Kosmyk Charlie's Y2K Catastrophe Ale
Central Waters Brewing Co. in Amherst, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.42
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Originally designed for the Y2K survival kit, this beer has been proven to be a staple for anyone's emergency plan. Kosmyk Charlie's is a delightful treat, aged for a year in our cellars to create brew smooth enough to overcome any disaster. So, when Homeland Security raises the alert level, open a Kosmyk Charlie's and raise your glass.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, thanks Jimmy! Clear chestnut, small beige head, nice lacing. Aroma is dark sugars, toffee, pine. Flavor is medium sweet, fairly bitter, some vanilla. Medium body, fairly harsh finish, some astringence.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2014
at 17:31
8/10
Tried
on 07 Mar 2014
at 21:02
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
12 oz. bottle, pours a deep dark cloudy mahogany / amber with a small beige head. Aroma brings out caramel, dark fruits, and candied sugar. Flavour is intensely sweet and boozy, with loads of rich caramel, lots of candied sugar, and all of the 10% (and then some) showing. Lots of residual sweetness and loads of alcohol heat. Not refined or elegant in any way - I have no idea how this has such high ratings. Drinkable in very small portions, but way too sweet for me, and too boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2014
at 21:23
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
12oz (2012) bottle thanks to demmbonz
Pours slightly hazy dark amber with a medium sized beige head and some lacing. Aroma is malty, caramel, woody and some hot alcohols. Taste is toasted malts, caramel, dusty, woody with bitter pine finish and hot alcohols, dry
A decent barleywine
Pours slightly hazy dark amber with a medium sized beige head and some lacing. Aroma is malty, caramel, woody and some hot alcohols. Taste is toasted malts, caramel, dusty, woody with bitter pine finish and hot alcohols, dry
A decent barleywine
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2014
at 20:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 12fl.oz.Unclear medium orange amber colour with a small, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, dried fruit, wood, caramel, moderate hoppy. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, dried fruit, BW alike, alcohol, hop bitter, sweet fruit, wood - oak, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20131111]
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2013
at 12:39
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Hazy dark orange with a small offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, wood, dark fruits, light alcohol. Flavor is rich malty, caramel, wood, dark fruits, brown sugar. light booze. Full body, soft carbonation, light warming alcoholic finish. 111113
Tried
on 11 Nov 2013
at 12:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Clear reddish amber with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, heavy caramel, dried fruit and alcohol. Flavor is very sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish with warming alcohol. 111113
Tried
on 11 Nov 2013
at 12:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Hazy dark amber with small tan head. Aroma is malt, caramel, toasted, oak, dark fruits and toffee. Flavour is malt, caramel, toasted, medium sweet, oak, wood, dark fruits, little toffee, hop, little bitter with notes of alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2013
at 12:34
8/10
Tried
on 11 Nov 2013
at 12:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are sweet fruits, burnt caramel, warming alcohol, malt and hops. Sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2013
at 12:32