Golden City Centurion Barleywine Ale

Brewed by Golden City Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Golden, Colorado USA

Serve in Snifter

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UPDATED: OCT 9, 2005 Draught (14oz. shaker glass, unfortunately). Strong, darkly fruity aroma, plum, berry and red grape overriding the lighter bubble gum nuances, along with plenty of malty, brown sugary sweetness and piney, citric hoppiness, along with a touch of alcohol as it warms. Fairly complex and pleasant. Deep, dark garnet color, clear (filtered) with a slight, ivory ring of foam. Flavor profile is alcoholic to start, unusually, moving towards the strongly bitter, citric hops and finally seeing the richly sweet, fruity flavors at the end, making it a sort of "Barleywine in reverse"... The long, lingering finish is a combination of all elements, ultimately, the full, sugary sweetness, the abundant fruitiness, the bitter, piney and resinous hops and the gentle, warming touch of alcohol, which is not overpowering in the least. Certainly a powerfully full-flavored rendition, but not over the top. Smooth with low effervescence on the palate, full-bodied for certain. Seemingly a proper American Barleywine overall.

Pour out of 12 oz bottle, dark ruby red almost brown with thin ring of off white head, aroma brings notes of big toffee, caramel, some dark fruits with hints of raisin, touch of heat in there as well with a hint of earth and nutty notes as well. Taste is a mix of sweet caramel, toffee, and a nice vanilla note, some even slight marshmallow notes with fruity dark fruits, hint of cocoa powder and chocolate notes as well, hints of some slight earth finishing fairly sweet, but little to no heat on the taste. Pretty nice! Would like to try one with a year or two of age.

Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of over ripe fruits. The flavo ris sweet iwht notes of malt, caramel, alcohol, and over ripe fruits.

Bottle at Papsø. Pours hazy amber with a medium off white head. The aroma is sweet malty and bread like with notes of fruit. The flavuor issweet fruity, light hoppy with lots of sweet malt and caramel.

Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Cloudy amber - white bubbles. Bitterness, juicy, light hoppy, light wooden, berries, barkey, caramel, high sweetness, ok bitterness.

Bottle at Papsø. Clear orange coloured with a small white head. Sweet aroma of caramel, dried fruits and marzipan. Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, dried fruits, marzipan and hops. Sweet, hoppy and warming alcoholic finish.

Bottled. Golden coloured. Unclear. Dense beige head. Aroma of ripe fruits, spice, vague hops. Flavour of ripe fruits, spice, caramel. Medium bodied. Dry alcoholdense and fruity end.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy brown to orange with no lasting head. Aroma is spiced and caramelish malty. Sweet, caramelish and slight toasted. Slight spiced and dry malty. Ends lingering malty.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of Doodler. Pours deep golden with a slight haze and a tiny rough white head. Sweet alcoholic aroma of overripe fruit. Solid body, almost flat, a little overripe fruit with an amazingly hot alcohol finish. 270411

22 April 2011, bottle w/ cgarvieuk. light golden colour, clear. nose is honey and alcohol. quite sweet without as much body. med/full body and slightly fizzy. sugary sweet. not as raisiny as most barleywines. honey and sweet. nice

bottle at home ... amber ... thinest white head ... soft sweet toffee tofeee malts ... that american malt i dont like .. nose ... light sweet toffee fruit ... light malt ... sweet fruity hop ... ok but again not me... little honnyish