Massive!
(has 4 batches)
Gigantic Brewing in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.39
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MASSIVE! Barleywine is released every year. What makes this beer so distinctive, and gives it the great depth of flavor, is the 8 hour long boil technique. The kettle at Gigantic is heated by a burner, essentially a blow torch under the kettle. This high heat caramelizes the wort, and the long boil intensifies that caramelization. The recipe changes every year, using different malts and hops, but the technique remains the same.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ CBC 2015. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel and dark fruit aroma. Sweetish malty spicy caramel and dark fruit flavor. Has a sweetish malty spicy dark fruit and caramel finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Sep 2015
at 07:24
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
650 ml bottle. Pours a clear dark mahogany with almost no head. Aromas of brandy, dark candied fruit, sweet malts and toffee. Flavors are same, sweet and sticky with a hot finish. Great stuff. Would be great to cellar to see what happens.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2015
at 15:55
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at the Alibi Room, pours a clear amber with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out notes of brown sugar, caramel and dried dark fruits. Flavour is massive indeed, with loads of brown sugar upfront, followed by caramel, toffee and dried dark fruits. It's borderline cloying, but is so well-constructed that I can overlook it. Wonderful barley wine.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jul 2015
at 00:46