Smuttynose Wheat Wine

Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

22 oz. Bottled in 2007. pours a clear reddish amber with a small head. i but this every year with memories of the yummy 2006 batch...never been as good since. this 07 has a bitter aroma with a hint of acohol and yeast. mouthful has a crisp barley wine feel with along bitter finnish. i will keep coming back for that 06 memories.

Yeasty chestnut and pineapple aroma. Clearcopper pour with no head. Dates and little else. Lasting woody hop finish. Alcohol content is obvious, mouthfeel is thick and stinging. Not very enjoyable.

Bottle. Golden colour with a beige head. Aroma is citrus, hop, malt. Flavour is alcohol, hop, citrus, malt. Nice beer.

Bottle, 22oz. It pours an almost clear, golden body with a beige head. Piney and citrusy hops dominates the aroma, but the brewer found room for a good dash of malty flavors too, beef-stock and some caramel, as well as some notes of alcohol. Sweet and malty flavor with beefstock and a good hoppy bitterness towards the finish. The bitterness in the finish almost overpowers the malty flavors. Full, oily palate. As expected, the hops dominated, leaving the malt in the background. The result is a really nice beer, but it’s not as balanced as I could wish for. (080301)

On tap @ Boulder Strong Ale Fest poured a hazy copper with a lasting amber head. Aromass of wheat, carmel, light fruittiness and a hint of spice. Palate was light bodied and smooth. Flavors of wheat, carmel and light fruittiness with a smooth dry lightly bitter finish.

Bomber thanks to beastiefan2k. Pours a deep copper with a thin white head. The aroma is really sweet, with a malty and fruit aromas. The taste was at first really hot. It cooled down a bit, but was throughout quite hot. The flavor is dominated by a fairly sweet fruit, brown sugar, and perhaps whiskey flavor. There is also a light bitterness, with some hops. Not bad, and you have to love the label.

Bottle courtesy of Bu11zeye: Poured a medium copper color ale with a medium size foamy head with some average retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of sweet malt is dominating and reminiscent of a regular barleywine. Taste is also dominated by some sweet malt notes with some notes of caramel and toffee. Full creamy body is well done with some medium carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Well done but I can’t say that the wheat notes were clearly discernable.

From Smuttynose BIG BEER series. 53% Wheat, 47% Barley. Brownish color, slightly hazy with a sweet hoppy aroma. Moderate head and lacing on the glass. The taste is hoppy with sweet caramel malts and a bit sour. Bitter finish. A pretty good combination of flavors. The flavor is a little lingering. I liked it and I’d drink it again.