Barely Wine Barley Wine - Mourvèdre (2015)
Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company in Gilbert, Arizona, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Winter|
Score
6.97
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English style barleywine with AZ grown mourvedre wine grapes added to the hop back.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught@CBC2016 (Blue Session). Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, some red berries and mild alcohol notes. Flavour is fruity, floral, some alcohol, sweet ripe fruits and mild honey. Also some slight tartish notes to it. Somewhat mouthdrying.
Tried
on 30 Aug 2016
at 23:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ CBC 2016 ( did say 9,8% though on the label). Poured deep amber in color with a thin off white head. Woody, dark frutiy, ryeish spicy aroma. Flavor had wood, bread, dark fruit and some mild boozy notes.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2016
at 07:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
CBC. Dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is malt, fruit, toasted, dark fruit, oak and wood. Flavour is malt, caramel, oak, wood, sweet, dark fruit, barrel and warming.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2016
at 10:06
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ CBC. Pours golden with an offwhite head. Aroma of rich malt, bread, caramel, wood, dried fruit, alcohol. Flavor is light sweet, bitter, malty, bread, dried fruit, alcohol. Full body, soft carbonation, sweet finish with loads of alcohol. 130516
Tried
on 05 Jun 2016
at 10:51
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap @CBC16. Clear copper, small white head. Caramely, slightly vinous aroma. Similar flavour, boozy with good warming alcohol bite.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 May 2016
at 03:59
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[5/13/16] Draught sample at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016. Blue session. Amber. Malt, caramel, some fruitiness. Sweet, some bitter hops.
Tried
on 27 May 2016
at 10:28
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
CBC. Hazy amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dried fruit and alcohol. Flavor is very sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish with heavy alcohol. Boozy. 130516
Tried
on 25 May 2016
at 12:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at CBC 2016. Pours a clear mahogany with very light head. Aromas of brown sugar and caramel malts. Flavors of same with a dry grassy element.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 May 2016
at 14:27
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught at the brewery, 12/30/15.
Deep amber with some darker auburn hues. Good clarity with a touch of chill haze and a beige head that shows moderate to moderately-high retention.
Don’t get much, if any, of the grape in the nose, though I think the grape notes meld very seamlessly with the malt and yeast character (raisins, prunes, light acidity, sweet caramel and a touch of vanilla and alcohol). Dry toffee, almost a spiciness from the alcohol and yeast, with no flaws.
Sweet caramel and toffee with light fruitiness and a warming that helps dry out the malt. Grapey-raisin flavors could potentially be some influence from the grapes, but you’d never pick it out blindly. Sweet and malty, but not syrupy or cloying in the least. Soft, comforting texture with some breadiness and a lot of warming on the end. Maybe a touch too much estery/booze character but otherwise a well-done, if somewhat unremarkable barleywine.
Deep amber with some darker auburn hues. Good clarity with a touch of chill haze and a beige head that shows moderate to moderately-high retention.
Don’t get much, if any, of the grape in the nose, though I think the grape notes meld very seamlessly with the malt and yeast character (raisins, prunes, light acidity, sweet caramel and a touch of vanilla and alcohol). Dry toffee, almost a spiciness from the alcohol and yeast, with no flaws.
Sweet caramel and toffee with light fruitiness and a warming that helps dry out the malt. Grapey-raisin flavors could potentially be some influence from the grapes, but you’d never pick it out blindly. Sweet and malty, but not syrupy or cloying in the least. Soft, comforting texture with some breadiness and a lot of warming on the end. Maybe a touch too much estery/booze character but otherwise a well-done, if somewhat unremarkable barleywine.
Tried
on 03 Jan 2016
at 13:33
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Poured up on tap at the brewpub where it exhibits a clear deep amber colored body that supports a thin tan head. The aroma offers up plenty of sweet dark fruity esters that are raisin and fig along with deep rich sweet smelling grapes and a dash of toffee. Nice. The taste starts smooth with some malt sweetness and getting into deep sweet grapes, raisins and figs. To midway some toffee to German dark bread drizzled in molasses comes to the surface to give this pleasing depth and richness. This is a terrific sipper. This version is so much deeper and richer and denser than the previous versions. Love it!
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Dec 2015
at 20:38