New Holland Existential Hopwine

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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)