Pokaiņu Mežs (Magic Forest)
Labietis / Pagan Brews in Riga, Vidzeme, Latvia 🇱🇻
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.03
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An intense brew first enjoyed by the British aristocracy during the Industrial Revolution. Already on the nose, you can feel the drink's thick core of lightly caramelized malts, which is refreshed by the resinous pine buds and the spooky wild rosemary. The tongue literally gets stuck in the maltiness, only to be rescued by the bitterness of the hops, all of which lingers into sticky warmth.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught @ 7th Borefts Beer Festival 2015, Brouwerij de Molen, Bodegraven, Netherlands. [ As Labietis Pokainu Mežs ].Unclear medium brown color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, dark malt, pine, spruce, rosemary. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, spicy, rosemary, pine, spruce, alcohol, dark malt, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to lively. [20150925]
Tried
on 31 Mar 2016
at 08:45
8/10
good
Tried
on 27 Feb 2016
at 16:36
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy brown. No head. Very floral and sweet aroma. Rich and oily. Sweet, herbal, sometimes savoury with a warming finish.
Tried
on 20 Oct 2015
at 15:21
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
[9/25/15] Draught sample at Borefts Beer Festival 2015 in Bodegraven. Cloudy amber. Aroma of malt, caramel, dark fruits, spices, hops. Sweet-spicy flavor with spruce, caramel, fruitiness, bitter hops, and a bit of alcohol. Medium to full-bodied.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2015
at 05:05
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Tap at Borefts ’15. Pours cloudy brown with a small tan head. Aroma of caramel, fruits, strange dried herbal mix, pine and toffee. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Light medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2015
at 12:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at BBF 7, Bodegraven, 25/09/15. Hazed mahogany to chestnut brown with a decent beige cap that dissipates to edgeing. Nose is caramel malt, mellow dark fruit shreds, earthy hop, sweet toffee. Taste comprises candied fruit peel, caramel, light pine, earthy, toffee. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid first beer that I have tried from these guys, well rounded and balanced, not too sweet, drinks below the ABV.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Oct 2015
at 05:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled @ Borefts 2015. Hazy red-brown color, beige head. Smell and taste malts, dark fruits, sweetish, red fruits, decent bitterness. Medium body and carbonation.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2015
at 05:24
9.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
Thx! for sharing. Sampled draft @ Borefts 2015. Day 1. Brown amber, little white head. Nose is sweet candy caramel, super sweet in a good way, light pine hops & forest notes. Taste is herbal, caramel, sugar, honey, dates, sugar, dough, light pine, nice forest notes, Turkish sugar candy, sweet herbs. Taste is creamy honey body. Quite awesome, delicious barley wine goodness.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Sep 2015
at 15:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Süßlicher, karamellmalziger Antrunk. Mild herb-getreidig, etwas Alkohol. OK. 10/10/11/11//11
Tried
on 27 Sep 2015
at 12:02
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at borefts. Pours hazy orange, nose is toffee, pine, taste is sweet, herbal, floral.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2015
at 07:45