Stormy Monday
Bush Pilot Brewing Company in Burlington, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
6.58
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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 16
This one is both a nose full and a mouth full. There is a powerful aroma of dates, spices and dark berries. Those flavours play significantly in the taste along with a whole range of integrated accents -- figs, winter spices such as cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon, some chocolate, molasses and caramel, and the boozy warmth of the calvados casks. There must be a strong malt base underneath all that, but it doesn’t really make it to the surface. A very unusual, but well crafted and enjoyable, variation of Barley Wine.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
750ml bottle from the LCBO.
Impressive first foray into the craft brewing industry with a spiced barley wine aged in calvados barrels oh my!
Dark, hazy mahogany pour, with a very slight off white head. The aroma is very spicy. Loads of cardamon, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, with hints of wood, and sweet spicy apples. A gorgeous aroma, but i have to admit, it doesnt scream barley wine. There are some aromas of sweet, chewy malts, but they are buried deep by the spices.
The body is a tad thin for the style, but passable, and the carb is very low, but again, nothing to worry about, and the alcohol is very well hidden, The flavor is of a medium bitterness, and a lingering sweetness. the finish is again quite a bit more spice, and some light boozy, bready, sweet malts in the finish, with hint of barrel, and vanilla. overall, a great beer, but more of a strong spiced ale than a barley wine. I’m anxious to see what a few years of age does to it.
Lubiere (24605) reviewed Stormy Monday from Bush Pilot Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
A reddish copper barleywine with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with light butterscotch, light cinnamon, OK. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity caramel malt with light vinous notes, light cinnamon notes, alcohol warmth, bourbon barrel, pleasant. Bottle at Chuck and April’s Cellar Tasting.
deyholla (22839) reviewed Stormy Monday from Bush Pilot Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle, thanks for sharing! Pours a hazy deep amber with a white head that dissipates to the edges quickly. Aroma has sweet grains, light fruits and a decent amount of toffee. Flavor has toffee, light fruits, earthy sweet grains and a bit of cinnamon.
Deanf (9781) reviewed Stormy Monday from Bush Pilot Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
O.k. so definite-ley-nate-dogg-ly not retired, and the bottle reads 10.3 percent alc. Pours with pure brown mud and little head, harsh and nasty in the appearance departyamento. The aroma is like unfinished shoe polish, lots of sugar and leather and coriander of all things. The flavour is a sourt motor oil affair with hints of caramel, cherry, coriander orange zest. Not quite nasty but rather challenging. Still, quite a memorable brew and big points for no nasty alcohol hints in spite of the huge abv.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
(750ml bottle at nearly 3 years age) Pours slightly murky dark reddish brown with a small whitish ring. Aroma is dark toffee and caramel malts, rich and sugary, lots of candied apple, brandy, a whole melange of spicebox notes, oak, dried dark fruit. Taste is unsurprisingly sweet, again a few layers of toffee, caramel, apple and darker fruits, fairly high but blended load of spices all the way through, orange peel. A Calvados warmth to the middle and finish, apple and spirit and somewhat tannic oak. Finish is semi-sweet, light oak tannins, basically no hop bitterness. Very slight remaining alcohol, touches of oxidation creeping in. Medium bodied, quite light carbonation. Never had it fresh, but it seems to have become fairly well-integrated in its older age. Probably more ingredients than are really necessary since everything spice-wise becomes a bit of a jumble but the outcome was surprisingly drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle: Poured a dark murky brown color ale with a small bubbly head with almost no retention. Aroma of oak and residual brown sugar notes is OK at best. Taste is dominated by Calvados and woody notes with some residual brown sugar notes. Finish is thin and watery. Body is full enough with medium to low carbonation. I thought this one fell very short in terms of complexity and I didn’t appreciate the thin watery finish.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Sumbitch! One behind Freaky_tiki again! But then how can I compete with that boozehound? Le Sigh. (That dude owes me a Barley Wine) Rating this Stormy Monday, on a sunny Friday, the last day of school for the kiddies. Bottle from the LCBO, listed at 10.3% on the bottle. Pours a muddy brown with a thin head. There is a crap load going on with this beer (yes, yes, I know, barely wine.) Smell figs, vanilla beans, brown sugar, malts and cloves. Taste, similarly the kitchen sink. Booze, vanilla, molasses, bready malt, dried figs, cloves. Hell I think it’s a storm all right. A shit storm of ingredients. There is a lot going on here, but it works for me. I can see why some might hate this, but not me. I think I’ll grab another bottle for the "cellar".
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Starts off badly with the cap being to soft, so not popping up nicely. Thankfully smells great. The apples from the Calvados are quite present here with some nice spices. Hazy amber-brown colour with a foamy beige head, good retention and some nice creamy lacing, all-around and topping the brew. Dark fruits (raisin, fig) taste with some light chocolate malts, spices, alcohol and with some nice bitterness in the finish. No burning though, with a smooth mouthfeel, slightly oily and medium-bodied. Lots going on here making this one quite interesting... and good. The aging in Calvados berrels is a very nice addition.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Stormy Monday from Bush Pilot Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Bottle - Spicy, oak, caramel and apple sweet notes. Cloudy brown with a thin head. Sour caramel, a bit of red grape and a bit medicinal. Aroma is great but the flavor is completely out of what with a thin body.