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Southern Tier Back Burner

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9892
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Serve in Snifter

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RATINGS: 659   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.76   SEASONAL: Winter   EST. CALORIES: 300   ABV: 10%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
“first brew of the year” Long ago, British farmhouse brewers made special ales using the first runnings of the mash. These beers, now called barley wine, are brewed in the tradition of days past. At Southern Tier this long awaited brew is placed on the back burner until the start of the new year. Back Burner Barley Wine is a celebration of things to come and things remembered. It’s conceived in three small batches, using voluminous amounts of barley and hops. The process starts early in the morning and ends late into the night. We hope this rare brew reignites your spirit for another trip around the sun. 10% abv. • 15ºL


3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
r464 (921) - Earth, Pennsylvania, USA - JAN 17, 2012
Deep reddish brown with a light tan head. Flavor is a bit of malt with dried cherry, fig, raisin, and a bready quality as well. Nice and full.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
brian60625 (177) - Illinois, USA - JAN 13, 2012
Tap at Haymarket. It was a decent barley wine, slightly bitter with a fruity-bread graininess. Nothing extraordinary but still very drinkable.

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Geokkjer (2770) - Kristiansand, NORWAY - JAN 7, 2012
Bottle.Pours deep golden with a small off-white head.Aroma of biscuits, crackers, malt, caramel, yeast and dates. Flavor is sweet and malty with some caramel,biscuits,dates, dried fruits and yeast . Medium to full body, average carbonation. Really nice and warm beer.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Meilby (2356) - Kristiansand, NORWAY - JAN 7, 2012
Bottle 650ml @ gunnfryd
Pours cloudy deep amber wiith a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel and toffee. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and light bitter. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
Marheb (400) - Montréal, Quebec, CANADA - JAN 5, 2012
Nez puissant de pomme, raisin. En bouche, figue caramélisé et caramel avec une légère amertume qui colle au palais. Moyenne corpulence en bouche, entre sirupeux et croustillant. Très solide.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Gription79 (580) - Bountiful, Utah, USA - DEC 31, 2011
22 ounce bottle shared at the Utah holiday tasting.
This was a big malty beer, large amounts of sweet malt notes, toffee, caramel. The hops were big as well to balance the sweet malts. Fruity alcohol notes were there as well. I was impressed with the lack of fusel notes. A clean well made Barley Wine.

4.1
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
574deadzone (171) - North Central, Indiana, USA - DEC 26, 2011
Bomber. Nice amber pour with hints of orange around the edges. Some big sugar on the nose. Taste is really sweet, but some bitterness lingering. Palate is full and rich, but not chewy. Over all, I was pretty happy with this one. 9.6% ABV. A smooth sipper. Very drinkable. Good.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
reebtogi (1478) - Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA - DEC 23, 2011
650ml bottle pours orangeish amber color with a small white head and very litttle lacing on the glass. Aroma is caramel and light roasted malts and cereal grains. Taste is big malty sweetness followed by some citrusy hop bitterness. Medium body and soft carbonation. This is a decent barley wine, but nothing really special.


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