Drakes Frankenwein

Brewed by Drakes Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
San Leandro, California USA

Serve in Snifter

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On draft at beer revolution. It pours dark amber with a creamy off white head. The aroma is amazing with lots of dark fruit and hard candy. Caramel, cherry, plums, raisins, toffee. Very potent. The flavor is rich, smooth, and bright with fruit flavors , caramel and toffee. Tastes a bit oxidized with some nuts and sherry, but it adds another great dimension to this beer. Alcohol is pretty potent with a big plummy caramel finish.

On draft @ Toronado. Poured a dark, murky brown, slightly red, with a very little cap of off-white head. The nose is a balance of hops (spicy, earthy and piny) and dark sweet molasses. I’m also picking up a slight bit of grapefruit in it as well. The taste also follows a hop and malt balance present in the nose. Hoppy pine, grapefruit rind, bitterness, but a sticky caramel comes in at the end. It’s slightly tangy, but not at all cloying. Mouth feel is medium with very nice carbonation. No alcohol warmth, the finish is a little bitter and slightly astringent.

Draft at Beer Revolutiin - Muddy dark amber. Slight head. Sweet makty aroma. Thinner body than expected. Flavors of peaches and apricot followed almost immediately by bitternrss from the hops. Only slight warming in throat. Due to bitternrss is definitely a sipping beer.

Draft. ’07 vintage. Rich amber with a dark cream colored head. Light malt aroma. Malt and light wheat flavor with sherry notes. Medium bodied. Sherry and malt lingers with wheat and light spice.

On tap at Beer Revolution. Pours foggy amber with a fruity aroma. There is a typical bareywine flavor - very fruity with a bitter finish. However, this one is quite tasty without being cloyingly sweet.

Draft. A pale amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of hops, grass, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of hops lending it notes of spices and grass as well as lighter notes of lemon peal, combined with medium notes of malt, leading to a dry and very bitter finish.

On tap at PP Carlsbad (6/12/09): Pours a transparent bright copper orange with a well-lacing off-white head. Aroma of light caramel maltiness and some light fruity esters. Starts semi-sweet and toasty malty with a touch of caramel toffee before a drier bittersweet finish. A decent hoppy barleywine.

On tap at PP Cbad. Dark amber color. Small wispy head. Sweet and malty. Mild bitterness. Little caramel. A little tongue burn. Alcohol barely noticable. Easy to drink. Very nice. Hint of yeast. Finishes clean.

From tap at Pizza Port Carlsbad. Pours clear golden amber with an almost fully gone head. Solid hoppy aroma,towards overripe fruity. Distinct fruity hops flavoured with a light wooden pine hops note. Bitter, dry and malty flavoured.

On tap. Clear amber golden with an off-white head. Aroma of overripe fruit, aroma hops and alcohol. Quite full-bodied, burned caramel, wood and some oxidization. Some bitterness in the finish with plenty of warming alcohol. 060709