Avant-Garde Series Barley Wine Aged for 2 Years. Brandy Ed. 2015
Naparbier in Noain, Navarre, Spain 🇪🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.72
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8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg at the 4th birthday. Hazed nut brown coloured pour with. A small cream coloured head. Aroma is nutty, liquorice. Madeira cakey malts, some jammy fruit. Flavour is rich. Nutty brown malts, medeira cake, toffee. Woody. Rich palate is medium full, sticky sweet, moderate carbonation. Nice honey earthy in the finish.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2016
at 10:33
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at Beavertown. Murky, colour of cold coffee. Thin, dense, pale tan head. Nose has raisins steeped in brandy. Vanilla. Thick, sweet grain. Hints of coffee and chewy toffee. Taste is rich, fruity sweet. Light bitterness. Smooth, full body. Nice warmth. Sticks the lips together. Warm, fruity, light bitter finish. Scarily drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Feb 2016
at 07:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Botella 33 cl de el Sr don Lupulo tomada en el momento en Belmonte 10..02..2016. (r37). Color oscuro casi negro con poca espuma beige oscura. Aromas y sabores licorosos maderas con brandy con buenas dosis de maltas tostadas algo dulces con toques de frutas pasas y maderas con licor. Cuerpo medio a intenso bastante ligero y liquido, con 12 vol bien presentes en todo momento. Muy licorosa. Bastante buena. Para repetir sin duda.
Tried
on 10 Feb 2016
at 12:20
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Fles gedeeld @Benzai’s Carnaval Tasting. Brandy barrels, donker amber met fijne kaki kraag. aroma van hazelnoot, alcohol, rozijn, donker fruit, smaken van Brandy, redelijk zoet, stroperig, smooth/glad, dik, volmoutig iets weeïg, brandy/cognac, donker fruit, vol en stevig, noterig en hout, zwak bitter, volle body, heerlijk... --- Beer merged from original tick of Avant-Garde Barley Wine (2015) on 18 May 2018 at 11:35 - Score: 8
Tried
on 07 Feb 2016
at 13:39
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Benzai’s crazy carnaval, small sample. Hazy copper color, short head. Aroma of caramel, brandy, slight plastic, bitterkoekjes, bit oak wood. Taste has some cookie and biscuit, brandy, almond, custard. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2016
at 08:00
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Don’t want anything to do with carnaval tasting. Very hazy reddish color, small off-white to beige head. Aroma and flavor are both lightly malts, a hint of applepeel, brandy, a touch of dark fruits and dark fruit bitter. Medium to full body, medium carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2016
at 16:38
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ benzai’s carnaval. Hazy amber colour with a small off-white head. Smells sweet, malts, almonds, nutty, brandy, wood, boozy. Tastes sweet, almonds, bourbon, vanilla, fruity, raisins, quite nice. Full body, soft carbo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2016
at 16:34
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 330ml. @ [ madmitch76 - 20K Tasting ] - chriso & Boudicca House, London. [ As Naparbier Avant-Garde Series Barley Wine. Ed 2015 ].Unclear medium amber color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, sweet malt, candy, sugary. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, candy, toffee - caramel sweet, alcohol, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20160115]
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2016
at 07:56
8/10
Tried
on 25 Jan 2016
at 15:19
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Kenny’s 20K tasting, thanks to Matteo. It pours cloudy red - brown with a small off-white head. The nose is sweet, oily, warming brandy, rice pudding, sticky toffee pudding, fruit cake, earth, light must and candy. The taste is sweet, oily, toffee, sticky toffee pudding, rice pudding, chewy malt, candy, alcohol boost, brandy and earth with a dry, woody finish. Full body, fine carbonation and oily mouth-feel. A bit hot perhaps, but rather enjoyable nonetheless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2016
at 14:05