive beer when poured. The aroma is fruity and the flavour has dark fruits, spice and citrus rind. It is surprisingly thin on the palate for the style and strength, which makes it deceptively drinkable. Not a great barley wine, this is nevertheless a decent beer.

Medium dense yellowish head, slightly irregular, fed by fine carbonation in yellow to old gold coloured beer. Quite alcoholic nose, dry spices, (too) discreet. Very warming, mildly sweet alcoholic taste, foxesapostrophe garlic, mandarine peel; dry liqueurish character; softly mellowing warming up, begetting raisiny notes. Sharp alcoholic MF. Very slick, near creamy texture, well-bodied. Out-of-the-ordinary BW, but not one to be left alone. Even a bit Belgian in character, and that is a compliment in my book. <i> Thanks, Darren!</i>

Appearance: Bottle No. 52216. Bronze, hazy. Not much head. Aroma: Tart fruit, malt. Taste: Lots of fruit, warming. Vinous. Malt. Slight bitterness Info: 330ml bottle, 18/11-2008, 195/300

Bottle bought at GBBF 08. Amber colour with a thick yellowish head. Sharp raisins and prunes aroma. Complex fruity flavours- raisins blending with traces of nuts. Full-bodied. A good, fruity barley wine.