Hog Heaven
(has 4 batches)
Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.46
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This dangerously drinkable garnet beauty is a hop lover’s delight. The intense dry-hop nose and the alcohol content are perfectly balanced for a caramel malt backbone. This is a serious beer for serious beer aficionados. Oink!
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Brewtopia ’04 American style Barleywine. Deep amber with little head. Malty aroma with detectable presence of higher alcohols. The hop bitterness overpowers the maltiness in the flavor. Somewhat out of balance. This probably would be good to lay aside and re-rate after some aging. Re-rate 12/21/13 Much smoother and the hops were in balance this time to suit my tastes.. The several years in the cellar proved to be good for this one in every way.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2004
at 08:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7
Ruby tinted amber colour with a thinnish off-white head. Sweet aroma of peaches, apricots, caramel, raisins, brown and caster sugars all with a hoppy note and a malt presence. Full-bodied; Somewhat spicey initial taste mellows to a sweet flavour of fruits and some caster sugar. Aftertaste somewhat alcoholic and a bit harsh. Overall, a decent barleywine, needs some time to mature, but $4 for a 65 cL bottle is NOTHING! I bought this 65 cL bottle from Whole Foods in Vienna, Virginia and sampled it on 23-December-2003.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2003
at 01:45
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Cloudy amber color. Strong and absolutely peculiar aroma: oranges, figues, flowers (violets…), mango. Sweet in the front, fruity (oranges, mango, plums, muscadel…), getting bitter and bitter. No need to talk about malt/caramel and hops…. Mellower than other heavily hopped North American brews.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Dec 2003
at 11:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
This beer is like garlic mustard in southern Ohio (meaning that it's dirt common, to the point of being a nuisance). Finally, I caved and purchased a bottle tonight. This is a caramely red beverage, complete with a nicely lacing off-white head. Caramely and grapefruity aroma. Flavor is a rich blend of grapefruity hops (which tend to dominate), some piney hops, sweet caramel, and some fruitiness. A solid barleywine, and the first "traditional" barleywine I've had in some time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2003
at 22:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Perfectly clear amber, aroma of hops, sherry and caramel - malty, sweet butterscotch kind of flavor, but lacking the complexity characteristic of the style - finish is dry, hoppy and crisp, with a marked absence of maltiness - this tastes more like a more malty version of a pale ale than a barleywine, but it's a tasty beer none-the-less.
Tried
on 09 Oct 2003
at 21:41
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
2003 bomber. Pours a light brown with some darker mahogany colors lurking. Yellowish/burnt brown towards the edges. Tons of lacing as it goes down. Moderately small dark beige/brown head. Lots of carbonation in the bottle (typical of Avery). Slightly cloudy. Smells of rich roast, slight amounts of licorice, lots of alcohol, some burnt walnut, and of course, barley and hops, though it is a more refined, drier barley smell. Opens up restrained and quite balanced, good strong orange flavor. Alcohol present, but it waits until towards the finish to really jump out. Body is quite complex and medium-full, tending more towards medium. Lots of hops, dry, strong toffee and a lively carbonated, salty texture. The finish is alot like the porter, only stronger and more apt for the style: dry hops mix with lots of alcohol and roasted barley. Some problems with astringency, needs aging much like the North Coast Old stock, but dosent have enough malt to show as much potential, just needs to even out a bit in the finish. FINALLY an Avery Beer I get along with!
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2003
at 14:09
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hoo-yeah! I am really liking these higher-ABV beers now that they are available in Ohio. The aroma floodgates were opened from the minute I cracked this one open! Strong hops with barley malt in the background. Very pretty amber hue with a medium beige head and some lacing. Very malty flavor with some caramel. Dry, hoppy finish with alcohol notes. Very good beer that left me with a pleasant buzz.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2002
at 14:43
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Perfect true amber color, with a medium thick creamy beige head, excellent retention and heavy lacing. Strong hop aroma: pine resins and maybe a little citrus. Extraordinarily creamy palate and unbelievably well balanced. Full rich sweet caramel malt circled by tingly resiny and spicy hop flavors. Finish is strongly bitter but not unbalanced at all. Both malt and hops lingering in the mouth. One of the smoothest and most drinkable barleywines I’ve encountered.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2002
at 10:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Very floral aroma - hoppier than Behemoth or Horizontal. Balanced, very hoppy accent but a fair bit of sweet malts that dance with each other on the palate. Tasty, and certainly on the right track, but not ready to bang with the big boys yet. A little light on the palate.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2001
at 12:04