Olde GnarlyWine
(has 3 batches)
Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Rotating|
Score
7.49
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Making a Mondo Ultra Mega Super Premium Barleywine Ale is a little like having a kid. The first part is fun and messy, it takes a while to ferment, and then a whole longer to mature. It is expensive and takes up a lot of space. You worry about how it'll grow up and whether or not you'll still be friends. Eventually it stays out all night and comes home with it's skirt on backwards. You know how it is. Usually we package our ales within 15 days of brewing. This one we aged in tanks for over a month. Why not buy three-? Drink one now, keep one in the 'fridge for a month, and one for another year! Yummy. . .
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle Poured deep rich red brown with foamy beige head. Much lacing. Rich floral hoppy aroma. Full bodied flavour, caramel oakey and malty. Lasting finish with hoppy tang.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2008
at 15:28
2.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
On tap at the Mad Mex in Cranberry. Gnarly, my description exactly. Good example of a crude rude, high alky style. Aren’t all barley wines gnarly? I’m not good enough for this beer. Could not finish the glass. Syrupy terrible viscous liquid. Just like any other Lagunitas I’ve tasted, over the top.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2007
at 15:07
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
On tap at Cato’s in Oakland, CA. It was served up in a half pint glass (due to its gravity). It pours a clear striking amber with lasting off white foam ring. The aroma comes across as complex. I seem to be smelling wood and shrubbery. Tough to pin down. I get pale malts (of all things), caramelized malts and faint toffee. Smooth and melded aroma. The flavor is malty and fruity from a mixture of cherries, sweet dark grapes, a mild raisin note, prunes and sugar coated plums. Just like the aroma the flavors seem smooth and melded even as the beer’s temperature runs up toward room ambient.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Dec 2007
at 16:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2007 bomber. Pours thick. Amber color with a decent beige head. Smells of brown sugar (light molasses) and caramel, and underlying dark fruits. Medium bodied with creamy carbonation. The flavor is brown sugar, overripe plum, and citrus and resin hop. The finish is rather dry after the sugar leaves, and there is a very nice bitter build up. Definite fine lacing as the glass level drops. Alcohol is noticeable, but it doesn’t distract from the other elements. Beats a milkshake anyday.
Tried
on 30 Nov 2007
at 19:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. A hazy dark amber beer with a fast disappearing tan head. The aroma is sweet with powerful notes of caramel, but also lighter notes of malt. The flavor is sweet malty with powerful notes of caramel as well as lighter notes of alcohol, leading to a dry bitter caramel finish. The body is thick - somewhat like drinking caramel soup - if that exists.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2007
at 17:57
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Twenty Aught-6 bottle from Bevmo?; Been in the cellar for over a yearl Nose of raisins, caramel, and very light alcohol; rusty red with a small beige head; flavor of caramel, fig newtons, and a slight hint of hop bitterness; finish shows light alcohol warmth and very slight bitterness. Pretty good barlewine; glad I let it rest for over a year in the cellar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2007
at 20:25
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(Bottle 65 cl) Slightly hazy, dark amber colour with a beige head. Fat aroma of caramel and overripe fruit. Very full body with lots of caramel and overripe fruit. Spicy - almost peppery - notes. Sweetish, alcoholic finish. 230407
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2007
at 11:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample from bottle. Pours amber. Aroma of malt and spices. Flavour of spices, hops and malt. Has a good sweetness. Winous mouthfeel. Good bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2007
at 13:54
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Twenty ’Aught 06 release. Pours garnet into a snifter. Head quickly recedes to skim rim. Dark caramel, pine and resin aromas. Sticky and full with upfront melted dark caramel and a lasting resin finish.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2007
at 18:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Front Door Boise, Pours out a dark brown topped with a nice head. A nice sweet aroma to go with a very good tast. The 9.7 was not that apperent to me. Very good overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2007
at 14:39