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Smuttynose Wheat Wine

Smuttynose Wheat Wine - Barley Wine

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 Percentile 
92
overall
Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine

Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3593.59/5.03.58/5.0Special11%61.2Snifter
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Commercial Description:
Another recently created American style, wheat wine, as its name implies, is a strong ale made with a substantial measure of malted wheat as well as barley. A close cousin to barleywines, wheat wines are typically strong, full bodied, deep gold to amber in color and feature a subtle soft tangy flavor derived from their wheat malt.
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JackMehoff (18), Boston, Massachusetts, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/516/20
Mar 24, 2008  
Bottle. Enjoyed this one quite a bit while doing my taxes. Sweet hoppy aroma with a touch of wheat (less than the name would imply). Beautiful dark golden amber pour with a thin creamy head. Very sweat taste with plenty of hops and fruit noticeable.


 Jblauvs (531), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/515/20
Mar 23, 2008  
2007 bomber provided by otyj Amberish pour, a little cloudy. Offwhite head Sweet strawberry, fruity nose. Sticky sweet strawberry which is well complimented by a dry finish.


 deftim13 (103), California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 23, 2008    Updated: Mar 24, 2008
Bottle. Pours nice reddish color with nice white 1 finger head that left decent lacing as I drank it. Smell is fruit, raspberry,caramel and light wheat. Light citrus taste and decent malt with a light tangy after taste. Little bit of a earthy spice in there also. Did not detect the hops anywhere or the alcohol. Very well hidden on this one. Light carbonation and dry finish. Liked this one a lot and glad to have one to sit on. For being 11% this one is easy to drink.


 oteyj (716), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/56/103/513/20
Mar 23, 2008  
Opaque grapefruit pour with two finger beige head. Nose of barnyard, and fruit funk. At first sip, I was hit with an alcoholic tinge, followed by sweet fruit, strawberry and raspberry, and a nice malty backbone. Warming mouthfeel, sticky on the roof of the mouth, with dry finish. Alcohol is not nearly well enough disguised, and could have better balance.


 mcox90 (618), Wilton, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Mar 15, 2008  
22 oz bottle served in my Smuttynose snifter. Poured a pretty dark plum color with some haze to it. Small off white head and no lace to speak of. Aroma is dark fruits & old wood. Heavy, sticky, oily palatte. Flavor was a complex mix of dark fruits, malts, barley & brown sugar. Behind it all a strong alcohol burn. This is one of Smutty’s "Big Beers" & I would say it is.


 lordeche (397), Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Mar 12, 2008  
Pours thick auburn color with white head. Lots of sweet dried cherries in the aroma comingling with notes of oak, malted wheat, and slight cocoa. Flavor maintains a good balance between strong hoppiness and strong wheat, cocoa, and caramel maltiness. Alcohol is definitely present in the finish. Fairly sticky palate. I’d like to age this and give it another go.


 JensenTaster (1585), Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Mar 4, 2008  
(on bottle, thanx to Yngwie and Gunnfryd) Rubyred, white head. Cansugarsweetness, upheld by tobacco and wood. Potent and fluid mouthfeel. Tatses mostly of altheabonbons and herbs.The alcohol becomes dominant and gets almost burning in the finish.


 faroeviking (6024), Republica Vikingo de las, Faroe Islands
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Mar 3, 2008  
Bottle. Pale amber. Fruity hoppy alco caramel aroma. Alco bitter malty flavour with dark fruits and malt. Wheat???



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