Half Pints Brewing Co. Burlywine

Burlywine

 

Half Pints Brewing Co. in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 🇨🇦

  Barley Wine - Barley Regular
Score
7.30
ABV: 10.5% IBU: 75 Ticks: 34
At Half Pints, we live by our motto: small brewery, BIG FLAVOR. Nothing proves this more than when we brew this extra strong ale. It is packed with five different malts for a strong dried fruit character and is hopped with UK Fuggles and Goldings for a woody, herbal aroma. This Barleywine is meant to be shared fireside with friends. Try it with a cheese plate of sharp Cheddar, Stilton, and Gorgonzola or a slice of rum soaked fruit cake. It will continue to improve with careful aging in a cool dark place, so try to save a bottle to compare with the new vintage. Serve at 12 degrees celcius in a brandy snifter. Unfiltered and unpasteurized.
 

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle - Vintage 2009 - Vinous malts, oak, earthy, plum and dark sugars. Cloudy amber with an impressive beige head. Vinous, barrel notes, plum and some light caramel sugars. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2013 at 17:11


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle 341ml. [ Vintage 2009 - Blue wax ]. ABV: 8.6%. Clear medium to dark red amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, bread, caramel, BW aroma, light alcohol, cheese notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, dried fruit, caramel, fruity, plum, alcohol warn, wood notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20121019]

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2013 at 08:39


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Rating #3200. 2009 vintage. 341mL bottle, sent from Glouglouburp (thanks a lot, Dany), pours a gorgeous dark ruby red with a medium beige head. Aroma is full of plums, raisins and black currants, with some caramel and syrupy honey sweetness. Flavour brings out lots of fresh pure honey, atop dark fruits galore (plums, raisins, currants, etc.), caramel and brown sugar. No hops at all by this point, but the beer is in solid balance without any cloying sweetness. However, I do detect a slight hint of oxidation, but not enough to detract much. The booze is very well-worked in but there is a noticeable warming effect. Excellent barley wine - certainly one of the best in Canada.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Nov 2012 at 22:45


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle @ French Oktoberfest Tasting Ulfborg, 2012. Pours ruby amber with bubbles on top. Dark fruit, sugar, syrup and caramel. Some toffee. Warmth..

Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2012 at 09:03


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Kobberrød klar skum hvid kort Malt vinøs jordslå alc. Bær Bitter lidt sød moderat Flad Cremet kro fuld ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tried on 19 Oct 2012 at 14:29


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Vintage 2009. Unclear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dried fruit, wood and alcohol. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet finish with warming alcohol. 191012

Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2012 at 14:28


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle @ FoneFan, 8.6%, 2009. Clear dark amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, toffee and fruit. Flavour is malt, caramel, toffee, little rip-fruit, raisin, little plume, medium sweet with notes of alcohol.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2012 at 14:27


7.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pours reddish brown, like the gouden carolus i just tasted. Not much head, a little lacing. Smells sugary. With some fermented fruit acidity and a lot of alcohol. Don’t detect a lot of hops and not very bitter for style. Mostly sweet. Some raisins or fermented grapes. Bottle from the rhino. Bottle has green wax but I didn’t see the cap. So i guess its from 2008. Gotta love the rhino for these gems.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2012 at 18:24


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

22 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy dark orange with a small tan head. Aroma is spiced and dry hoppy. Dry hoppy and spiced. Bitter into a dry and spiced finish.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2011 at 03:35


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

341ml bottle pours a watery, translucent orange amber with a creamy white head. Nose is big on watermelon and bread. Flavor has more watermelon, toffee, caramel. Finish is a little hot and sugary.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2010 at 16:55