New Holland Pilgrims Dole

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

Bottled at Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm. Clear brownish amber, no head. Aroma of wheat bread with a touch of grapefruit. Malty and chewy, full bodied yet pleasantly dry. Lovely mix of wheat bread and caramel powdered with slight orangehops. Mildly warming finish with slight salty bitterness. An elegant beer with lovely balance.

Bottled at Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm. Pours out in a clear amber colour with a small white head. Rich and solid aroma of crackers, , nuts, oranges, wheat, coconut and spicy alcohol,. Full-bodied with malty notes of nuts, cookies, fudge and coconut. Long warming finish of biscuit, oranges and mild spices.

Sampled @ GTMW ’09 - Nom nom nom. I’ve got a bottle of this that’s been sitting in my cellar for 6 months, so I wanted to sample it at GTMW. It pours like it’s dead, amber with little head to speak of. But the smell is fantastic: toffee, caramel, a little bourbon. It’s sweet and inviting. Taste is caramel, raisins, and that same touch of bourbon. It’s real syrupy and sticky in the mouth, just like I wanted and expected. I’m now very much looking forward to pulling this out of the cellar sometime down the line.

Pours a tawny color with a small to medium sized large bread yeast head. Nose is vanilla, oak, mint and dark chocolate, and ethanol. Taste is chocolate chips, port, bitter cocoa nibs, and molasses. Mouthfeel is medium to heavy weight, very smooth and fairly long finish.

On tap at brewery. Clear amber with beige head. Aroma of caramel, candi sugar, big booze, wheat, and dark fruit. Taste of hops, dark fruit, sugar, and alcohol. Medium-to-heavy mouthfeel. I liked this one.

Pours a deep reddish-brown. A two-inch head developed. Off-white to heavy cream colored with many larger bubbles. The head persists for a while. The nose is deep, rich, nutty, burnt almond notes. The body is full and rich with lingering warmth. The flavor profile makes me think caramel and hot-spice candies, although it has zero Scovilles, for sure! The flavor profile speaks to richness, complexity and multidimensionality. The head dissipates during consumption but leaves a lovely, intricate Belgian lace. The alcohol is evident, but balanced well against the body. I will return to this when the cold weather returns. I am warming as I write this. Serve with a wide variety of foods, particularly stews, braises, and bold etouffees. This ale is definitely a sipper rather than a session beer. The ale is described a a wheat wine and definitely has "barley-wine" characteristics. The expected wheat characteristics are, however, not evident.

huge boozy nose is ultra sticky malt. alcohol imparts aromas of wood and even chocolate. appearance is murky amber that is ruby red when held to light. flavor is of crunchy toffee brittle, strong caramel, light booze and even some hops on top of it all. what a potent and BIG brew. silky mouthfeel chases my tounge like a dog in traffic. cant say that i would be able to tell you about the malt bill blind however.

Bottle sample at the Green Flash/New Holland tasting at Blacklick Wine & Spirits on 7.23.09. Cloudy brown pour with a medium beige head. Grainy malt aroma with wheat, corn and caramel. Grainy malt flavor with some booze, caramel and a touch of fruit. Not great.