Big Worse Barley Wine
Mikkeller in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark 🇩🇰
Brewed at/by: De ProefbrouwerijBarley Wine - Barley Regular
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Score
7.56
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9/10
Tried
on 11 Dec 2014
at 11:18
10/10
Tried
on 18 Nov 2014
at 11:19
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Bottleshop, Bratislava. Red amber colored beer with medium light beige head. Caramel malt, candied fruit, hops, specially centennial. Taste, sweet malt, caramel, candies, some fruits, plums, raisins, licorice, alcoholic bitterness in finish. Cloying sweetness. Too sweet for being enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2014
at 13:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled 375ml. -from Svijet Piva Zagreb. Clear amber coloured, medium sized beige head, dry malty caramel nose. Sweet malty, fruity, strong hoppy and reasonable alcohol presence with light nutty and dried fruits in the finish. Slight caramel and alcohol also in the finish. Despite high ABV easy drinkable brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2014
at 15:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
At the "expensive beer tasting" with heavy, hrabren and ogivlado. Poured a dark, lovely clear amber body with a big off white head, creamy, that went away slowly. Jaffa cakes-style orange in the aroma, lovely maltiness, weak nutty note, sweet, random notes of figs, light alcohol. Sweet malty taste, ending up somewhere between perfumey oranges and roses, though more the latter. very, very good, pleasant malty profily, slightly candyiish.... Oof, definitely a pleasant BW, good one Mikkeller!
Tried
from Can
on 21 Oct 2014
at 18:04
7.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Stronger version of Big Bad Barley Wine with off-white, loose and quickly dissolving head and murky bronze colour. Aroma less strong than you would expect from a big barley wine, impressions of overripe fruit, tomato, tobacco, caramel, raisins, cocoa powder. Relatively complex taste, beginning with overripe fruit sweetness, pear, peach, smooth, then honeyish and caramelly malt sweetness, full, bit nutty, bit smoky, peppery, warm liqueurish finish, but not astringent. I had better barley wines, but this was still a great example.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2014
at 10:48
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at Brewdog Edinburgh. Pours dark copper, fruity caramel, toffee, raisins, dry.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2014
at 06:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. A- Red wine, sweet, bourbon, dark fruits. A- Mahogany color, cloudy liquid, off white head. T- Dark fruits, slightly sweet, slightly malty, bourbon, alcohol. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, smooth finish. O- A solid barley wine no doubt. The only thing I didn’t like was the appearance. I hate the yeast particles floating around in beer. Just a big turn off for me. Makes it look like it’s full of backwash. Otherwise an outstanding beer. The alcohol doesn’t seem like 12% but is still noticeable, especially as it warms.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2014
at 18:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home, 08/06/14, weekend wind down beer. Lightly hazed rich amber wth a big old light beige head of frothy bubbles. Nose is fruit cake mix, orange marmalade, nutmeg, light boozey waftings, bitter hop presence. Taste comprises bitter orange, spice, hoppy pangs, candied orange peel, boozey vibes, rich caramel, fruit loaf, woody rinse, caramelised sugars. Full bodied, fine carbonation, warming alcohol in the close. Solid barley wine, drinks a good few notches below 12% and the hop presence preserves a bitter edge preventing it from getting too sweet and cloying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2014
at 14:16
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Clear amber colour, white head. Aroma of marmalade, light hops, dark malts. Quite hoppy flavour, rather sweet, malts, bitter marmalade, lemon peel. Lingering bitter finish, malts, marmalade, light honey.
(from 37.5cL bottle @ RBBWG III, Gent. Thanks for sharing, domienS!)
(from 37.5cL bottle @ RBBWG III, Gent. Thanks for sharing, domienS!)
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2014
at 02:22