Djævlebryg Old Mephisto

Bryggeriet Djævlebryg
Brewed at Herslev Bryghus
Style: Barley Wine
København Ø., Denmark

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle from Gammel strand. Dark ruby red with a stable, little head. Raisins and nutty aroma with some vinous notes. Good dry nutty flavours balancing raisins, some roast. Very bock-like, but still highly likeable, if not extremely complex.

Sample at Ølfestival 2012. Hazy amber colour with little head. Taste and aroma are big on toffee, with a deep hit of winter berries and dark fruit to complement it. Alcohol is noticable but this goes down pretty smooth. I was sufficiently impressed.

Sample from tap, CBF 2012. Dark amber colour with a small off-white head. Sweet aroma with malts, sweet, roasted caramel and spices. Taste is sweet. Full bodied with a oily texture. Finishes long lasting with a small hint of alcohol, some liquorice and herbal notes. Enjoyable BW.

50cl bottle: Pours a slightly murky dark mahogany with a thin-lacing covering of light tan head. Has a sweet, lightly-oxidized caramel malty nose with some sherry character and citrus hoppy notes. Starts with pretty good fullness and chewy dark caramel sweetness with some light fruity complexity and good hop bitterness before a drier bittersweet, slightly warming finish. An enjoyable American-style barley wine.

Pour dark, deep ruby red, with a small creamy off-white head. Aroma of plums, dates, malts, caramel, toffee, portwine notes ans slight oaky notes. Slightly hoppy towards the end. Taste is sweet, with a slight bitter finish, from both the hops and the wood. Medium body, with a medium oily texture, and average carb.

Ruby red brown with a thin skiff floating on top. Yum yum yum aroma. Medical cherry, spice, dark oak, sweet heavy plumb, vanilla, and mild hints of pennies. This aroma is exactly what I was craving tonight. So much CHERRY in the nose. Taste is good but not as massive as the aroma. Bitter wood, more medical cherry, earth, more stuff. Soft mouth feel with tingly carbonation. The 10.5% is noticeable but is balanced perfect with the body of the beer. The bitter is really coming to the front of the flavour now. This is exactly what I look for in a B-Wine, thick flavour, sweet with a bitter edge, cheery, and a oaky malt. Perfect for me it is but there are better out there. SPICE! This beer hit the spot.

Bottle. Clear coppery orange, with fairly large off-white head. Lovely. Massive malty notes in the nose, together with caramel and some fresh hops. Sweet and peppery with some roasted notes. Some alcohol. Lively soft carbonation. Long sweet and bitter finish.

run of the mill barleywine. sweet more than hoppy. Mahogany body with good lace. Boozy and malty aroma.

Bouteille de 500ml. Merci Patrick. Bière brune-rouge (orangée sous la lumière). Le nez est passablement simple avec une masse de sucre fondu, de caramel. En bouche tout se sucre se répand dans la bouche comme une masse. Il y a beaucoup d’alcool fruité, des houblons amers sont bien agressifs. Une bière à boire à petite gorgée.

Deep copper/amber in color with a hint of off-white head. Raisin-sweet molassis aroma. Malty-honey sweet. Denmark visit ’11 on tap at the Lord Nelson.

Bottle from Systembolaget, Stockholm, Sweden. Malty sweet aroma with some grassy notes from the hops. Taste is bitter and rich, stays in the mouth long after the first sip, awesome. Texture is oily and smooth, feels thick. Great barley wine.