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New Holland Existential Hopwine

New Holland Existential Hopwine - Barley Wine

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 Percentile 
87
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Brewed by New Holland Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine

Holland, Michigan USA

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2843.5/5.03.48/5.0Special10.5%46Snifter
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Commercial Description:
Consider it an extremely hoppy barleywine, or a really big IPA. Either way, ten hop additions contribute to its lush and intriguing body. Aggressive dry-hopping brings a strong citrus character to the aroma. The flavor and smell of orange-blossoms pervade throughout the experience.
Ingredience:Water,Barley(200 pounds per barrel of American-grown malted barley),Hops(10 hop-strikes,totaling 17 ounces per barrel of American-grown hops) and yeast(it is what it is).
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 puggy211 (576), cordova, Tennessee, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Apr 13, 2009  
Bottle, pours a hazy orange amber. Aroma is sweet hoppy. Flavor is soapy malty with a punch of hops. End is bitter. Strong notes of alcohol. This is a good American Barley Wine, but there are better


 Maddog (230), Kettering, Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/515/20
Apr 10, 2009  
A big beer, spicy, fruity with loads of power and body. The description of a hoppy barleywine is very accurate in that the sweetness and maltiness of a barleywine is well balanced with the spice, fruit and dry finish of its hop presence. This beer was delicious.


 kmeves (1080), Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 7, 2009  
Pours a thick deep amber brown with a almost nonexistent medium beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, heavy caramel, floral, bread and light grapefruit. Flavor is bread, pine, grapefruit, some orange, light grape and more caramel. Sticky texture, full body. Alcohol somewhat apparent.


TwoDudes (77), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/52/102/58/20
Apr 5, 2009  
Draft at Nachbar. Um, no. I didn’t even finish the draft pour of this. A sickly sweet concoction with little to nothing else going on. Maybe the keg was old, but very little hop presence. The antithesis of balance. Too bad, as I love most New Holland brews.


 fiver29 (703), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 4, 2009  
Bottle pours clear amber color with off white head. Aroma is mainly hops with some caramel malts coming through as well. Medium mouthfeel. Flavor is a lot of grassy hops and has some caramel and dark fruit sweetness in the back end. An interesting brew that’s for sure.


 MaltDawg (778), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Mar 29, 2009  
Bottle shared by Maniac. 10.5% ABV Caramel with spicy hop aroma. Hints of dark fruits. Slightly cloudy orange golden with little head. Lots of grassy hops up front, with caramel sweetness and some alcohol warming following.


 maniac (2628), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Mar 26, 2009    Updated: Jun 9, 2009
On tap at Capital Ale House - Downtown on 06/04/2009. Mostly clear copper amber body with a large frothy off-white head. Sweet malty and earthy hop aroma. Sweet caramel and earthy hop flavor. Medium full body with moderate carbonation. 7/3/8/3/15 - 3.6 Bottle thanks to butters from City Beverage on 03/24/2009. Somewhat hazy orange body with a medium creamy tan head. Sweet caramel, toasty maltiness and floral hop aroma. Earthy, bready, light caramel flavor with lots of floral hops which blend into a resiny/citrus hop flavor as it warms. Medium full body with moderately low carbonation. 7/3/7/3/14 - 3.4


 LilBeerDoctor (1479), East Setauket, New York, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Mar 24, 2009  
Bottle thanks to mreusch. Pours a cloudy light brown with a small white head. Aroma of sweet caramel malt, raisin, alcohol and perhaps a touch of citrus. Flavor is mostly sweet caramel, with a touch of stale wheat malt, and a bitter finish. The alcohol slowly makes its presence as you continue to drink. I liked this at first, but it really wore on me. 6/4/7/3/13 (3.3/5)



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