Walking Man Old Stumblefoot

Brewed by Walking Man Brewing & Public House
Style: Barley Wine
Stevenson, Washington USA

Serve in Snifter

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This is as good as they come. Wonderful texture on the palate, full of peachy fruit flavors, that are very layered, ranging back and forth between the sweet malt character and the sweet sweet hoppiness. Brown sugar, and cinnamon with an almost wine like finish.

Tap at brewery. Chestnut colored concoction with a light opacity. Orange-red colors when backlit. Modest off-white to tan head fades to a ring and leaves spotty lacing. Layered aromas, plummy, figs, malt, perhaps slightly oxidized. Medium bodied with a lower carbonation level, served rather cool, flavors and aroma pick up as the beer warms. Malty and plumlike flavor with a hop bitterness that balances nicely. Menus states this is 22 months old so I assume this was brewed in ’03.

2003 Vintage. On tap at the Blue Monk on the Portland Barleywine Long Haul Tour. Pours a hazy mahogany with a short lived white head. A very sweet roasted caramel latte-like aroma drifts over mixing with a sweet and strong brown sugar smell. I didn’t catch it at first, but after a few wiffs you pick up a vinegar aroma kinda kickin it on the rim of the glass. Taste starts thick and sweet with caramel running throughout the flavor. Hints of brown sugar and turned wine creep out now and again. Hint of smoke in the finish along with a big ol band of hops to balance out the sweetness.