New Holland Existential Hopwine

Brewed by New Holland Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Holland, Michigan USA

bomber. hazy orange pour with smallish off-white head. aroma of caramel, raisins, candy sugars and malt. viscous oily palate was the first thing I noticed. flavors matched the aroma with a solid bitter hop backbone throughout - balances out the candy sweetness. nice warming alcohol presence. really good sippin brew. K-7.5

22 oz bottle. Hops, spice, smell of a standard barley wine. The beer I have says 10.5% ABV and it hides it very well. Easy drinking barley wine even when it gets warm which is a plus because most barley wines I’ve had turn hard to drink after getting warm. Cheers!

Poured from a 22oz bomber. nose is dominated by hops - floral and spicy hops rather than earthy hops. overall the nose is nice. on the way down there wasn’t much lacing, but I’m not suprised seeing that it is 11% ABV. a fairly clear light copper color that lacks the malt to back up the hops, in my opinion. This beer is definitely more for the hops than the malt.

IPS tasting at Three Cellars Milwaukee. The aroma is little maltly, citrus some caramel taste matches

Courtesy dchmela. Pours a clear, dark orange color with a small, creamy, beige colored head. The dense, oily body shows its sticky legs on the glass, leaving spots and flares of lacing behind. The aroma shows massive amounts of buttery toffee and rich caramel malts, accompanied by a similarly huge orange and grapefruit hop billing. Flavors too, were straightforward but intense. Grassy, citrusy hops do well to slice through the substantial sweetness of the caramel and toffee, imparting a welcoming, spicy bitterness. The mouthfeel is big and viscous, without being overly cloying. Borderline barleywine/IIPA. NIce brew.

Bomber courtesy Durhambeer. Dark amber pour with a thin white head. Huge malty malty grassy hop bitter aroma that just knocks you in the head from first sniff. Spicy hops, bitter grassy and dry with a big malt presence. Very intense and very close to a barley wine. I have a feeling the hops may have faded a little, but top notch beer nonetheless.

The aroma is a little malt, citrus. The head is frothy, off-white, mostly diminishing. The color is copper and clear. The initial flavor is hoppy, bitter and citrus. The body is light to medium and the texture is creamy, just a touch watery. I would classify it as a big hoppy beer, but I’ll get one to age and see how it does.

Needed to calm my nerves a bit, and I’d been thinking about trying this one for a while, so I picked it up at binnys. Orangish pour with thin white head, doesn’t really look like anything special. The aroma is syrupy and hoppy, with some caramel. Taste is a hop explosion, with some oak, herbs, medicine. I was about halfway through the bottle when I say it was 11%. Woah, could not taste that much alcohol at all. This isn’t excellent, but it’s pretty close. Would buy this again.