Y2K
New Holland Brewing Company in Holland, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Special Out of Production|
Score
6.79
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superspak (10160) reviewed Y2K from New Holland Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled on 5/15/2017. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy medium orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap, Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big grapefruit, orange, lemon, peach, pear, plum, golden raisin, apricot, melon, red apple, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, honey, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, orange, lemon, peach, pear, plum, golden raisin, apricot, melon, red apple, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, honey, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, orange, lemon, peach, pear, plum, golden raisin, apricot, melon, red apple, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, honey, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 9.6%. Overall this is an excellent American bareywine. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the big ABV; with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish, not overly aggressive. Feels like Chinook/Centennial, reminds me of Bigfoot. Awesome balance of juicy/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and dark/bready malts. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering resinous drying. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on classic tasting style example.
Silphium (4309) reviewed Y2K from New Holland Brewing Company 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
This rather lonely bottle must have hit the cooler shelf for Y2K4. Even though it's a barleywine, Y2K seems to have jumped the shark. Poured dark caramel-brown, loaded with yeast sediment. Aroma was very much like the 2000 Celebration Ale I recently tried. Strong caramel and yeast notes mingled with hints of raisin. Flavor was sharp caramel/raisin, definite alcohol, and a few sulfuric notes. Finished spicy, almost like the Ichabod, and bitterness. Old beer mouthfeel. Well past its prime, but an interesting find in GR.