Ølfabrikken Barleywine

Formerly brewed at Bryggeriet Ølfabrikken (Gourmetbryggeriet - Harboe)
Style: Barley Wine
Roskilde, Denmark

Serve in Snifter

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23rd October 2009
Cloudy red brown beer with thick frothy biscuit coloured head. Nose of malt and wet dog! Creamy malt head leads to a softish palate. Strong aged malt with traces of chocolate. Some well repressed hops and a little aniseed. A well rounded and fullsome barleywine.

(Bottle) Pours dark brown with hazy, red highlight. Small sand-coloured head. The aroma holds matured malty, vinous, and fruity notes of wine gums, dry caramel, fudge, complex grainy notes, cheese, woodsy dried fruits, wood, old floral nectar, apricot marmalade and jam. Lots of personality on the nose. The flavor is light to medium sweet, light to medium bitter and light acidic. Vinous, fruity, berry-like, liquor, light caramel, grain, woodsy alcohol, fruits, some dried fruits and old hops. The mouthfeel is sticky and round, yet somewhat tight with a light carbonation. Caramelly, woodsy and vinous finish. Medium to full bodied.

Lots of caramel and chocolate and touch of aged chinese liquor and molasses in the nose.Rich smooth mouth. Very malty. some molasses and chocolate in the mouth. Rich caramel, nutty chocolate sweet liquid finish. Amazing finish.. Awesome, though the nose and body arent up the finish

25cL bottle, BB 10/2/12. Poured a lovely shade of deep amber with an easily-resuscitated beige head. The aroma was strong, but held in check by biscuit and fruity sweetness.. just a hint of old brandy barrel accented.. warm, with peppery alcohol on the back of the nose.. warmth brought out some berries. The flavor found caramel and molasses to join the biscuits at the core.. not much bitterness to note, but there was light fruit skin tartness that hit on the middle and carried through the finish.. berries again on the back-end.. residual sugars masked most of the boozage. Medium-plus bodied with just the right amount of carbonation on the palate.. the sourness worked fairly well in there.. decent, warming barley wine.

Bottle@Tastingsession. Apperance: Orange/Redish with a creamy, small, head. Aroma: Ripe fruit, Butterscotch, Malt, Caramel. Flavor: Ripe fruit, Caramel, Malt, Caramel, Butterscotch. Palate: Not much carbonation in this one but oh so sweet and filling. Almost creamy. Absolutely no alcohol anywhere in smight. Smooth! One of the best barleywines i’ve ever tried. Wish i could try it again!

Draught. Deep hazy golden body with a steady creamy off-white head. Aroma is heavy malty, caramel, barley and fruity hops. The flavour has a good balance between the alcohol and the fruity and hoppy notes. lots of caramel malty notes. Creamy and soft texture.

UPDATED: NOV 30, 2009 On tap at Plan B. It pours with a hazy red brown body with a dense tan head. Aroma is nutty with notes of dark fruits, plumes and spices. Flavour is sweet with faintly bitter notes, lots of raisins, nuts, caramel and weak notes of anis. Very nice and it really opens up as it heats!

Bottled 25cl (batch #262, BB 10/2012) @Pikkulintu
Deep ruby color, small steady beige head. Malts, molasses, plums, dark fruits, some vanilla in the nose. Still quite sweet, licorice, plums, molasses (caramel), liquerish soft palate. It has just right amount of alcohol in the flavor. As description says, quite English style barley wine. Pleasant.

Bottled, thx to thewolf. Cloudy copper color, short head. Aroma of heavy malt, alcohol, wood, whisky, some oranges. Bit sweet, malty taste, slight alcoholic. Slight metallic palate.

Small bottle. Aroma has raisin maltiness, dried fruits, caramel, roast, some wine/sherry tones and wood. Hazy, brown coloured with a lasting off-white head. Taste is sweet, bitter and has dried fruitiness, caramel and hoppiness. Bit woody, full bodied. Bit sticky. Good.