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Shipyard Barley Wine Style Ale (Pugsley Signature Series)

Shipyard Barley Wine Style Ale (Pugsley Signature Series) - Barley Wine

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 Percentile 
62
overall
Brewed by Shipyard Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine

Portland, Maine USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
1373.17/5.03.16/5.0Special8.5%10.2Snifter
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Commercial Description:
Barley Wine Style Ale is a big beer made with six different malts (Pale Ale, Crystal, Caramunich, Wheat, Chocolate and Roasted Barley) and balanced with a very full hop charge of Summit, Challenger and Fuggles hops. It is a deep reddish brown color with a complex fruity nose, a very full body, and an interesting balance between grains and hops which ends with a pleasing dry taste. To fully enjoy all the flavors, this ale is best drunk at 55 degrees Fahrenheit. 8.5% alcohol by volume.
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 mspindler (301), Alta Loma, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Jul 18, 2009  
Bottle. Pours very dark brown with a thin tan head. Aroma is sweet and malty, floral hops, and some fresh fruit. Flavor is roasty and hoppy, lots of dark malts, molasses, almost pushing porter or stout range. Palate is sticky and carbonation is medium.


 yespr (11649), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Jul 18, 2009  
22 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is caramelish and fruity. Bitter, acidic and fruity flavoured. Overripe fruity and dark malty flavoured. Light chocolate and acidic flavoured finish.


 jason (1620), Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 16, 2009  
Bottle. Poured a medium copper body with thin head. Aroma is toasted malt and fruit. Flavor had an off malty taste, low hop profile and dried plums.


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 14, 2009  
Bottle from Total Wine. Pours deep brownish with 1-finger off-khaki head. Nose is malty, oaky, with cherry, feety Simcow hops, fine tobacco, prunes. Tastes dsrk malty, with figgy fruit, dark choc, rauchy cacao notes, heavy hops, nuts, and oaky bourbon. Gets rauchier late, and comes off more imperial stouty than barleywiney as it warms up. A unique barleywine, like mixing half and half chocolate impy stout with a fruity, very hoppy barleywine.


 blklab2007 (943), Connecticut, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 10, 2009  
bottle poured a cola color with a thin off white head. aroma has lots of sweetness, dark fruit, rich dark malt, buttery, and coffee. flavor has some burnt coffee, dark fruit, bitterness, and loads of sweetness. the alcohol heat catches up after a while and it is odd for the style.


 oh6gdx (8802), Vasa, Finland
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 8, 2009  
Bottled. Deep ruby red colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is smoked wood, sweet malts, alcohol, dark dry fruits. Flavour is sweet malts, sugar, plum, raisins as well as some caramel.


 porterhouse (1148), Alna, Maine, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 6, 2009  
(22 oz. bottle from Lou’s Beverage Barn, cellared for 8 mos. after purchase) Pours dark rubyish brown with a thin tan head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, chocolate, fruit, candy-malt and a bit of pine. Mouthfeel is fairly smooth, lightly fizzy, actually has a bit of a milk-shake texture. Thin, syrupy film and light, droopy, broken rings comprise the lacing. Flavor of chocolate and caramel with hints of dark fruit and candy-malt. The chocolate quality sort of predominates and seems a bit out of place for a barleywine but is interesting. Light-medium bitter towards finish. A bit hot. Bitter chocolate aftertaste. Really not bad. Fairly tasty and interesting, maybe a bit confused. Probably wouldn’t recommend it as a barleywine per se but a decent big beer from Shipyard.


 Butters (1623), Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Jul 5, 2009  
Bottle shared with the guys at the Barrios’ 500th Swallow Tasting. Pours a very dark brown with mohogany highlights. Unusual to pick up so much coffee and chocolate from a barleywine. More like a very creamy imperial porter than a barleywine. I am really questioning if this was mislabeled? Could this be the imperial porter?



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