Shipyard Barley Wine Style Ale (Pugsley Signature Series)

A pretty decent barleywine, and one that seems to be like every other barleywine I’ve had at mediocre brewpubs. Extremely overpriced though, but I guess the gold foil makes it special (along with the tagline of Pugsley Signature Series).

The beer pours out a reddish/brown color with a smaller sized beige head. Aroma is buttery caramel, roasted nuts, with a earthy chocolate note. The alchol tries to hide behind the caramel malts, but it just can’t. Earthy fruit like character, ragged malts, a bit of sweet bread with a jammy finish and an alcholic bite.

Bottle is aged close to one year. Pure black color with a nice and thick caramel colored head. Aroma has a roasted barley malt scent with some chocolate and coffee undertones. Taste has a nice chocolate flavor with a little coffee in the back end. Nice and smooth aftertaste with a little bite.

Pours a deep amber color with a tan head. Aroma is toffee, roast, caramel, prune, and some alcohol. Flavor is malty, caramel, roast, chocolate, toffee, a little bitterness, and alcohol.

22oz. Bottle: Aroma of chocolate, toffee, light fruit, coffee, nougat, slight roasting, slight Ringwood yeast, and slight diacetyl. Poured brown/mahogany/ruby in color with a small, rocky, tan head that lasted throughout. Clear. Lightly sparkling. Excellent lacing. Flavor is lightly sweet and lightly bitter. Tastes of roasted malts, chocolate, slight caramel, and light coffee. Medium body. Lightly syrupy texture. Average carbonation. Chocolate, roasted malt, and light toffee, and slight caramel finish. 8.5%ABV is totally hidden.

Bottled. Cleardark brown, small head. Dusty hop aroma. Sweet with clean crystal malt profile and near full body. Cocoa covered i dusty orangey hops. Powerful salty bitterness. Gently warming. Uncomplicated barley wine.

Dark brown with a lasting off-white head. Aroma of malt and fruit, especially dates. Sweet caramel malty flavour with dried fruit complexity

Pours a dark brown. Aroma is very sweet and malty. Flavor is of roasted malts, chocolate with some hops. Not bad, but def wouldnt buy again.

Pours a dark brown color with a tan head. Sweet aroma of caramel malts, dark fruits, and a hint of alcohol. Flavoris the same but the flavor dies pretty quickly. Not much warming but is still somewhat present.