Huvila Barley Wine

Formerly brewed at Panimoravintola Huvila (-2009)
Style: Barley Wine
Savonlinna, Finland

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle 250ml.

[ Vintage 2005 ]. Unclear medium amber color with a average to large, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, dried fruit, light roasted, light to moderate oxidide, light apple - madera. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100630]

(Bottle 25 cl) Courtesy of Bierkönig. Vintage 2005. Clear, dark, amber golden with no head whatsoever - looks like a vintage cognac. Fat aroma of caramel, overripe fruit and alcohol. Very full-bodied with hardly any carbonation. Plenty of sweet caramel, overripe fruit and vanilla accents. Almost no bitterness, but a warming alcohol in the finish. A decent British style Barley wine. 120108

Bottled (as Pikkulintu Barley Wine 2005), Pikkulintu, Helsinki. 2 bottles, as the first one had some kind of infectionlike notes. Brownish amber colour, not much head. Aroma is earth, caramel, alcohol with some Madeiralike notes. Flavour is caramel, some alcohol, raisins and mild berryish notes. After rating IIended up blending the "strange one" and the "normal one" which also quite surprisingly resulted in a quite nice thing.

Bottle at Pikkulintu, 2005-vintage. Hazy orange red coloured with a small off-white head. Sweet aroma of caramel and dried fruits with notes of yeast and oak. Sweet flavour of caramel and dried fruits with notes of sherry, hops and alcohol. Hoppy and warming alcoholic finish.

Bottle (Vintage 2005) at Pikkulintu.  Clear dark red/brown - white head.  Berried. Dark fruity. Dried dark fruits. Roasted notes. Nice sweetness. Nice amount barley. Very smooth. 

250ml bottle (Pikkulintu, Helsinki, Christmas Beers 2007) as "Pikkulintu Barley Wine 2005" Rich red, almost no head. Sweet honey and apple aroma. Full sweet malty body, with honey too. Good bitter bite on the back of the tongue. Zingy - mixed peel. Powerful yet delicate.

(Bottled, 0.25%, labeled "Pikkulintu Barley Wine 2005", and I was told this is brewed exclusively for them) Clear, deep red-amber with a small head. Grainy-malty aroma with dried fruit, fermented strawberries and hints of alcohol. Sweet and very grainy-malty, dried-fruity flavor with well-hidden alcohol. Medium to full-bodied, not very thick palate with flat carbonation. Sticky mouthfeel. A decent and quite drinkable barley wine, but somewhat one-dimensional with a very emphasized graininess. Nice to see a Finnish barley wine, though, after Plevna retired its 11% version.

Huvila Barely Wine 2005 Bottle. Courtesy of Jeppe [Amager – Mikkeller Brew session @ Amager Bryghus] Small fizzy white head that mostly diminished. Spare lacework. Clear amber – brown colour. Aroma of bread, alcohol, grain, wood like feel, raisin, date and mix of dried fruit. Medium to full bodied with a soft carbonation. Moderated sweet flavour with light bitterness. Lingering sweet dried fruity finish. Quit nice, and as MPA says: properly top 5 Finland Barely Wine….. he he

(Bottle, as Pikkulintu Barley Wine 2005, on 2008-05-01) Amber colour. Almost clear. Not much head. Malty and bit sour nose. Full palate. Taste is very close to raisins. Sweetness. In aftertaste, hints of sourness.

Courtesy of Bierkönig. Reddish amber of color with a very weak white head. An aroma of sweet malt and caramel. A flavor of malt, raisins and caramel.