#MashTag 2015
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Special Out of Production|
Score
7.43
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#MashTag 2015 has been a great week – we have the final beer that you will all be enjoying before too long – a US-hopped 10% Black Barley Wine with the added twist of Vanilla Beans & Toasted Oak Chips.
Hops - Columbus, Centennial, Simcoe, Nugget, Willamette.
Hops - Columbus, Centennial, Simcoe, Nugget, Willamette.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle from The Bottle Shop Canterbury and drunk at home. Black beer lasting tan head. Attractive rich malty aroma, something like Christmas pudding, I mean a boozy Christmas pudding, but the same dark malt and dark fruits. No doubt I like the aroma. The initial taste again I like, yes a touch of heat on the finish but definitely not boozy. The Christmas pud flavours continue. Yes, I mean that’s good, really good. Makes me happy. Big slightly hot. But the fruit is amazingly good. Baked raisins. Don’t get huge hops. Not papery at all. Just big boozy malt and fruit. Like a brandy enraged Christmas pudding. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2015
at 14:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Cottridge Wines. De ruby almost black colour with a fast evaporating tan head. Aroma roasted malt, liquorice, vanilla and soft fruit. Taste starts sweet, with a roasted malt and smoky finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2015
at 14:33
8/10
Tried
on 14 Sep 2015
at 15:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at Brewdog Shepherds Bush, London. A black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate, fruity aroma. Tastes roasty, malty, vanilla, chocolate, bitter/sweet. An interesting barleywine.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2015
at 17:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @Brewdog helsinki. Pours black with a thick lasting brown head. Roasty, some chocolate, wood and ashy/off notes. Thick, oily mouthfeel. Flavor has molasses, roasted malt, licorice, salmiakki. Mild spicy notes as well. Stuffy, heavy.
Tried
on 10 Sep 2015
at 10:32
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
(Keg at BrewDog Helsinki, 20150909) The beer poured black. Its head was small, lightly brown and it lasted long. Aroma had wood, vanilla, burnt malts, vineousness and booze. Palate was medium bodied, dry and warming with medium carbonation. Flavours were burnt malts, liquorice, wood, vanilla, ash and bitterness. Aftertaste was burnt and bitter. A messy brew. I could not find what was tried to be achieved with this brew.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2015
at 13:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Brewdog Helsinki
Pours pitch black with a brown head. Aroma of roasty malts, licorice, coffee, cocoa, oak, hints of berries and nuts. Taste is smooth, heavy and complex with some roastiness, loads of malts, hints of oak and toffee. Finish is heavy, slightly roasty and woody. Interesting.
Pours pitch black with a brown head. Aroma of roasty malts, licorice, coffee, cocoa, oak, hints of berries and nuts. Taste is smooth, heavy and complex with some roastiness, loads of malts, hints of oak and toffee. Finish is heavy, slightly roasty and woody. Interesting.
Tried
on 07 Sep 2015
at 12:14
6/10
Salty caramel Icelandic licorice, wood bark, chocolate gateaux, oak. Interesting.
Tried
at
The Stash Bar
on 06 Sep 2015
at 22:12
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is berries, biscuity, smoky, toffee, taste is quite dry, bitter, sweet, harsh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2015
at 13:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Black pour, off white head. Aroma of fruit, passion fruit, pine, roasted malt and some caramel. Flavor of passion fruit, licorice, candi sweets, raisin, choco, toffee, pine and a bitter dry-ish finish. Different and nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2015
at 16:34