Fisherman's Tea Party
Cape Ann Brewing Company in Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.27
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CLW (16859) reviewed Fisherman's Tea Party from Cape Ann Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Draft @ Cape Ann. Cloudy copper pour in a sample glass. Nose smells like a smoked beer with hint of herbal tea. Malts mixed with smoke.
Let me start off with saying that I don’t like smoke in my brews. German Rauchbier will never be a style I choose to drink. This tasted much more like a smoked beer rather than a Barley Wine. Smoked bacon, cured meat with a like herbal tea mixture under this smoke. The finish is day old camp fire ashes. The brewers description does say it is smokey but this is the farthest thing from a barely wine I have ever tasted. Sorry I just don’t enjoy day old campfire and smoked meat in my brew. That is what you will find here.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Oliver Twist. Hazy copper with a tiny off-white head. Aroma of malt, ith smoke and a hint of peat (I didn’t know the smoke came from the lapsang while drinking it). Sweet and sugary but still complex malt flavour, with a little peaty smoke. I have wanted to brew with lapsang. Now I know it’s possible!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught@Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Deep reddish amber colour with small beige head. Aroma is alcohol, roasted malts, some mild wooden, vanillaish and peaty notes. Flavour is quite much the same along with some raisins and more strong on the wooden notes than the aroma was.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
2009-09-03 and 2009-09-04, draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm
Cloudy red-amber color; creamy head, a small cap of foam is persistent.
The aroma has a decent smoke touch going along with the malt and caramel, woody as well, and with a tear of peaty whiskey; later some cereals appear.
Full bodied, rich malt and caramel flavor; the sweetness happily marry the smoke, without being syrupy; lightly tannic.
The final is malty, the sugar sticks on the lips, with caramel and a trace of smoke; it’s not extremely hopped like in others North American examples, but still it’s enough to reminds us that ain’t a smoked Doppelbock; it’s more enjoyable this way.
A whisky-barley wine. exploring a different terrain, with an interesting mix: sweetness, freshly cut wood, caramel and light smoke.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Big beer here. Had it on draft at Barcade in Brooklyn. Poured a nice, rich copper with a slight, fine white head. Aroma of bitter hops and some kind of tea, sure. Tasted very sweet, with undertones of hops and malt to give the beer a distinctive compexity. Felt great to drink, and the force of the beer made it a good beer to savor. An overall excellent experience.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Cloudy ruby, small head. Floral nose. Sweet and full bodied with clean chewy crystallic malt. Sweet and butterscotchy with some smoke and orange. Growing late bitterness. Interesting and flavourful.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
(Draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm) Dark reddish amber colour with frothy, beige head. Malty nose with dried fruit, caramel, smoke and Lapsang tea. Malty taste with notes of dried fruit, smoke, orange peel and a generous citrussy, piney bitterness in the finish. Hops are balanced by the smokey malt. Full body, rather sweet. Lots of different flavours: smoke, fruit and hops. But everything comes together in good balance. On the extreme side, but in my opinion a lovely beer.