Shipyard Barley Wine Style Ale (Pugsley Signature Series)

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

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.

Bottle, 65cl - Semi-hazy dark red brown color with a small brown head. Aroma is malty with notes of nuts, milk, dried fruit and chocolate. Flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malts, chocolate, bread and sourish berries. Balanced beer but not a barley wine.

Dark brown pour with one finger beige head. Aroma is dark fruit sweet malt with some resinous hoppy characteristics, fruity esters, and caramel toffee malt. Flavor us surprisingly roasty- chocolate malt comes through quite a bit. Chocolate and burnt coffee notes complement a sweet caramel profile. Palate is Medium to thick for the style. I wasn’t hoping for much out of this, but it was a pleasant surprise. A bit underrated perhaps.

Tasting at Brewtopia. First rating, hopefully my memory and notes will do it justice. Poured a cloudy amber color. Aroma hits with a great dose of floral hops and then the caramel, toffee and fruit hits home. The flavor is a great combination of some floral and spicy hops with some sweetness of caramel, sugar, and fruit. The bottles they were serving were very fresh and I had to agree with the Shipyard people that I spoke with that this will be amazing in a year or two.

Pours black with a foamy tan head. Aroma of chocolate, vanilla and ripe fruit. Taste is mild sweet chocolate and roast malt. Definitely an interesting barley wine, more like a porter. Thin body, dark chocolate and coffee type bitterness. Smooth creamy vanilla texture.

dark reddish brown pour with light brown head.complex roasted malt aroma with hops and malt taste. full dry body. Pugsley nailed this one! buy two and store one away

Aroma: Chocolate, toffee and ripe fruit. Appearance: Midnight amber with no head. Flavor: Chocolate, caramel, toffee, ripe fruits. A bit of booze in there too. Palate: Perfect thickness for the style. Overall: The first non West Coast BW that I really liked. I enjoyed this.

22 oz bottle purchased from Tower Package in Atlanta. I didn’t find this as offensive and terrible as some people seem to. It is pretty much on par with Shipyard’s other beers. Poured a dark brown color with a one finger tan head that disappeared pretty quick. The aroma contains a lot of caramel malt and some earthy hop notes. Notes of dark fruit are present as well. This doesn’t have the character of most BWs (brown sugar, molasses, etc.). The flavor is pretty solid. A good malt base gives way to an earthy finish. The body is a bit thin, but the mouthfeel and carbonation are spot on. I found this to be an enjoyable, solid brew.