Burley Wine
Phillips Brewing and Malting Co. in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.68
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle - Vintage 2006 - Toffee, raisin and unrefined sugars. Clear amber with a decent beige head. Brown sugars, light raisin and some oak notes. Very mellow and light, but still good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
650mL bottle, pours hazy golden amber with a small beige head. Aroma of toffee, candied sugar and grains. Flavour of muted caramel malts, some sourness, oxidation and grains. Simplistic and muted. Not good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
2014-06-25, courtesy of Josh, 11% ABV, 7-4-6-2-13=32
Dark brown color, clean, small head. Candi sugar aroma, not bad but going downhill. Some sweetness, but the body is thin; caramel flavor, some candi sugar, low bitterness, still thin final.
Too old.
2011-08-13, bottle at the Alibi Room, Vancouver, vintage 2008, 3 years old, 9.5% ABV, 8-4-7-3-14=36
Mahogany color, with small head and low head retention; small sediment in the bottle. The caramel and malt aroma is mature, with notes of nuts, vanilla, tobacco; maybe slightly oxodised. Basically, caramel flavor; the carbonation is quite low, the body is thinning, there is some trace of liquorice and oxidisation, all signs lead to think that this beer won’t get any better from now; also the bitterness is quite low. Good, but oldish and without bite.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A red copper brown barley wine with a thick moka head. In aroma, pleasant treacle, molasses, and hops, light vinous character. In mouth, a smooth barley wine with light c-hops, oily mouthfeel, molasses, a bit underwhelming (bottle is more than 3 yrs old), from Capflu (thanks Todd). Medium bodied. Tasted Nov. 21 2009.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Thanks to JoeMcphee for sharing - clear amber beer with low carbonation - aroma of hazelnut, dough, cherries - zero carbonation in the mouth - sweet and acidic in equal measure - some nuttiness but not much else - some artificial-tasting sweetness in the finish - a little lifeless, but mildly tasty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Thank you to JoeMcphee for providing this at his house for CaptainCougar come to NY gathering. Keep bringing the Canadian beers Joe. Pours dead with no head, a dark dark ruby-red amber beer. Aroma is not really strong but what is there is malt driven with light sherry-alcohol. Some burnt chocolate as well. But overall relatively cheap impression. There is a lot of sweet candy in there. Similar flavor with an overall old and dead feel to it. It’s a light body with barely any carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bouteille, courtoisie de Jean Marc G. De couleur rubis foncé et transparente. Nez malté de caramel aux notes rôties (petites traces de fumée), moyen de sucre brun et de houblon herbeux aux petites notes résineuses, légèrement fruitée (prunes, léger de raisins, notes de cerises) et d’alcool doux avec des petites notes de chocolat noir. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture moyennement crémeuse (faibles notes liquoreuses). Goût moyennement fruité (léger de raisins et de prunes, notes de cerises et de pommes) avec des notes de chocolat au lait (faibles notes lactiques) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel sucré légèrement rôti et fumé (petites notes terreuses) avec un léger goût de chocolat noir et de sucre brun parallèlement à un goût d’alcool doux-moyen et réchauffant et une finale moyennement amère de houblon herbeux aux traces résineuses. Post-goût moyen-long, moyennement amer d’alcool, de rôti, de houblon herbeux et de chocolat avec un léger goût fruité (moût de raisins, de prunes et de cerises).
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Deep brown,creamy tan head.Light fruit(plum?),brown sugar nose.Malty,brown sugar profile, lightly smoked, medium alcohol heat. Well blended.. Considerably better than the other Vancouver Island offering.
TimE (11146) reviewed Burley Wine from Phillips Brewing and Malting Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Dark brown color, with a light brown head. Brown sugar, burnt raisins, cherries and apricots in the nose. Malty body, cherries, chocolate truffles, oranges, brandy, strawberries exudes from the mouth. Dangerously drinkable and smooth. Chocolate strawberry finish. Yumm.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Burley Wine from Phillips Brewing and Malting Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Very dark brown. No real head. Aroma of milk chocolate, plum and a little toast. As it warms the esters gain raisiny depth and alcohol starts to show. Flavour is fairly sweet with a hint of dark malt bitterness. The alcohol comes through quite a bit at the end...and in the absense of any other strong statements becomes kind of dominant. Overall, the malts are dull, muted with a leaning towards milk chocolate. There’s a few interesting elements and that gives me hope that with some refinements and experience this will emerge as a go-to winter brew. Today, though, it has no sense of purpose...no cohesion...and if a BW is going to lack that it better be a lot ballsier than this. Remaining bottles will hit the cellar I should think - the sherry notes this will gain should improve the beer in the same way they do for Hermannator.