Requiem For Dissent
Cerberus Brewing Company in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: 1623 Brewing CompanyBarley Wine - Barley Regular
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Score
7.15
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Got in a trade with beergoot. 32 ounce crowler into snifter, filled on 6/24/2019. Pours slightly hazy medium orange/amber/light copper color with a 2-3 finger fairly dense and fluffy cream colored head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of huge lemon, orange, citrus peel/zest, peach, plum, pear, apricot, red apple, golden raisin, honey, white bread dough, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of caramel, nuttiness, peppercorn, pine, wood, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity yeast, dark/bready malts, and light-moderate citrus/earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of huge lemon, orange, citrus peel/zest, peach, plum, pear, apricot, red apple, golden raisin, honey, white bread dough, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of caramel, nuttiness, peppercorn, pine, wood, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light pine, citrus peel/zest, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, orange, citrus peel/zest, peach, plum, pear, apricot, red apple, golden raisin, honey, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, caramel, nuttiness, peppercorn, pine, wood, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity yeast, dark/bready malts, and light-moderate citrus/earthy hop flavors; with a solid malt/bitterness balance; and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Mildly increasing warmth of 10.2% after the finish. Overall this is an awesome English barleywine! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity yeast, dark/bready malts, and light-moderate citrus/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the big ABV, with the mildly bitter/drying finish; awesomely soft feel. Awesome balanced between fruity English yeast and dark/bready English malt complexity; with solid citrus/earthy hop presence/balance. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive style example. A bit more of a blonde barleywine overall, but still spot on stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at Cerberus. Pours a clear, dark, ruby color, with a medium, bubbly, khaki head. The aroma is vanilla, toffee, walnuts, orange peel, a hint of cherry, and Campari. Sweet, with a fruity bitterness. Heavy body, with a slick, syrupy mouthfeel. This is a creative, quality, and tasty barley wine. Lovely.