Shipyard Barley Wine Style Ale (Pugsley Signature Series)

Brewed by Shipyard Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Portland, Maine USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle from Jcwattsrugger. Pours dark brown with tan head. Nose/taste of buttered toast, caramel, molasses and light pine without the resin. Medium body. Semi-sweet.

bomber from the LCBO. deep brown with a tan head. big malty nose. theflavour is heavy on the caramalt but this is pretty well hopped. the finish is long complex and ends with quite a bit of bitterness. only medium bodied this barley wine drink quite easily for its weight. nice interpretation.

Smells of chocolate, yeast, wheat, alcohol and barley. Hidden in the midst of all that is the light fuggles and other hops. Pours a reddish brown with a decent head and a little lacing. Taste has some sweetness, some bitterness. Very complex on palate - this seems very underrated. There’s a lot going on in this beer.

July 8, 2011 - with blankboy, JoeMcPhee, jerc and mabel. My bomber (had a couple of years on it). Deep brick red with a smallish diminishing tan frothy head, a little bit of darkish lacing. Aroma - nice! - sweet, rye, fair bit of alcohol, pungently floral (7+) - a bit like the HeBrew beers, strong and sweet. Taste follows, stronger alcohol, almost sour ... it detracts, really. Average body, mild carbonation, quick sweet, sharply floral and boozy finish. Simple, a bit harsh.

650 ml. twist off cap bottle. Pours a thick, beige, well retained head, with extensive lacing, over a clear reddish brown (SRM 24) body....nose is heavy with dried fruits including plum, dried cherry, raisin, light coffee, light chocolate, heavy toffee/caramel......taste is toffee/caramel, light coffee, light chocolate, dried fruits, light hop spice, minimal hop bitterness, finishing dry......mouth feel thick, sticky, alcohol hidden, carbonation low. This is intended to be and meets the English style of a Barley Wine quite well. It is malt forward, with great malt complexity in both nose and flavor. The hops are relatively constrained, adding just enough hop aroma and flavor to balance the huge malt back bone. It will not be well loved by aficionados of American Barley Wines because of the subdued hops, but it really meets the English style well. The bottle cap was really annoying. What is this a Pale Lager??? BJCP 8/2/15/5/7

@Emporium-on tap-pours very dark copper with a cascading tight foamy tan head and heavy lacing. Aroma is medium malt with some sweet, spice. Taste follows. Not what I would consider in the barleywine style box.

En treårig flaska fick jag åtnjuta. Smak och doft av russin, honung, körsbär, trä, plommom och choklad. Väldigt kräv men med en trevlig syrlighet och en bitter choklad beska som runda av detta fina öl.

En drygt tre år gammal flaska. Doft av russin, honung, madeira, plommon och mjölkchoklad. Smaken är förvånandsvärt besk, körsbärskärnor, plommon, mörk choklad. Fin maltstruktur som fortfarande känns kraftfull och en bra balanserande humlebeska gör detta öl till en mycket spännande och lite annorlunda BW.

Tap. Pours brown with a ruby tint and average, creamy beige; short retention and minimal lacing. Aroma is caramel and cookie malt, raisins, figs, earthy hops, and woody notes. Flavor is balanced sweet malt and dark fruit esters with faint hops; dry finish. Full body, low carbonation, and medium warmth.

Much pomp and circumstance on the bottle’s cover but this one was not worth the high price. Not the best barley wine I’ve had in the month. Water overtone with medium malts, burnt flavor and dry finish