Barley Wine
Longwood Brewery in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
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7.28
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Ferris (26037) reviewed Barley Wine from Longwood Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle - Vintage 2007 - Caramel and light chocolate notes. Deep brown with a decent light brown head. Light caramel, thin and odd oxidized notes. Thin and weak in the taste,
mcberko (47051) reviewed Barley Wine from Longwood Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
330mL bottle, 2007 Vintage, split with Matts_Property at The Alibi Room, pours a dark reddish brown with a small ring of tan head. Aroma of dark fruits (raisin especially), some leather, vanilla and a little chocolate. Flavour of raisins, vanilla, perfectly tart fruits and bittersweet chocolate. This has aged very well. Medium-bodied with a sweet & sour finish.
pivnizub (12825) reviewed Barley Wine from Longwood Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Bottle (many thanks to joss!): Pitch black, stable tanned head;complex nose: ashes, roasted malt, caramel, tobacco and hops; fat bitter-sweet flavour, full bodied as expected; long and lingering finish, repeating tobacco, leather, ashes and dried fruits. A gem.....
MoritzF (10568) reviewed Barley Wine from Longwood Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
(bottle, 35.5cl, thanks to Jonas !) Pitch black colour with a beige medium-sized foamy head. Sweet toasty and smoke-malty aroma with hints of dried fruits, raisins and notes of ashes and sweat. Sweet flavour with a tinge of roasty bitterness, full bodied with a smooth carbonation. Strong and pretty complex malty taste with toasty and smokey notes, accompanied by caramel, sweaty leather and hints of vanilla; sweet and moderately roasty bitter strong malty finish with a long tail of hops, caramel and character. Very tasty and moreish brew. 24.III.10
Irishboy (4666) reviewed Barley Wine from Longwood Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 oz bottle shared by Enniskillen from CapFlu! Thanks Todd and Chris! Nose of caramel, raisins, a hint of molasses and chocolate. Cloudy very dark brown with a small light tan head. Flavor is smoke, raisins, molasses and a hint of bitterness. Finish lightly bitter and smoky. Alcohol completely covered. Excellent.
Lubiere (24390) reviewed Barley Wine from Longwood Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A dark reddish brown barleywine with a thin off white head. A nice caramel aroma, floral hops, vinous notes. In ,mouth, a rather light barley wine, a bit lactic, with nutty notes, a bit of chocolate, very roasted malt for a BW. Nice offering. Bottle from Capflu. Shared Aug. 2008, with Capflu, GRM, et al., Brasseurs du temps gathering.
Sloefmans (15338) reviewed Barley Wine from Longwood Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Small yellow-beige head over practically opaque brownruby beer. Fruity, sourish, alcoholic & lightly salt-smoked nose; some chocolate initially; very complex, with earthy and fiery components. Tantalizing nose, even when the sourishness makes me a bit weary. Bitterish, wood, earthy, bitter chocolate, oakwood, discreet hops. This is really growing on me. Warming up, black cardemom, alcohol-drenched oakwood, more chocolate and a light milk trace. Well-bodied, very slick, slight alcoholwarming. Excellent, very complex and yet reasonably restrained BW. I quite didn’t catch how you came across this gem, joss, but thank you very much indeed!
jhaase (14757) reviewed Barley Wine from Longwood Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle. Very dark brown with a red shine, creamy brown layer. Slightly oxidized cedarwood and light cherry aroma. Wood, strong tobacco notes - smothering everything else, berries, a bit vanilla. Roast and smoke aftertaste. Fairly lightbodied for the style. Flavors will likely mellow out with time, which only can help - the over the top cigar notes are a real killer. I imagine the body is only going to get lighter though.
Oakes (33097) reviewed Barley Wine from Longwood Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Served properly, in a snifter. Very dark brown colour. Fat malty aroma with alcohol, cherries, walnuts, bourbon, slight chocolate. Palate has rich malty depths. Full body is slightly oily with notes of plums, cherries, wood, tobacco and sherry. Finish is sweet, woody and capped off with an alcoholic dryness. Their best beer. A different type of barley wine, too, from what Americans are used to - this is not an assault but a BW of subtlety, definitely English in inspriration.
crit200 (5311) reviewed Barley Wine from Longwood Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Coke color, beige head. Interesting dry malt nose. Huge full bodied malt flavor with mild alcohol heat. Harley the brewmaster says this was rather young, so it should get even better in time The above ratings now reflect the several samples I had at Winterfest 05 at Dix. Easily the best beer at the fest. Not meaning to take anything away, but there wasn’t much competition!!