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Pennichuck Pompier

Pennichuck Pompier

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A Barley Wine brewed by
Pennichuck Brewing Company

Milford, New Hampshire USA

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373.44/5.03.41/5.0Special12.1%29.8Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Our fourth in the Firehouse Ales Series, Pompier means "fireman" in French and represents our continued commitment to celebrate and honor the men and women who respond to the call day after day. Pompier is rich and smooth with complexities that come from a huge grain bill comprised of premium imported specialty malts, French Strissel Spalt aroma hops and a 3 month aging process in oak hogsheads where it is combined with toasted French oak wood chips and champagne yeast. Pompier is intended to be a vintage quality English-Style Barleywine with a French twist. Appreciate its fine character and 12.1%ABV when we release this single 10 barrel batch sometime in December or you may choose to cellar it for many years to come.

You will find Pompier on retail shelves packaged in the same 1 Liter Swing-Top bottle that has become a signature for our specialty beers.

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 DarkMagus (412), San Jose, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20

Jun 26, 2008  
Pours a frothy, viscous amber-brown color with a short-lived creamy head. Delicious creamy vanilla ice cream aroma with some sweet biscuity toastiness...rum, citrus, mango, a bit of a roasty nuttiness. Super sweet, malt-dominant flavors... caramel, butterscotch, citrus, a bit of bitterness, some woodiness and hints of vanilla. Mouthfeel is soft and sugary, very viscous and heavy. Finishes somewhat astringently, clean, and a bit bitter. I never even thought about how much alcohol was in this thing, it was very well concealed ...or just part of the overall sweet warming quality of this brew. Intense, full of interesting flavors, a great beer to have after dinner.

 General_Gao (2579), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 7, 2008  
Bottle shared by pepsican or iowaherkeye. Thanks to you both again. Poured a slightly hazy ruddy-orange color. The head was corn flake colored and consisted of large soap bubbles. Smelled of lemon and lime candy (ala Pez) and minimal oaky vinegar. Light to medium bodied with moderate bitterness. I tasted lemon, lime, oak, pastry, and nonspecific spices. Interesting stuff.


 Beer_Hawk (759), Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Sep 29, 2008  
Bottle shared by decaturstevo. Poured brown with a tan head that left light lace. Weird mix in the aroma of sweet tarts and musty cellar. The sweet tarts follow in to the flavor with slight malt background. Medium body, chalky, slightly metallic, tart. I also have ass written in my notes so see Ross’s rating.


 michael-pollack (1488), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/513/20
Sep 29, 2008  
1 Liter Swing-Top Bottle: Faint aroma. Smells of alcohol, oak, caramel, and red wine. Poured very deep amber/brown in color with a medium-sized, dense, rocky, beige head that lasted throughout. Cloudy. Full of tiny particles. Very good lacing. Flavor is Medium sweet and lightly bitter. Tastes of alcohol, oak, coconut, chocolate, wood, caramel, resin, fig, and toffee. Medium body. Thin, watery texture. Soft carbonation. Sweet, resinous finish. As Rastacouere says, "A very beefy beer on paper that resumes to little at all in mouth. "


 ross (1562), charlotte, North Carolina, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/54/103/56/20
Sep 21, 2008  
this tastes like ass. (for you steve)


 illinismitty (1456), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/512/20
Sep 20, 2008    Updated: Sep 21, 2008
Bottle from Decaturstevo. Pours a dark copper amber with a white head. Aroma is really odd, like old sweaty gym socks. Medium bodied with a slight syrupy texture. Flavor of caramel, smoke, and some weird off flavor, which is dusty, sour, and musty. On a positive note, alcohol well hidden.



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