3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Draught at GABF) clearish amber with no head. Nose of chlorine, pine, honey and brett. Taste of florals, maple, caramel, toasty cherry and sweet. Smooth finish with a thin to medium thick body.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Variety I had was aged in Maker’s Mark cask. Strong grape flavor came through, and had constitution much like wine, thin compared to other beers but medium to thick compared to wines. A successful barleywine.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Draught) Pours a hazy amber body with a medium off-white head. Aroma of cherry, florals, raisins, and caramel. Flavor of cherry, herbs, florals, brown sugar, caramel, light pine, and raisins.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap. Pours with a tan head and a very murky brown body. Aroma is very fruity with caramel and tangerine. Taste is caramel, flan, berry, pine, brown sugar and a bit of smoke. Lots of crystal malt and lots of bitterness. Creamy carbonation syrupy.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at Ladyface. Slightly hazy medium orange with a small off-white head, fading to a thin ring and sparse film quickly. Sweet caramel and earthy hops up front with some spiced fig and raisins, light oak behind--not picking up on the Belgian yeast or wine yet. Flavor adds some toasted grain to the sweet raisin and caramel notes. Seemingly sweet, but the generously hopped beer packs a lot of bitterness, peaking at a 6 in the semi-dry earthy finish. Moderate alcohol presence. Light to moderate carbonation with s full body. Interesting concept, but the components didn’t seem to come together well for me--I didn’t get the wine or the Belgian yeast, and the there seemed to be a little too much bittering hops.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
pours a thin rich tan head and cloudy orange/brown color. Aroma is sweet medium malt, back bone of pine hops with cascade (approximately a malty APA). Taste is malty, spicy/pine hops bitterness. Has a fermented tang. (about a winter ale). Enjoyable for 1 or 2 at a time, then that’s enough spice. Medium/full body. Good effervescence.
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