Ol' Grundy Humper
Smuttlabs Brewery in Dover, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.67
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty. Caramelish and medium dry breadish. Bitter and toasted malty. Dry and toasted far finish, slight herbal bitterness lurking through.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Apr 2017
at 14:48
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey. Clear golden amber with off-white head. Aromas of caramel, malt, toffee, light butterscotch. Tastes of caramel, malt, toffee, light stone fruit, bitter biscuit, light alcohol. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2015
at 21:42
3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
Clear darker pale ale like a yeengy. Creamy head. Sweet mild perfume aroma. strong cloying alky first impressions. Wew. Alky rises up and kicks you in the palate. Not warming but it is volatile fer sure. Becomes difficult and must be aged. Hard to swallow at times. Not sure about this stuff. Syrupy medicine. Mouth coating cloying experience. Cannot appreciate. Nice smell is nothing like what follows.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Nov 2015
at 18:17
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured up on tap at the Mesa AZ Brass Tap where it exhibits a near clear copper body that has thin golden edges and supports a thin light tan head. It’s served up a little too cold. Starting with the taste I get a rush of sweet estery dark fruitiness and bitter to resiny pine hops and some citrus. The esters are largely cherry, prunes, a dash of dates and then raisins. These notes all flow quickly into a bath of pine sap like hop resiny bitterness. To midway and into the finish a modest citrus hop note surfaces and really doesn’t add or subtract from the experience. This is not coming together. I wonder if a bit of age would help. This isn’t too bad but it lacks some harmony. Ok. The aroma offers up pine hops and grapefruit followed by light cherry and prune fruity esters notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Sep 2015
at 09:35
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5
375 ml bottle with a bottle date 1/13/2015. Hazy Amber color with very light head. Aroma is light oak, light caramel, fruit and cherry. The flavor is slightly medicinal with a syrupy texture. The English malt is here as well with a dirty malt character. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2015
at 13:43
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
dark orange, 2 finger dark yellow head. aroma is nice, smells bitter, citrus forward. good creamy mouthfeel. I get corn and peat malts. intense bitterness and is pretty syrupy. very earthy but the syrup is just hard to deal with. not even sure this could improve with age.
Tried
on 16 May 2015
at 13:33