Smuttynose Wheat Wine

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

Bottle and on tap: Hazy light orange with a fizzy head; alcohol light fruits and grains in the aroma, starts and ends sweet, older bottles taste much better as the sharp flavors mellow out a bit. Leaves a lasting orange flavor on the tongue.

(22oz bottle) Clear amber body with orange-tinted off-white head. Aroma is moderately sweet, caramel, plum, wheat, light turpentine. Taste is sweet, plum/raisin, caramel, some grapefruit, light vanilla. Finishes with some alcohol warming. Medium body, not as thick as most b-wines due to the wheat -- quite easy drinking given the ABV.

Cask@GBBF 2008. Brownish beer with a malty aroma and a rich and malty flavour. Overall a smooth malty and rich beer.

Bottled. Amber coloured. Unclear. Light brown head. Sweetness, spice, apple, citrus and herbs in the aroma. Flavour of spice, alcohol, sweetness, pine and flowers. Quite balanced Medium bodied. Spicy bitter end. Nice one. Thanks to jjpm74 for this.

Dark orange body with a diminishing head around the sides of the snifter. A fully-hopped nose that is also slightly sweet and fruity. Very barleywine-like, as expected from the CD. The finish lingers and is quite bitter and even a little too astringent. Well-blanced flavor with plenty of honey, hops and a bit of wheat, but nothing strikingly wheaty here.

Bottle shared with blankboy, mds, jerc & mabel - courtesy of blankboy. Orange-amber with no head. Big, sweet, warm aroma of orange candy and caramel malt. Flavour is big and well-balanced, with the malt, fruit, wheat and hop notes playing off each other perfectly, and not seeming like 11% at all. Great way to end our tasting!

Dark amber body, tine head that vanishes fast. Sweet smell, alcohol, and intense bready nose ... made me think of Hop Rod Rye. A bit sweet, but unlike most barley wines this was very spicey, again reminding me of Hop Rod Rye. Alcohol and bubble gum hidden ... unlike most barley wines ... must be the wheat, since this is not very strongly hopped. Nice balance. Can I find banana or honeydew or pear, any of the fruit that I usually find in a wheat beer? Maybe a bit of banana and hoenydew, hidden under the spice. I do like this.

On tap, mohagany in color with a thin white head. A hoppy aroma with some fruit elements to it. Flavor was fruity and sweet but not over powering hops were present in the aftertaste. The alcohol seemed to be well hidden.