Fegleys Brew Works Arctic Alchemy

Brewed by Fegley’s Brew Works
Style: Barley Wine
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle Pours a murky brown with a small light tan head. The head last okay and laces well. Aroma is mostly dark fruits, with some malt and alcohol. Has a light carbonation. The flavor is shape and a little alcohol burn. Not really bad for as high as it is. Blended well. Smooth to drink. Has a medium to full body. Texture is sticky. Has a good finish and a good aftertaste. A pretty good beer but a little pricey.

Thanks to Kramer for sharing this one with us. A - Pours deep brown with a nice one finger tall white head leaving little to no lace down the glass. S - Smell is very sweet up front with hints of vanilla, stone fruits, molasses, and some very strong alcohol esters that grow even stronger as it sits in the glass. T - Starts off with a big dose of sweet malt slowly giving way to a mix of stone fruits, molasses, vanilla, dark fruits, and a good amount of booze. The flavors help to keep the booze in check in the beginning but they are fighting a losing battle. Finish is pretty dry, lingering on the pallet for some time after consumption. M - Medium body and flavor with moderate carbonation. Sweet feel initially growing quite dry at the end of each sip. O - This one was just ok. It has some good flavors but it is nothing spectacular. I wouldn’t turn down another sample but I wont be seeking out a bottle for myself.

(Draught) Pours a deep amber body with a spare beige head. Aroma of plum, raisins, alcohol, and roasted malt. Flavor of caramel, raisins, plum, nuts, roasted malt, and tobacco.

From tap. Pours clear and golden dark brown to golden orange with a small tan head. Aroma is dark malty and slight alcoholic. Sweet and caramelish. Alcohol and dark roasted malty. Bitter and dry roasted finish.

750 ml bottle. Pours a slightly hazed deep reddish amber with a thin-moderate off-white head that lasted through the first quarter of the glass and left light lace. Pleasant aroma of malt, raisins, carmelized sugar, and brandy. The flavor is similar to the aroma with the same malt, raisins, carmelized sugar and brandy. The brandy intensifies towards the finish and culminates in a fairly strong alcohol burn. Overall, this is an enjoyable beer, but the alcohol does mask a bit.

Hazy brown color with a small, off white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of dark fruits, caramel malts, nuts, some wood, cocoa, and alcohol. Taste of more dark fruits, caramel malts, brown sugar, burnt wood, and alcohol in the finish.

750 ml bottle shared with Scott. Pours a deep rusty orange brown maple with a medium sized beige head. Aroma of raisins, deep sugary malt, light chocolate, prunes, figs and alcohol. Taste of dark fruits(dates, raisins, prunes, plums) malted sugar and alcohol. Excellent.

Pours a dark brown color with a thin head to it. Has a caramel boozy smell to it. Taste is about the same with caramel being the dominate flavor. A year in a bottle should make this beer fantastic.