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RATINGS: 105   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.76   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 288   ABV: 9.6%
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“Evanscent Oak Character” 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.


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3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
thewolf (9859) - Kolding, DENMARK - JUL 30, 2012
Bottle @ Fanø Slumber Party, 2012.
Pours clear amber with a small, creamy, off-white film head. Aroma is sweet, light oaky, vanilla, caramel, light yeast. Quite sweet. Medium to low carbonation, fine dry and light oily mouthfeel. Flavour is sweet, sticky, oak, sugary. Mild oxidation notes, vinious. Too sweet to ever be really good.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Christian (9697) - Odense, DENMARK - JUL 28, 2012
Dark amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of dried fruit, caramel and alcohol. Sweet caramel, fruit alcohol and tobacco flavour - typical American barleywine

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
Theis (11070) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - JUL 17, 2012
Bottle at Ungstrup’s. Clear amber/brown - offwhite head. Sweetness, nutty, barley, fruity, oxidation, ok bitterness, a bit messy, light sharpness, rather sweet, syrup, caramel, light ryebread notes, wooden, light vanilla, dried fruits.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Ungstrup (26237) - Citizen of the universe, DENMARK - JUL 17, 2012
Bottled. A hazy dark amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of alcohol, caramel, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel, alcohol, metal, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
joergen (17339) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - JUL 16, 2012
Bottle at Ungstrup. Clear orange-red coloured with a small white head. Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel, dried fruits, cookies, oak and hops. Fruity flavour of caramel, dried fruits, oak, vanilla and cookies. Hoppy finish.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
yespr (25932) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - JUL 16, 2012
22 fl pz bottle. Pours clear and golden amber with a small tan head. Aroma is wooden, light caramelish and solid hoppy. Pine, bitter and caramelish. Light toasted and pine hoppy. Smooth hoppy and dark caramelish.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
markwise (3803) - North of Tampa, Florida, USA - JUL 16, 2012
On draft at Southern Tier. Pours a hazy copper amber with a white head. Nose is huge oak and caramel with some mild hops as well. Vanilla also clocks in strong. Flavor is similar- caramel, big wood, vanilla, and some light hops. Interesting, strong, but not very boozy for 9.6%. Light to medium in body and interesting overall.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
bu11zeye (11111) - Frisco (Dallas), Texas, USA - JUN 27, 2012
(22oz bottle, courtesy of thirdeye11) Pours a clear amber body with a small cream head. Aroma of caramel, wood, vanilla, and toffee. Flavor of caramel, toffee, citrus, honey, vanilla, brown sugar, and wood with a dry finish. I prefer the non-barrel aged version over this one.

3.9
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
BeerFanDan17 (895) - Brunswick, Maine, USA - JUN 25, 2012
Very tasty oak aged ale with a strong robust flavor. Slightly hoppy with a very complex flavor. Pours medium brown with a light head. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
KapitiCritique (324) - Xincheng, Henan Province, CHINA - JUN 25, 2012
AROMA: Dark sugars and tropical fruits--coconut mostly; APPEARANCE:dark bronzed-brown, a tad murky, good fine light brown head with thin lacing; TASTE: medium sweet, very little bitterness, no hint of sourness, very slight astringency; PALATE: full bodied but n the light end of the spectrum so to speak, a little bit sticky, softly carbonated, longish sweet and slightly bitter finish; OVERALL: very nice


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