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Smuttynose Barleywine Style Ale

Smuttynose Barleywine Style Ale

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91
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A Barley Wine brewed by
Smuttynose Brewing Company

Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

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3023.64/5.03.63/5.0Winter10%58.2 Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Deep copper in color. Winter seasonal. Recipe, hops and abv% can vary somewhat from year to year. Now bottle-conditioned.

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 lemasney (229), Trenton, New Jersey, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/518/20
Jul 12, 2008  
RateBeer Rating, Style and Glass: 91, barleywine, snifter ABV, Volume & Calories: 10% in 22 fl oz. estimated at 400 C Purchased at: for $4.99 Aroma: sweet, nice, inviting, maple. 9 out of 10. Visuals: deep but clear opacity, ruby color, limited clarity, tan, persistent head, intricate lace. 5 out of 5. Taste: heavy malt, roasted, bitter, nicely crafted. 9 out of 10. Palate: coating, drying, buzzing, long, strong finish. 5 out of 5. Overall: Lighter and crisper than Old Ruffian. I’d have it again in an instant. Nicely priced, and great flavors. Get it. Well crafted. 18 out of 20.


Periander (38), Annapolis, Maryland, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Jul 12, 2008  
Pours a hazy copper color. Caramel, grapefruit alcohol aroma. Taste is sweet and syrupy and strongly hopped. Zesty, but lacking in complexity


 JB175 (1269), Holland, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 9, 2008  
2006 bottle. Nice reddish-caramel color with a light-med head. Aroma has lots of caramel, sugar, and a faint bit of citrus/pine hops. Flavor is smooth and sweet with a light hop bite to match an aggressively sweet malt. Smooth and tingly mouthfeel. This one is a classic barleywine that seems to have benefited from two years in the bottle.


 jcwattsrugger (3757), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Jun 9, 2008  
22oz bottle-pours a retaining light tan head and amber/copper color. Aroma is sweet medium malt-caramel, secondary pine hops. Taste is sweet medium malt-caramel, secondary pine/metallic hops, alcohol. Slick mouth feel which changes to a dry finish. Sipping, occasional. Thanks decaturstevo for sharing.


 Juelze (651), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
May 18, 2008  
Pours a dark coppery color with abundant amounts of yeast floating about. Aroma is light caramel, pine and citrus hops and a bit of earth. Taste is fruitier then most barley-wines with a good amount of citrus in it and less emphasis on the rich caramel/malt aspect. Still, the alcohol is well hidden and it ends up being a quite enjoyable experience.




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