Deschutes Mirror Mirror Barleywine

Brewed by Deschutes Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Bend, Oregon USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle 22fl.oz.
[ Trade by SecretSanta ]. Clear medium to dark red - orange amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, bread, wood, vanilla notes, light alcohol. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20100416]

Bottled - tasted blind. A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet malty combined with notes of caramel and hops, as well as light notes of spices. The flavor is sweet with notes of hops, caramel, and malt, leading to a dry straw finish. A very special thanks goes out to my mystery friend at the Hood River Hops Fest who gave me this.

UPDATED: JUL 31, 2008 (Bottle 75 cl) Pours a hazy, dark amber with a small, off-white head. Dry, hoppy and very aromatic nose. Medium body with lots of caramel and a somewhat blurred hop profile. Hoppy finish. Tasted at the Oklahoma Beer tasting March 06 hosted by mjames and lilannie. 240306 and 260708

From bottle #16 at sk8vikings American blind tasting. Pours hazy orange with a fully diminished white head. Wineous and fruity aroma, light yeasty. Solid barley wine caramel dense flavour. Sweet caramel and alcohol warming. Sweet lingering caramel flavour. Light alcohol bite. Ends lingering alcohol and dense caramel flavoured.

Draught at Rose and Raindrop, Portland. Clear nut brown. Aroma of grapefruit and mango. Sweet and really malty with rounded mouthfeel. Thick and dense English style malt character, some vanilla and US style hops: Pretty damn solid!

Bottle at Theis og Mette. Hazy orange red coloured with a medium sized off-white head. Sweet aroma of caramel, dried fruits and cookies with notes of alcohol. Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, dried fruits, hops and alcohol. Hoppy and warming alcoholic finish.

Vintage 2009, 2 years old
Dark brown color, hazy; medium-sized creamy head. Strong malt aroma, with vanilla oak, but also a delicate fruity touch. Full bodied, with a round mouthfeel; strong caramel and toffee flavor, well sweet, but not cloying; the vanilla/oak character is moderate, well complementing the malts; there is a light nutty touch; correct bitterness level, probably faded in 2 years of aging; instead the alcohol is clearly perceived, providing a warming feeling and a mean of cutting the malt. Very good.

Name: Mirror Mirror 2005 BA
Date: 07/02/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

hazy amber, big sweet grapefruit aroma, sweet malt flavor, sweet carmel flavor, nice hops

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Hazy dark amber with medium beige head. Sweet vinious aroma with caramel, hops and ripe fruits. Sweet flavor with caramel, fruity and hoppy notes.

Bottle @ Brugmansia/Fonefan US Tasting, April 2010. Pours unclear amber/reddish with a small creamy white head and lacings. Nose is very vinous and sweet. Bread, toffee, oak and dark fruit. Flavor is oak, caramel, toffee, port and a hint of vanilla. Very complex and well balanced. A delicious Barley Wine.