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Clipper City Heavy Seas Below Decks

Clipper City Heavy Seas Below Decks

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A Barley Wine brewed by
Clipper City Brewing Co.

Baltimore, Maryland USA

bottled
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on tap
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2733.22/5.03.21/5.0Special11%11.7 Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Created to celebrate Clipper City’s 10th Anniversary – extremely limited and vintage dated – this extravagantly malty barley wine will show well upon release but continue to evolve for years.

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 BuckeyeBoy (1025), Boise, Idaho, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20

Apr 18, 2008  
12oz bottle thanks to Acknud for this one. Pours out a clear brown topped with almost no head. A nice aroma of sweet pit fruit and light hop. Tast of light malt more of that pit fruit and a touch of hops. Not to bad.

 WeeHeavySD (1497), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20
Jul 3, 2008  
12oz I bought in Providence @ Nikki’s Liquor and shared with my GF Cyn. Bottle says 2007. Pours bubbly amber with a 1 finger bright white head. Nose is a little chalky and slightly biscuity nose. Taste is sweet and hides alcohol pretty well. This is drinkable and a decent barleywine.


 Acknud (533), Morganfield, Kentucky, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Jun 19, 2008  
Amber pour. Small head with tight lacing. Malty aroma and taste with a very slight bitterness.


 elihapa (169), Hawaii, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Jun 4, 2008  
4/24/08 notes: bottle. Pours amber color with small head. Flavor features an intense malt character, hazelnut, and some red wine booziness. I am not that experienced with Barley Wines, but there was a certain alcohol-malt intensity to this beer that was a tad uncomfortable. Regardless, this beer is smooth and nutty, with a hint of dark fruit that made it overall enjoyable.


 wetherel (876), Carlsbad, California, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/512/20
May 25, 2008  
12oz bottle tried at Taco Mac in Alpharetta Georgia. Medium bubbles. Small head. Dark amber color. Heavy body. 2007 bottle. Malty DMS aroma or something off. Not that pleasant to smell. Sweetish. A little throat burn. Lower drinkability, but I’m not sure why: either high ABV, higher alcohols, or just general bad taste.


 fonefan (3999), Ulfborg, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
May 6, 2008  
Bottle @ Cnudde Tasting.. Clear medium amber color with a small, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, wood, oak, toffee, alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily - syrupy, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. (290308)




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