New Holland Pilgrims Dole

Amber Coloring with Offwhite Ring. Sweety Syrapy Aroma. Heavy Mouthfeel Candy Sugar..Coconut, Sweet Syrapy Malt Mouthfeel...Nicely Finished with a Dry Hop Ending.

Pours a deep copperish amber with a small off white head. The aroma is very malty with notes of caramel, fruiut, and wheat. Flavor is full bodied with a deep maltiness of caramel and fruit.

12oz Goblet @ Coles Buffalo NY 2005 version. Not real big on Bayley/Wheat wines Sweet malty high in alcohol.

12 oz bottle, via trade. Pours a clear copper colored body under a minimal fizzy beige head that faded to a thin ring. Sparce visible carbonation present. The nose is huge overpowering alcohol fumes first off. Lots of heavy syrupy toffee and caramel malt with some fruitiness. Flavor has a disturbing sour tinge to it, acidic and vinegar like. Still lots of alcohol, especially on the finish. Some toffee does peek through, but definately not enough. Finishes with lots of bready and doughy malt. Mouthfeel is thick and syrupy with minimal carbonation. Rather sticky and cloying on the finish. Overall, another very disappointing brew from New Holland. I’m beginning to see a pattern with them.

A nice winter treat. Fairly ligght for a barleywine whe poured. Very sweet filled with a fruit and citrus on the first smell. First taste will stike you a tame and sweet. Aftertaste is where the alcohol is sensed as it does come up and let its presence be known. I think this is a fine interpretation of a barleywine and would recomend this to anyone looking for a change of pace.

Pours a fairly clear copper color with a quarter inch head that reduces to a ring and film. Good enough lacing, however. Mild fruity citrus aroma. Dry and tangy malt flavors - wheat is noticeably present, as is lots of cereal grain. Almost the same start to finish, with an almost lager-like character to it. In fact, it reminds me a little of Molson Brador back in the day. A little spicy hops in the finish. Tart and hoppy aftertaste. Full bodied, mild carbonation.

Pours a slightly hazy, bright copper color with a quarter inch head that fades quickly to a spotty cap and nice ring. Said ring leaves a pretty nice amount of lace behind. Smell; floral and picy upfront, with a fairly strong wheat presence in the nose. There’s a bit of a fruity presence. Taste; fruity melons and some flavors that remind me of rum raisin bread. The wheaty flavors are there, along with a nice spicy flavor as well as a lingering sweetness with an alcohol bite mixed in. Mouthfeel is very thick and slighty syrupy, but not so much that it becomes distracting. I’ve had this on tap at the brewpub before and really liked. I didn’t know how this would hold up in the bottle, but I think New Holland did a fine job with this one.

12 oz bottle purchased at Bello Vino in Ann Arbor, MI (August 2006), consumed at cellar temperature from a Corsendonk Christmas Ale glass. Black yeast-flecks are suspended in the hazy copper-brass thick body which is topped by a smallish quick-decaying head that leaves no appreciable lacing....sweet dried fruits are prominent in the nose, as is fairly harsh alcohol, caramel and dark bready malts....body is quite sweet, rather syrupy, alcohol not really noticeable until about midpalate, sugared almond-nuttiness which also evidences prominently in the aroma as it warms, hop bitterness pretty restrained though there is a drying and some harshness towards the finish....sticky, more than a little cloying, very low carbonation doesn’t help, this is mostly a morass of sugars that is made drinkable by its low alcohol presence but needs a lot more in the way of hops to dry it out and balance the thickness. Another only slightly promising failure from this brewery...