Pizza Port Farley

Brewed by Pizza Port (Carlsbad)
Style: Barley Wine
Carlsbad, California USA

Serve in Snifter

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(Draught) Pours a dark brown (near black body) with a small tan head. Aroma of cherry, toffee, dates, raisins, chocolate, vinous, and caramel. Flavor of bourbon, caramel, dates, toffee, and cherries.

Tap at the brewpub. Aroma has plenty of bourbon. Taste has both bourbon and chcolate. Nice.

On tap at Avery Strong Ale Fest poured a translucent brown with a lasting brown head. Aromas of bourbon, oak, vanilla, toffee, pepper and dark fruit. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of bourbon, oak, dates, prune, toffee and pepper with a smooth lingering dark fruit finish. Dog Balls

On tap at Pizza Port’s Barrel Blast. Pours with an opaque, near black body with a tan head that lasts and leaves very nice lacing. Aromas of bourbon, brown sugar, molasses, chocolate, cassis, madeira, vinous, raisins, brandy, leather, old books. Flavors of caramel, brandy, leather, and tons of dark fruit. Some big barrel notes. Mellow alcohol. Caramelized fruits. Long duration.

A: The pour is not the most photogenic and is a murky dark brown color with a moderate tan head. Have to give it a 4, though, to get my score where I want it (overall). S: Oh boy, this is what I expect from a barrel aged barleywine. Lots of caramel, vanilla, brown sugar, toffee, and bourbon. A bit of chocolate to it as well. T: Very sweet with lots of caramel and brown sugar. The bourbon and vanilla are quite prominent as well and add more richness to the beer. A bit of a dark fruit note and some more oak and vanilla for good measure. M: The body is medium to full with a smooth, moderate level of carbonation. D: I had no problem drinking plenty of this even though it is 13%. This is some dangerous stuff.

nose is heavily sweet with a generic spirit (brandy or bourbon, really interchangeable), sweetened dates/plum/fig syrup; in the vein of angels share. chewy and alcoholic cake and toffee up front, malt texture is smooth and silky, hop bitterness nearly non-existent. exceedingly chewy and syrupy with a boozy finish. easy to drink as a dessert beer but it’s not angels share territory.

Tasted at the 13th Annual Strong Ale Fest on 12/4/2009. This Barleywine pours a medium dark brown color from the tap. Small to medium sized head. The aroma is fruity and sweet, touch of brown sugar and wood. A medium bodied Barleywine. The malts are fruity and sweet, with a touch of chocolate. The hops are earthy and floral. Touch of brown sugar and molasses. Nice balance. Hides the alcohol fairly well. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Dark brown with a fizzy tan head. Strong musty bready molasses bourbon cereal grain and oak aroma. Thick creamy palate. Tastes of grain molasses bourbon vanilla and finishing with a nutty flavor.

Dark brown color/ rich tan head. Nice wood barrel, bourbon, vanilla , dark raison aromas. Rich, smooth mouthfeel. Very good dark raison, molasses, dry wood, roasty brown malt flavors, alcohol is well cloaked. great barrel brew. @gabbf2010.

On tap at SD Strong Ale fest 09. Dark brown pour. Caramel, toffee, sweet dark malt, hint of fruit, oak, vanilla, and bourbon. Some alcohol comes through Excellent barleywine.