10th Anniversary Barleywine
Climax Brewing Company in Roselle Park, New Jersey, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
6.92
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Brewed for our 10th Anniversary, the Barleywine is a bottle conditioned ale that's
meant to be laid down and enjoyed for years to come. Up front it has a hop nose
and hop flavor on the tongue that fades into malty overtones with flavors of vanilla that go into chocolate. As it has aged, we've noticed flavors of dates and raisins as well.
meant to be laid down and enjoyed for years to come. Up front it has a hop nose
and hop flavor on the tongue that fades into malty overtones with flavors of vanilla that go into chocolate. As it has aged, we've noticed flavors of dates and raisins as well.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Big thanks to matta for whipping out this half liter blue glassed swing top. It pours copper / brown with tan head. The aroma is a nice musty maltiness blending into sweet dark fruitiness and a sense of heat at the end of the draw. The taste is sweet smooth and yummy with sweet sticky sludgy malts, prunes, sugary black berries, boysenberries and sweet over ripe huckleberries. This is smooth silky goodness that shows no signs of going down hill due to cellar time.
Tried
on 15 Aug 2010
at 12:29
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottle @ weekly tasting. Matta/Cheeseman possibly for the share? pours murky amber, tan head. aroma and flavors, caramel malts, sugary, some spices, bready mouthfeel with a nice palate that shows this bottle to have some age on it. Dark fruits with a lasting warming palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2010
at 14:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Redstone style bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a hazy golden body and a small white head. Aroma is fruity, herbal, apricot. Taste is dry, herbal and alcohol. Odd barley wine. Fizzy and dry. Weird.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2010
at 12:03
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tap at barcade - fairly light red color - very light aroma, mostly of cherry and some citrus fruit, plus some spicy hops - quite thin-bodied and very light in flavor - some caramel malt manifests itself, but this is mostly dominated by light fruity esters and a dash of hops - very thin in the finish - unimpressive.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Dec 2006
at 22:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A deep red beer with a lazing orange head. The aroma is sweet and like a good hop soup in which You’ve put oranges and caramel, but also with a note of alcohol. The flavor is sweet malty, with a quite strong alcohol presence, though the body is weak. There’s quite a lot of hops in it, which towards the end turns more and more dusty, but the flavor also contains a honey note. The end is dry, but until that sets in, the mouthfeel is smooth. Comes in a beautiful blue bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2006
at 15:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Bottle 50 cl) Clear amber golden with a creamy, off-white head leaving a light lacework. Fat aroma of caramel and aroma hops. Full body with sweet caramel and toffee and some bitter hops - not a very clean hop profile though. Rather distinct alcohol. 240706
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2006
at 14:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle provided by Jimmack (thanks) at Dickinsonbeer’s Pre-TAP gathering. Blue bottle poured dark-reddish copper. The aroma is not overpowering, a good hop presence but well balanced with the barleywine sweetness. The body is not heavy. The aftertaste is something particular but I cannot pinpoint it. Light for a barleywine. A bit of bitterness at the end. An average BW I would say. 7/3/7/3/14
Rerate: now this has got a chance to age a bit in the bottle, almost 6 months. The aroma has greatly improved, I get hit with a strong English malt aroma a la Hardy’s. 8/3/7/3/15.
Rerate: now this has got a chance to age a bit in the bottle, almost 6 months. The aroma has greatly improved, I get hit with a strong English malt aroma a la Hardy’s. 8/3/7/3/15.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2006
at 16:04