2014 Alaskana Series: Bore Tide
Midnight Sun Brewing Company in Anchorage, Alaska, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.12
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
22oz bomber, big "ups" to SHIG for hitting me with the puppy (he always, always has my back), thanks Shawn!, pours with a clear copper body that supports a thin light tan head of foam. The aroma offers up smooth malts, thin semi sweet banana, a thin spicy note, floral hops and then a sense of spicy, pine and grassy hops. The taste delivers smooth sweet malts, smooth thin banana nuanced malts, a sense of esters and then a modest level of whiskey booze. To midway it picks up muted spicy oak, bitter floral hops and barrel boozy whiskey. This is smooth and an easy drinking sipper.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
22oz bottle pours a hazy, dark orange with a ring of white head. Nose has booze, orange, honey comb, pine, soap. Flavor is boozy, sticky caramel, orange, pine. Full bodied, hot finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From a 750ml bottle at the DC tasting on March 25, 2016. Poured a dark orange color with a small white head. Aroma is light sweet caramel notes, toffee sweetness. Flavor was light sweet toffee, caramel notes. Sweet candi character.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle shared at the DC Tasting on 3/25/2016. Thanks Travlr! Hazy golden orange with off-white head. Aromas of honey, caramel, herbs, alcohol. Tastes of honey, caramel, wheat. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Caramel and booze. Consistency pretty watery for style, surprisingly. Hazy amber pour. Bottle shared at tasting thanks to Travlr.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from the source. Hazy amber color, white head. Aroma has tannins, lightly spiced caramel. Taste has vanilla, vinous caramel, spice. Nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
From a 22 oz bottle courtesy of Travlr.. Thanks! Pours a clear copper with an ecru head. Caramel aroma. Flavors of caramel, toffee and vanilla. Bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle thanks to Greenspoint. Pours a cloudy copper with small beige head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is toffee, candy sugar, wood. Medium mouth similar flavors to nose, sweet, boozy finish, very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Tap at Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours hazy amber with a creamy near-white head. Aroma of light bourbon with some slight wood notes. Med + body. Flavor? Strangely it does taste like a wheat wine! There’s a little sweetness, but also oak and a little rye. It’s actually quite delicate. Heat is essentially non-existent. Potentially deadly, but entirely marvelous.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Humpys
Cloudy golden with a medium sized off-white head, good lacing. Aroma of wheat, woody, grapes and fruity. Flavors of wheat, white grapes, grains with a dry finish
Nice