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Lagunitas Olde Gnarly Wine 3.83 642

Lagunitas Olde Gnarly Wine

Percentile
98
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
6423.84/5.03.83/5.0Spring11%90.3Snifter
Commercial Description:
Our annual BarleyWine is brewed to last, but hard to hold on to.
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 tennessejed420 (134), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/102/513/20
Feb 5, 2010  
22 oz. bottle. Pours a beautiful ruby color with nice creme-colored frothy head which lingers with good lacing. Smell is of molasses, root, alcohol. Tastes is of strong burnt-sugar malt with alcohol on the finish. I like and drink alot of big beers, but the alcohol was too conspicuous here. Still an enjoyable brew.


 Unibonger (102), Mount Shasta, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 5, 2010  
22oz. Pours a clear light-medium amber darkening in glass to a deep amber. Thin white head, some retention, minor lacing. Dominant hop aroma, light sweetness, well balanced. Initial strong bitterness, hoppy vegetable aroma, sweet as hell and a light salty finish. Bold body, high syrupy textureness, low carbonation.


 drowland (1490), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Feb 3, 2010  
Bomber (2010) into a pint glass. The pour is pumpkin orange with a small off-white head. The aroma is hops upfront, the earthy, spicy, and vegetal type. There is also a touch of alcohol and an unsettling type of food in there. The flavor is sweet with another unsettling amount of salty food, almost like barbecue... not loving this... and it’s combined with the fruitiness of the hops... this is a strange cat.


BarZigKin (91), The Colony, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/517/20
Jan 31, 2010  
22oz bomber. Clear, light copper pour with a tan, clinging, lacing-leaving head. Aroma of caramel, roasted malts, hint of milk chocolate, toffee and alcohol. Flavor is syrupy sweet, carmel, biscuit, slightly alcoholic and mild floral hops. Slick mouthfeel, mild carbonation and a medium body. Mild malt sweetness followed by a slight citrus hop finish. Alcohol present from beginning to end. Good availability to quality to cost ratio.


 MrPickles (124), Wisconsin, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/513/20
Jan 31, 2010  
Thanks to Madvike for this. Bottle cellared for about a year. Pours a clear dark copper tinted brown. Sweet aromas of chocolate toffee, caramel, apple, maple, brown sugar, vanilla and maybe a plum. Flavors are well blended but there is a dominance of sweetness and bread notes. A solid barley wine for the price, I enjoyed it.


 badgerben (3646), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Jan 31, 2010  
2010 Vintage, January 28, 2010: Dark copper color with a large head. Strong citrusy hop aroma. Big caramel malts and fruitiness, mostly apple. Sweet fruit taste (again, mostly apple). Caramel. An odd light vegetable taste, maybe from the hops. On the high end of the bitterness spectrum for barley wines.


 EricE (503), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Jan 31, 2010  
Clear red brown pour with a thin light tan head. Sweet malty aroma with bready grain. Sweet malt flavor with a deep caramel finish. Alcohol and and some hops linger on the tongue.


 ryan (1808), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/58/20
Jan 31, 2010  
Ugh, sickly sweet, unhopped mess of a caramel bomb. Finishes thin with lingering gross sweetness.



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