Fox River X

Brewed by Fox River Brewing Co.
Style: Barley Wine
Oshkosh, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Snifter

Orange copper in color. Was sour. Fuity nose and wonderful overall aroma. Not bad.

Bottle courtesy of IronOrr. Copper pour with a short white head. Aroma is light caramel, berry, hints of toffee and sweet malt. Taste is a disaster. Sour berry, fruit jam, rotten fruit, and cardboard. Very sour and infected. Drain pour. Body is light and very bubbly. Ends with more sour fruit, berry and rotten fruit notes. Total waste. Big disappointment.

750ml bottle. Murky brown pour. Sweet alcohol aroma, malty, really nice. A little tart, and dry and some rich tasty malts. Good stuff. (1080)

Some acid in the aroma. Very dark red color. Malt. Low carbonation, and a little sour. Infected, maybe? Its not bad as it is, but something might be off.

Umber to copper in color with just a little swirl of tine bubbles on top. Caramel, toffee, stewed dark fruits, and just hints of wood and herbal hops. Light with just a little prickle on the tongue. Light sweet caramel start. Bit of acetic-ness in this one, which reminds me of my grandmothers strawberry wine. LIghtly fruity and only hints of alcohol. Interesting stuff, not great, but interesting. Would make an interesting marinade, or reduction with pork.

Courtesy of Skyview. Dark copper color with no head. Very sweet malt aroma. A light bitterness up front on the taste. Turns to a sweet caramel and malt, finishing a little like butterscotch, but not in the infected/poorly-brewed way.

Rating number 1000 for state of Wisconsin. Picked up a single 750 ml bottle at the Fratellos Fox River Appleton location. Pours a clear light copper amber brew with a fast dissolvin off-white head that dissipates clean with no bubbles or ring. Aroma of a distant farm field, some caramel malt, a touch of tropical fruit and some orange zest. Taste is light to medium bodied, very little carbonation, if any, with flavors of lighgt caramel malt, orange zest, some light tropical fruit and apple. Finish is light, mildly crisp with a semi-tart apple aftertaste. Alcohol presence is hidden if there is any alcohol in this barley wine.

The Dan Journal #14. Tasted May 2006. 750ml Bottle. Clear and ruby brown. Bone white head. Smokey cherry nose. Slight whiskey burn. Smokey with a touch af anise and oak. Noticeable burn in the finish. Full and smooth.