Barley Wine Ale
Sprecher Brewing Company in Glendale, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
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Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
2005 bottle, gold wax cap. Nice boozy nose under the cap. Tawny brown color, very brief fizz. Nothing has gone off in 20 years, it's got a nice alcoholic nose, some fruitiness and strong malt, with no oxidation. Taste offers more of that strong abv, some fruity ale, and a, well, normal mouthfeel. Actually starts to get a little watery, but not enough to be a distraction.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Barley Wine Ale from Sprecher Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. - Vintage 2007 - Boozy sweet plum, raisin and soured malts. Cloudy brown gold with a decent beige head. Caramel, butterscotch ans some raisin sweetness. Although some nice flavors, very thin and past it’s prime.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle I received in a trade awhile back. Pours orange brown with off white head. Nose and taste of sweet malt, sherry, old fruit, yeast and caramel. medium body. Finishes with old citrus and alcohol.
Lubiere (24459) reviewed Barley Wine Ale from Sprecher Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
Gold wax. A hazed amber barley wine with a thin mocha head. In aroma, a strange sweet sour cherry with bizarre medicinal notes. In mouth, a spoiled lactic malt with sour cherries, Hall’s drops, infected barley wine. Blahhh! Shared with GRM.
GRM (7524) reviewed Barley Wine Ale from Sprecher Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Brown bottle, 2007, cap covered with gold wax, 16 ounces, purchased at Beers of the world, trip to Chicago with Louise on August 2 2011, savoured January 5 2012; eye: brown with an orange hue, lightly hazy, mocha head that turns into a tiny ring, no lacing; nose: toffee, hops, alcohol, light malt, prunes; mouth: toffee, hops, alcohol, malt, prunes, molasses, short finale in toffee with presence of alcohol, medium body, lightly bitter, mildly sweet, lightly grainy texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 2007 bouchon recouvert de cire dorée, 16 onces, achetée chez Beers of the world, voyage à Chicago avec Louise le 2 août 2011, savourée le 5 janvier 2012; œil : brune avec une teinte orangée, légèrement voilée, mousse moka qui se transforme en un petit anneau, pas de dentelle; nez :toffee, houblon, alcool, léger malt, prunes; bouche : toffee, houblon, alcool, malt, prunes, mélasse, finale courte en toffee avec présence d’alcool, corps moyen, légèrement amère, moyennement sucrée, texture légèrement granuleuse; en résumé : correct
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle Thanks to Sam. Pours out a hazy amber topped with a white head. Aroma was of sweet malts, caramel, pit fruit, light hop notes, and honey. Taste was much as the aroma with a lot of sweetness some brown sugar, toffee, and some fruit.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Barley Wine Ale from Sprecher Brewing Company 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Yet another very cool brew courtesy of markwise. The funky little bottle pours out copper with gold edges and thin off white head. The aroma is full English barleywine with cherries, raisins, dates, prunes and ripe plums mixing with mild sweet sugary malts. The taste quickly takes on a blended and smooth dark fruitiness with all the usual suspects like prunes, cherries, plums, raisins and figs. I also get modest amounts of sweet malts underneath creating some added interest to the flavor. Tasty stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bouteille 500ml (2006), courtoisie de Blankboy. De couleur rouge-brune et légèrement voilée. Nez malté de caramel toffee légèrement boisé (bois humide, notes de fût de chêne) et aux notes rôties, fruité (raisins vineux, notes de pommes) avec des petites notes de sucre brun, léger de houblon herbeux et avec des notes dalcool liquoreux. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement bas et une texture très légèrement sirupeuse. Goût fruité (raisins sucrés vineux, notes de pommes rouges, traces de cerises et de prunes vieillies) accompagné dun léger goût boisé (fût de chêne, présent en arrière-goût durant toute la gorgée) lors de lentrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel toffee assez sucré, légèrement rôti et aux notes terreuses ainsi quavec des notes de pain. Parallèlement, lon retrouve un léger goût dalcool liquoreux (brandy) et un peu réchauffant jusquen finale, où se rajoute un léger goût de houblon herbeux avec des traces de noix asséchantes. Post-goût moyen-long et aux notes sèches, léger-moyen amer dalcool doux, de rôti, de houblon herbeux (notes terreuses) avec un goût fruité (moût de raisins) et des notes boisées.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16 oz. bottle courtesy of Ugsmush. 2006 Vintage. Pour is almost entirely clear orange-amber, with a nice looking 1/2 inch off white head. Aroma of big sweet fruitiness - pretty intense. Caramel and some leather round out the nose. Taste is more of the big fruit, though it is somewhere between raisins and juicy fruit gum, not a terribly good combination. The big fruit taste was highlighted by some pretty sharp heat as well, though this faded pretty quickly after the beer opened up. Nice full body. This one was good, but it was a bit less refined than most Barley Wines I have had. Regardless, nice to see Sprecher branching out. Thanks for this one Jason, I enjoyed it!