Thor's Hammer
Sailor Hagar's Brew Pub in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Brewed at/by: Howe Sound BrewingBarley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.13
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TimE (11146) reviewed Thor's Hammer from Sailor Hagar's Brew Pub 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Provides a dark brown color, a head a flat as a board with a heavy, but succulent sweet caramel, toffeish Crunchie chocolate bar nose. The palate is has soft caramel over laying strong brownies and a mildly bitter finishes with hints of chocolate and caramel.
omhper (44752) reviewed Thor's Hammer from Sailor Hagar's Brew Pub 24 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Very sweet barleywine on the malty side of the style. Complex, but still too young when I sampled it.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Thor's Hammer from Sailor Hagar's Brew Pub 25 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
At its best, it is very complex with notes of vanilla, chocolate, steamed milk, cherry, apple pie and brandy. Early editions were reminiscent of the classic 1995 Tall Ship No.1 . Since that beer has left us (well, not me, I stocked up), this is now Canada"s best barley wine.
1998 Vintage, aged 6 years - Dark red; slightly toasty, smokey and malty aroma. Rich brown sugar notes, depth of oily, maltiness. Fruity, and warm. This was the definitive vintage for this beer, and I hope Gary Lohin revives the recipe at his new brewery.
A 2000 vintage served 2 years old on cask was a little less complex, yeastier, and more mellow - I never had this one fresh so I won"t change my rating based on this.