Nils Oscar Barley Wine (-2010)

Formerly brewed at Nils Oscar
Style: Barley Wine
Nyköping, Sweden

Serve in Snifter

UPDATED: JAN 22, 2012 Bottle. Deep brown colour with a light tan head. Sweet nose with hints of alcohol. Very sweet malty flavour with some fruity notes. A bit to much alcohol taste as well

11.2oz bottle in a snifter. Pours copper with a lacy, light beige head. Aroma of caramel, bread, and nutty malts, some lightly citrus/floral hops, and hints of alcohol. The malts are strong in the flavor and finish, with enough hops to balance it. Could be hoppier and thicker though. A good barley wine.

Bottled 330ml. -from Biererei, Vienna. Vintage 2007.
Murky honey golden coloured, small off-white head, sweet malty nose. Sweet sticky malty, overripe fruity and alcoholic with notes of wax in the finish. Very nice fruity aftertaste.

nose is alcohol, very sweet malt, red berries, sherry, rotten fruit galore, feel is watery, carb is mediumlow, taste is quite heavy alcohol, red apple, hazel, sweet malt, later weak hops,

Bottle bought @ Systembolaget and consumed on September 17. Pours amber brown with a small white head. Smell is caramel, persimmon, vanilla and some alcohol. Taste is sweet and malty. It’s dominated by a malty caramel taste, warm alcohol and brown sugar that gives way for a rather bitter hoppy aftertaste. There is also a very subtle smoked taste to it.

A good villain. Tastes slightly of stale beer, but finally a really good barley wine.

15/08 0.33 l bottle, vintage 2007, courtesy of ogivlado or Marko, thanks anyway to both for sharing! It poured hazy orange to brown body with small head. Sherry, licorice, sweet and slightly alcoholic aroma. Sharp fruity flavor, mostly sweet but there are also some acidic and bitter alcohol notes. Sticky. Sweetish finish with warming alcohol. Not bad, but quite simple and alcoholic, even 4 years after bottling.

2007 version. Poured a lovely slightly hazy orange-goldenm body. Strong, malty nose, Samichlaus-like. The taste is slightly too sweet, but smooth. Malty, grainy, slightly acidic. Ok, these notes are crap. Still, I did note that it was a fine malt-driven barleywine.