DuClaw Misery

Brewed by DuClaw Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Abingdon, Maryland USA

Serve in Snifter

Loads of ripe sweet fruit. Quite sweet, viscous mouthfeel, and oily. Big bready malts, sweet, yeasty, bready sweetness. Pine hoppy finish, medium bitterness, quite boozy. Rough around the edges, would benefit from some age.

22 oz bomber-Clear orange pour w/a moderate white head & good lacing. Had a bit of hop bite up front, followed by some sweetness, some malt, a little light fruit. This was pretty good, had quite a kick, & a lot more hop than your typical Wheat Wine, which is what this brew really is. As Ratebeer does not recognize this style, which is a pet peeve of mine, it gets lumped in with the Barley Wine’s....this is in no way a Barley Wine,

Bottle. Hazy variegated golden brown color, massive beige head, solid lacing. Nice aroma of apricot, peach. Taste is sweet, fruity, spice, with strong alcohol toward the finish. Decent.

Pours a deep tan brown .. medium headring .. light spots of lacing .. . burnt sugar, blackened hops, light spice, and burnt wood .. . medium sticky mouth .. . easy finish .. . . Let’s bee it up, yo!

22oz. Bottle: Aroma of malt, citrus, slight diacetyl, slight hops, light hard candy, slight tropical fruit, and some citrus. Poured orange in color with a tiny, white head around the edges only. Very hazy. A few small particles. Small lacing. Flavor is light to medium sweet and lightly bitter. Tastes of malt, hops, tangerine, nectarine, slight candi sugar, slight citrus, and a hint of tropical fruit. Medium body. Oily, then lightly dry texture. Average carbonation. Medium sweet, lightly bitter, malt, hop, citrus, tropical fruit finish is dry. 10%ABV completely hidden throughout.

Pours a slightly hazy reddish-orange with two fingers of dense offwhite head. Clears up with some warmth. Nose is a tad spicy with a rich caramelly character, similar to a sweet bread. Notes of peach and warming alcohol with a hint of banana. Rich flavor, very fruity and a bit spicy. Warm banana bread. Alcohol gets a tad hot.

This beer has the perfect name. It smells and tastes like misery. Or just plain miserable. Rotten vegetables, diacteyl, and sugary caramel corn highlight the nose. Flavor is sweet, boozy, and lightly bitter. Never been a big fan of this style, but this one takes in to new levels of crappiness.

Bottle. Pours a clear pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel and dark fruit aroma. Sweetish malty dark fruit flavor with hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty spicy dark fruit finish.