Mass Extinction Ice Barley Wine
Phillips Brewing and Malting Co. in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
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6.11
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Phillips is cooling off Mid-January by revealing a special 341mL brew that has archaealcohologists salivating over their topographical maps.
It’s called Mass Extinction Ice Barley Wine and just like the dinosaurs this beer was ice-aged at glacial temperatures. It was frozen 3 times during the Fermentaceous Period causing the remaining liquid to distill into naturally-sweetened nectar, and driving the ABV up to a mammoth 12%. Enjoy responsibly.
Phillips’ Mass Extinction Ice Barley Wine is available for a limited time in select private retail outlets.
It’s called Mass Extinction Ice Barley Wine and just like the dinosaurs this beer was ice-aged at glacial temperatures. It was frozen 3 times during the Fermentaceous Period causing the remaining liquid to distill into naturally-sweetened nectar, and driving the ABV up to a mammoth 12%. Enjoy responsibly.
Phillips’ Mass Extinction Ice Barley Wine is available for a limited time in select private retail outlets.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brownish-amber, no head. It's a bit old, and came in a twist off, so I guess that has affected the carbonation a bit. On the nose, there is a rich malt sugar character that speaks to the iced character. It's got some thickness, malts, but it doesn't have a whole lot of complexity. Ends up not bad, though the base beer isn't that great and it only improved a little bit.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2017
at 23:21
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle split at RB Best awards dinner, thanks, 30/01/16. Hazed chestnut brown with an off white covering. Nose is spice, toffee, caramel, biscuit, lacks depth for the ABV. Taste comprises thick syrupy fruits, spice, figs, light oxidization, rich fruit rinds, toffee. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. So so.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2017
at 09:56
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[1/30/16] Bottle sample at the Encomium bottle share, after RateBeer Best awards ceremony at Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel in Santa Rosa. Thanks everyone who shared bottles! Amber. Dark fruits, candy, cardboard, sweet, caramel, a bit of butter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2016
at 18:09
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours brown with no head. The aroma is strong caramel, dark fruit, booze. Medium mouth, caramel, raisin, boozy, good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2016
at 00:34
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle - Vintage 2012 - Prune and brown sugar with some molasses. Clear dark brown with a small beige head. Light prune sweetness and a long finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2015
at 20:18
3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
341 ml bottle. Pours a deep red/brown with no head. Grainy cereal/hay aroma. Odd flavors of raspberry, caramel, and rye. Oily and bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2012
at 20:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
2017-12-06, bottle from Legacy, 7 years old, 6-3-7-3-14=33
The aroma shows small signs of oxidization, and of cereals. The mouthfeel is a bit oily, it has mild signs of oxidization, but decent malt depth too.
Not too bad.
2015-11-25, bottle from Legacy Liquor Store, Vancouver, 6-3-6-3-12=30
Some aroma of cereals, glue, treacle. Lean body, moderately sweet, caramel flavor, some Parmesan, a bit too boozy.
2012-01-17, bottle from Legacy Liquor Store, Vancouver, 6-4-7-3-12=32
Mahogany color, with red shades; head almost absent. Deep aroma of grains. Medium body strength; the mouthfeel is rather oily; flavor of caramel and grains, with some liquorice; medium sweetness; ordinary bitterness level, with some booziness in the final.
Quite cloying; difficult to understand what the target was, but it's unachieved.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2012
at 08:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
clear brown, small light brown head. mild aroma, nutty. flavor is strong, nutty, malts, bitter caramel, powerfull.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2012
at 10:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 34,1 cl. Courtesy of fiulijn. Pours a clear amber with a small off-white head. Boozy, caramellish nose, some spice and sherry. Solid body, heavy caramel, nuts and a little vanilla. Boozy finish. Not the most sophisticated Barley Wine. 090212
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2012
at 10:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
34.1 cL bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and slight breadish malty. Sweet toasted malty and breadish. Sweet malty and caramelish finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2012
at 10:24