Pokaiņu Mežs (Magic Forest)
Alus Darbnīca Labietis / Pagan Brews in Riga, Vidzeme, Latvia 🇱🇻
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.01
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
From a 440ml can on 8/6/2024. Pours a clear light amber with virtually no head. Smells of caramel, toffee, nuts. Tastes of caramel, toffee, honey, cinnamon and spice, ending with a firm bitterness. Syrupy mouthfeel with softish carbonation. Outstanding stuff. Very proud to be Latvian.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
YG 270923. Dark brown color with a beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, alcohol, raisin. Flavor is roasted malt, alcohol, raisin, pine, grapefruit, oxidation, rye, bread, herbs. Nice beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. BB July 2023. An unclear dark nut brown beer with a small dense beige head that lasts. Some curtains. The aroma is lightly oxidized, but it's still quite pleasant, with dark dried fruit, toffee, nuts, dark rye bread, pine cones and some resin. Some herbal hints and a little alcohol. It's full-bodied, warming and nicely carbonated, with a gentle bitterness. Nice sweetness too, balanced. Roasted malt notes, toffee, dark dried fruit, no particular fruit standing out, pine cones, resin and alcohol. Some oxidation. Lasting malt driven finish with a good hoppyness. A nice one indeed, American style Barley Wine with Double IPA notes. And it bears the age very good. 230927
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled (from Vinmonopolet Kirkenes). Deep brown colour with mediumsized off-white foamy head. Aroma is rosted, some alcohol, mild honey, some birch leaves and mild berries. Flavour is berries, honey, alcohol, some spruce, pine, birch and also quite sweet dried fruity finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Lukt: Karamell, krydder, frukter. Utseende: Rødbrun. Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum. Smak: Karamell, krydder, frukter. Medium: Rating:646412, Flaske@500ml, ABV@11%, Når@21.05.2022. Hvor: Tasting kveld Bryne. Labietis Pokaiņu mežs Barley Wine / Wheat Wine / Rye Wine
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Well stored bottle. God looking, clear brown body under a dense beige head. Aroma has malt, dry fruit, pine, herbs and myrica gail. Taste is medium sweet malt, caramel, dry fruit, herbs, distinct myrica gail and moderate bitterness. Alcohol is well hidden. Fine body with long lasting, herbal aftertaste. Original, fun and tasty take on the barley wine.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Rating fra mars 2018. Brun farge med beige skum. Karamelmalt, alkohol og svisker i lukt. Medium fylde. Lang bitter ettersmak.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
500ml bottle from Vinmonopolet Jekta. Pours dark amber body, tiny head and lacing. Malty, pine and caramel nose, hint of alcohol. Dark fruits, barley, herbs, pine and leaves a warm fuzzy feeling. As always interessting from Labietis💛. Shared with TheCellarer
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Based on new checklist, sadly not on video. Got from alko shop some time back. Weird, it seems to have import stickers from Norway (Sterkøl TROLLSKOG + description). Guess it traveled from Latvia to Norway and then back to Latvia :D Best before date is still fine for few years. Smell- caramel, sweet, yeast, peppermint, herbal. Foam-head is small, creamy orange, white brown color. Feels thick to medium thick, some alco notes, some bitter notes. Appearance- hazy, orange, brown amber. Taste- sweetness, caramel, malt, alcohol, bitter-sweetnes, warmth, thickness, some more of that biting-ish bitterness. Feels stronger, even when it is 11,4%, generally alcohol + bitter-sweetness + herbal notes. Might be fine with something, sadly I was going in dry, while it seems like complex one, maybe it is not my type. Old score (1.9.2019: 6/3/6/5/13 = 3.1 New quick rate from can. 04.05.2023: Smell - weak malt, faint herbal tones. Foam - Thin, caramel, malt, sweetness, herbal tones, bitter tones. Head is medium-sized, orange-white in color. Appearance - brewer can, clear-ish red-orange amber in color, medium carbonation. Taste -sweetness, caramel, herbal tones, malt, hops, bitter-herbal tones, alcohol. I like it more this time. 5/3/7/4/14=3.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Dark Brown color. Malty aroma with Caramel cake And soft herbal notes. Malty sweet herbal spicy flavor with caramel. Sticky And alcoholic. Full bodied. Beyond the beaten track.