Samurai Barley Ale
Hyouko Yashiki No Mori Brewery (Swan Lake) in Agano, Niigata, Japan 🇯🇵
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
6.99
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce bottle from John’s. Pours a mostly clear bright orange color with a medium white head. A big sweet nose, pale malts, some toffee. Light citrus, oranges, yeasty dry at times, more pale malts, a bit of oxidation- who knows how old this is. A decent very English style BW. Enjoyable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Barley wine bottle share on 1/31. Cloudy amber orange, moderate white head. malty sweet nose on this , some molasses and dates, lots of alcohol. Heavy , slightly sticky body, some honey, brown sugar, fruit. Plenty of alcohol warmth.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
New Beer Distributors, NYC 11.2 ounce ($8.25): Pours a murky brown with a off-white head. Aroma is full of sweet malts, some light hops, hints of booze, and some earthiness. Taste is slightly sweet, very malty, and somewhat alcohol. Not a bad barley wine.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap at the brewery restaurant. 1 year old, aged in the keg. Clear amber-orange with a touch of lace. Fruity, estery nose, caramel, oranges, apricots, light oxidation from age. Very fruity flavors, raisins, some toffee, hop bitterness and citrus flavors remain though mellow and muted, alcohol well hidden. Very smooth and mellow. Quite enjoyable. Definitely helped by the aging.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from New Beer Distributors. Pours muddy burnt orange with off white head. Nose and taste of toasted barley, burnt caramel, molasses, earthy toffee malt and birch sap/resin. Medium bodied.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours a clear amber orange with a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of caramel with some sweet grains and a hint of toffee and sweet fruits. Flavor has tons of sweet grains up front with a note of caramel and gets a bit darker in the finish with the addition of some toffee.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
2010 bottle. Pours with a hazy/murky peachy orange hued body with a white ring of foam. Noticeable sediment. Aromas are of peaches, dried apricot, caramel, stone fruit, alcohol, esters and marmalade. Flavors are a bit rough on the alcohol, mild oxidation, caramel, stone fruit. Very bitter. Tea. Warming with medium carbonation. Full bodied.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Courtesy of riversideAK. Bottle pours hazy brown-ish copper with dirty white head. The aroma offers up hard candy like citrus, cherries, mango, pineapple and some spicy hops. The taste has loads of citrus and sort of tropical fruit hop flavor notes running amuck all over the place. It then begins to pick up some spicy hops and plenty of sweet malts. Into the finish the hops become a bit less flavor hops and somewhat more bitter hops. Still there are plenty of sweet citrus and tropical fruity hops heading deep into the after taste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Hazy amber-caramel with a thin cream colored head. Caramel aroma. Caramel and woodsy flavor with an herbal note and slight PNW hops in background. Medium bodied. Czaramel and herbal notes linger with light spice and some spirit notes.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Big Star in Seattle. Pours hazy brown sugar with a slight off-white head. Rather sugary aroma. Med plus body. Flavor is something like plum with a lot of brown sugar and a little bit of hop bitter. More than a little bit. Enough to balance the malt. Far from the usual sticky sweet BW. This is a good one.