Dicks Barley Wine

Brewed by Dicks Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Centralia, Washington USA

From a 12-ounce bottle--Poured a dark amber body with a thin whitish head. Aroma of bold malts, toffee, caramel and alcohol. Piny hop flavor with gripping malts and a finish of grassy, stinging flavor. Very smooth and quite enjoyable.

ark amber with a small off white head. Aroma is strong malts and toffee. Flavor is heavy caramel with a bit of hops to back it up. Some toffee and grapes as well. Finishes a tad syrupy, just how I like em.

4/16/2008: Dick’s Barley Wine Ale has a rich, malty caramel/toffee aroma. There are also some resinous hoppiness lingering in the aroma. The beer has a transparent pecan color and a thin, beige, crackle-top veil. The flavor is hoppy and has more of a bite than I expected as a hefty dose of grassy and pine hops jump out right up front and builds through the finish. There really isn’t too much malitness underneath to balance this beer; it is just outright bitter! That’s not all bad, I suppose, but definitely not what I was looking for tonight. All I really get besides the bitterness is some toasted bread and a hint of toffee. It finished floral if not a bit soapy... Regardless, the alcohol is completely hidden - or at least masked - by the flavor and bitterness. This medium-bodied barleywine is very smooth and has a soft, subtle texture.

12 fluid ounce bottle (9.9% Alcohol by Volume) from bitbucket. Thanks Bob! Rating #110 for this beer...

Courtesy JMFG. Dark ruby/amber/brown and a small, creamy, off white cap. Aroma is rather muted besides a savory, beefy element- toffee, bready malt, and resinous hops. Flavor adds some melon/tropical fruit elements to the hops, lightly toasted caramel, subtle vegetation. Full/medium body, soft carbonation.

Bottle. 9.9% abv (on the bottle). Pours a silky clear amber/red with a thin thight head. Nose is very sweet/fruity, no hops or malt or yeast in the nose. taste is clean but very sweet. finishes bitter and slow. a pretty decent barely wine.

12oz. bottle, 2006 vintage(?). 9,9% abv. Aroma of sweet malts and dried fruits, surprisingly subtle in effect, with notes of toffee, apricot, date and dark brown sugar, doughy yeast and perhaps some faint licorice. Clear dark red-amber color with a very fine, slight, lasting head. Flavor is comprised of a good blend of dark, toasty malt, dark berry and apple fruitiness, very light caramel sweetness and a considerable spicy bitterness. Finish is very long and lingering, drying out to a large extent and showing touches of peppery alcohol and herbal hop flavor late. Warming, gently astringent, sticky and finely effervescent on the palate, body is adequately full. Sweetens considerably as it warms. Seems to fit this haiku I just found:
a small glass of ale
to get through the long cold night
with warm pleasant dreams

Bottle courtesy of hopdog. Pours murky brown with a small but persistent head. Aroma of wheat and brown sugar. Taste is malt and bitterness. A little thin, but tasty.

Picked up a 12-oz bottle at Bottleworks in Seattle, Washington during the summer of 2007. Pours a dark semi-clear reddish amber brew with a thick off-white head that has some good retention a some sticky lacing. Aroma of sweetened caramel malt, with characters of raisin, yeast and a touch of dark pitted dried fruit. Taste is medium to full bodied, some carbonation with a sweet flavor of raisin, some yeast, light caramel malt and a touch of nutmeg. Finish is semi-sweet with a dry raisin and caramel flavor. The extra alcohol is a nice touch.