Lakefront My Turn #004 - Chad - Barley Wine Style Ale

Brewed by Lakefront Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Snifter

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Had at the 2013 St. Paul Summer Beer Fest, Dark orange, malt caramel aroma, taste is similar, alright

Old rate. HAd it on draft. It is super thick and boozy, one of the biggest barleywines out there. Adn cheap as hell. And organic. Wish I liked this style better.

Bomber poured a clear reddish amber with a lasting amber head. Aromas of toffee, fruittiness, carmel and candied orange. Palate was full bodied and smooth. Flavors of toffee, fruittiness, carmel and light earthiness with a smooth lingering fruity toffee finish.

Deep garnet pour with fading, thin white head. Nose is thick with sticky caramel, booze, fruity syrup, cherry, tangerine, and light prune. Flavor is more sticky fruit cocktail, sugary malt, caramel, biting pine-like hops, and more booze. Big and viscous. Quite hot and sugary, but drinkable. Just didn’t dig it that much.

Aroma is heavy malts, mild vinous notes and nuttiness. The flavor is toffee, caramel, thick malts, fruit notes and a medium alcoholic and slightly hoppy finish.

Pours a deep brown with a light red color and a very, very dense creamy tan head to top it off. Aroma has a lot of dark fruit, raisin, a very hefty caramel candy character, strong sticky toffee finish with a good dose of earthy hops. Flavor starts off with a super sticky sweetness that has a lot of caramel candy notes, modest raisin and fig. Middle has a very nice toasted grain presence with a light toffee and very light earthy, light orange citrus hops ending. Body is extremely thick. Imagine the first runnings from the brew and this is about that density. Carbonation is low and it’s extremely sticky as your lips are literally sticky after drinking this brew. Overall a very tasty brew. I would never of guessed it was 12.5% alcohol by the taste. So much residual sugar in this beer. For a barely wine styling, this brew doesn’t have much in the way of hops presence. Pretty good overall and a definitively unique beer out right now on the market.

Pour out of 22 oz bottle, didn’t realize it was 12.5% until I poured it, but here goes. Dark brownish red pour with thin off white head, aroma brought thick caramel, toffee, some molasses, roasted malts with lots of dark fruit, caramelized sugars, hints of earth, slight orange and grapefruit notes. Taste is a mix of lot of caramel, toffee, lots of oaky notes, hints of smoke, slight dark fruits with fig, plum, finishing fairlysweet with some citrus notes, more booze notes. Its not bad considering the abv, but it is very, very sweet.

Tap. Dark amber pour with off white head. Smells of dark fruits and slight alcohol. Tastes of caramel, fruit and alcohol. Very good and it almost tastes different with each drink. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle. Rich amber beer with a dark cream head. Caramel and fruity aroma. Caramel and toffee flavor with dried fruit and some red fruit. Medium-plus bodied. Caramel and light toffee lingers with light alcohol and dried fruit.

Bomber. Poured clear reddish-orange with a creamy, well-retained khaki head. The aroma picked up sweeter fruity notes, toffee, and caramel with accents of fresh citrus and lesser peppery hoppage.. a lot of sugars, a lot of hops, and a lot of warmth.. solid balance. The flavor found sharp citrus bitterness and peppery alcohol on the tip of the tongue, with mostly medium-skinned fruity notes and toffee supporting.. sharp and a tad hot in the end, but not unreasonably so for the posted ABV. Heavier-bodied with low-moderate carbonation on the palate.. overall a bit green, but there was some good stuff going on.