Feral Razorback

Brewed by Feral Brewing Co.
Style: Barley Wine
Baskerville, Australia

Serve in Snifter

[On-tap at Feral] Pours reddish-brown with a small off-white head. Aroma has a lot of alcohol, some strawberry jam, some spearmint, pine, and lemon. Taste is pretty hot, but also too much of an odd sweetness towards the end. Bitterness is somewhat restrained and there is an odd, almost cedary taste that shows up. Thicker than Boris, somewhat smooth, and has a decent length finish. It isn’t awful, but it certainly is not very good either. It is too hot, and too sweet, and unlike Boris I just don’t see much potential with it.

UPDATED: OCT 23, 2011 On tap at Feral. Pours a copper-red with a small beige head. Sweet malts immediately hit the nose with a slight backing of mildly dark fruits and chocolate. Nuts and dried fruits in the taste with a lingering sweetness and a hint of milk chocolate. Mouth feel is average with a mild bitter linger. Much better than off the hand pump at the Sail

This is retired. Anyway, it was a bit messy. Muted nose. Very medicinal. Lots of sweet syrupy like flavours. Can’t say I would recommend this.

Tap at Local Taphouse: Looks great - fiery red, slightly hazy, excellent head for the size. This beer reminded me a lot of Son of a Beast. Lots of strawberry jam esters and a bit of that salty/meaty stuff that stressed yeast seems to spit out (but not as much as SoaB), which slightly obscure the subtle US-style hops and toffee-laden malt character. Splinters of tasty base malt peep through in the flavour, but it’s mostly hidden behind salt and toffee. Mouthfeel is a tiny bit soapy. Enjoyable enough, but the local examples here are miles behind beers like Bigfoot or Old Crustacean.

Not my preferered style of beer and havent had too many barley wines before but this is my best to date. was poured and presented well into wine like glass. well balanced sweetness alcohol touch at 11% went down nicely Enjoyed and want to try again.

The latest seasonal available on tap at Feral. Reddy coppery body with a lasting light tan head. The aroma is sweet, mainly of malts and some fruit notes. Bitterness balances the sweetness in the taste well, dried fruit , a little nuttiness, doesn’t taste like 11% though there is warmth. Went down very easily.