Grand Barley Wine
Phillips Brewing and Malting Co. in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.56
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Brewed in honour of our 1000th batch, this excessive celebration of brewers overindulgence highlights a 6 year tradition of creativity in malt. Rich and malty with a mild hop finish, it is a Grand celebration, no matter what the occasion!
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5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Tasting at Josh’s, bottled Nov 2007, 8 years old
Dark mahogany color, clean, small head. The expected aroma of a Barley Wine, sweet, caramel, light oxidation. Sweet, some vanilla caramel, not thick, but low character, definitively too old, although it’s not really too oxidized.
Dark mahogany color, clean, small head. The expected aroma of a Barley Wine, sweet, caramel, light oxidation. Sweet, some vanilla caramel, not thick, but low character, definitively too old, although it’s not really too oxidized.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2016
at 18:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle - Vintage ?? - Dark sugars, boozy. Deep dark brown with a nice beige head. Sweet brown sugars, raisin and light plum. Light and nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2015
at 02:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle courtesy of mgermani: Poured a deep copper/burgundy color ale with an average foamy head with OK retention and some minimal lacing. Aroma consists of medium sweet malt with some subtle bitter hops. Taste is a nice mix between some medium sweet malt with some slightly bitter hops also thrown in there. I can’t say I cared for the mix between the variety of hops used and the malt based. Medium body with average carbonation but no discernable alcohol. I guess this is Ok but I have tasted better beer form this brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2008
at 16:12
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, 12%. Refreshing grassy hop aroma. Clear dark brown colour, some red. Very small tan head. Sweet teaish flavour, quite caramelly. Rather thin mouthfeel considering ABV. Nice enough, but I guess I expected more from a beer of this strength.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2008
at 13:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle. Berry (cherry), sirup and honey aroma. Red brown, creamy brown head. Chocolate, roast and berry flavours. Relatively light body for the strength - fairly dangerous - the doppelbock of baleywines.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2008
at 19:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Burgundy-brown colour. Can I give bonus appearance for mispelling "bierre" on the label and getting away with it? Rich nose of singed cherries, demerara, Havana Club 7yo, dark chocolate and pho broth. Mellow flavour melds toffee, lots of alcohol and some dark fruit notes, but nothing so bright as in the nose. Body is a bit thin for the size, with a slickness that gets more pronounced as it warms...an unpleasant reminder of the bad part of Tibetan butter tea. OK, but most barley wines hit higher high notes than any this has to offer.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2007
at 00:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
The most mellow barleywine I have ever had. That being said, also one of the more underflavored as well. Deep brown, small tan head. Brown sugar malt nose. Sweet syrupy malt profile, well masked alcohol, hints of dark fruit. Very light finishing hops. Nothnig wrong with this, just not exciting. I drink quickly and get buzzed quickly, I should have gotten buzzed from this, but I didn’t, so I seriously doubt this is anywhere near 12%
Tried
on 15 Dec 2007
at 21:59