Heirloom Pumpkin Barleywine (2014)
(Batch of Heirloom Pumpkin Barleywine)
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Pumpkin Autumn Out of Production|
Score
6.99
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The 2014 version is: 50% ale aged in brandy and rye barrels and 50% ale brewed with spices.
This velvety American Barleywine-style ale is brewed with over 1,000 lbs of organic heirloom pumpkins and aged in rye and brandy barrels for a year. This decadent autumn sipper pairs well with pecan pie, bread pudding and a warm campfire."
This velvety American Barleywine-style ale is brewed with over 1,000 lbs of organic heirloom pumpkins and aged in rye and brandy barrels for a year. This decadent autumn sipper pairs well with pecan pie, bread pudding and a warm campfire."
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle 375ml @ gunnfryd’s hytte
Pours hazy copper with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, pumpkin spice, alcohol and dried fruits. Taste is medium sweet, light bitter and light to medium sour with a long warm, pumpkin spicy, sour and fruity finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours hazy copper with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, pumpkin spice, alcohol and dried fruits. Taste is medium sweet, light bitter and light to medium sour with a long warm, pumpkin spicy, sour and fruity finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2015
at 18:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. A hazy one, amber in color and with a dense, finger-thick beige head leaving lacings. Lightly sourish nose with spices, caramel malts and pumpkin spice. It’s full-bodied, dry and faintly tart, with a nice carbonation level. Pumpkin spices, caramel malts, lemon notes, some dried fruits and a generic sourness in the flavor, lasting for good while. It’s warming all the way, but not much considering the ABV. A decent one indeed, but I’m not impressed. 150724
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2015
at 18:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Zeebra 2015, small sample. Slight hazy orange to amber color, short head. Aroma of soft pumpkin spices, some caramel and toffee, bit vanilla. Slight sweet in taste, soft bitterness. Not too heavy on the spices and in combination with a BA barleywine, turns out really nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2015
at 09:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sampled at ZEBF ’15. Pours cloudy orange brown with a ring off white head. Aroma of pumpkin, spices, vegetal notes and a little fruits. Flavour is moderate sweet and light sour with a little acidic burn in the finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2015
at 12:11
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
375mL capped bottle poured into Alaskan Brewing Smoked Porter snifter glass. Dark amber-orange color, too dark to see through. Just a small head. Upon first sniff and then drinking the beer for a while 2 characteristics are apparent:
1. lots and lots of pumpkin and spices, overbearing, takes on a lightly sour character
2. despite being 12% its a subdued, mild barleywine with low alcohol perception and no astringency.
Don’t get barrel and I wish I could just drink the unspiced portion. Actually, its becoming aversive as I keep drinking. Good thing I only paid $4 for the bottle as opposed to the standard $10.
1. lots and lots of pumpkin and spices, overbearing, takes on a lightly sour character
2. despite being 12% its a subdued, mild barleywine with low alcohol perception and no astringency.
Don’t get barrel and I wish I could just drink the unspiced portion. Actually, its becoming aversive as I keep drinking. Good thing I only paid $4 for the bottle as opposed to the standard $10.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2015
at 21:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 375ml. [ As Almanac Heirloom Pumpkin Barleywine (2014) ].Unclear medium amber orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light heavy malty, caramel, spicy, pumpkin, pumpkin spices, alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, sugary pumpkin, spicy, pumpkin spices, tart pumpkin, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily and sticky, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light moderate alcoholic. [20150411]
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2015
at 03:14
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy dark golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy sour pumpkin aroma. Sour fruity tart spicy pumpkin flavor with hints of caramel. Has a Fruity sour spicy pumpkin finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2015
at 06:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Hazy dark amber/brown with big beige head. Aroma is malt, pumpkin, spices, caramel, little oak and a little dark fruit. Flavour is malt, pumpkin, spices, medium sweet, caramel, oak, hop, little tart, little dark fruit, little dry and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2015
at 14:02