Barleywine
Hawkers Beer in Reservoir, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.23
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DreamAudit (3859) reviewed Barleywine (2023) from Hawkers Beer 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From a 440ml can on 24/6/2023. Pours a fairly clear amber with a smallish head tat disappears quickly. Smells malty and fruity - toffee,caramel and green apple. Fairly sweet on the sip, with more toffee and caramel, some raisin, date and a bit of brown sugar. The finish is mildly bitter and a touch boozy, though it's still pretty easy drinking for 11.2%. The mouthfeel is a touch syrupy, the carbonation average. Very solid, but a not a standout for me.
Gyllenbock (17521) reviewed Barleywine (2018) from Hawkers Beer 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can bought at Beermash in February 2020. Hazy reddish/amber with a small head. Sweet aroma and taste of toffee, malt, dried fruit and caramel. Smooth and with well hidden alcohol. A nice one.
hawthorne00 (9694) reviewed Barleywine (2018) from Hawkers Beer 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can. Amber with a pale beige head. Aroma of toffee apple, bread, grass. Oily. Layers of caramel and bread crust, some apple, quite firm bitterness. Alcohol sticks out a bit. This is the second of a 4 pack bought last winter from Carlisle St Bottle House. I tasted the first and nearly dumped the lot - it was maybe a 1.5. Just horrible apple mush. Decided not to rate. This time it's fine but not ready. If rerates are unFUBARed it'll be interesting to see how it goes in 2-3 years. It has the structure.
DreamAudit (3859) reviewed Barleywine (2018) from Hawkers Beer 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
From a 375ml can on 1/10/2018. Pours a slightly hazy light amber with a small head. Has a quite distinct aroma featuring caramel, toffee and freshly cut red apples. Flavour wise, it begins intensely sweet - again caramel, toffee, and yes, red apples, along with lots of brown sugar, dates, and treacle. But the sweetness is met by just enough bitterness to balance it all out. The texture is sticky and syrupy, the carbonation softish. A pretty straight forward but very enjoyable dessert-like sipper.
hawthorne00 (9694) reviewed Barleywine (2016) from Hawkers Beer 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle, 12C. Amber with an off white head that’s soon a near coat. Some floaties, some sediment in the bottle. A whiff of Bourbon, but it moderates to reveal an aroma of bread, plums, butterscotch, spices - there’s an intriguing and unusual woody spice note that I can’t pick but like (possibly simply because it adds character). Lush, somewhat syrupy, lowish carbonation. Sweet butterscotch and bread, some Bourbon notes but happily they are accents (apart from vanilla and oak I guess, but even they aren’t anything like overbearing). Moderate bitterness, but it’s enough that the sweetness gets cleaned up. There’s a bit of warmth there too and it fits fine.