Celebration Ale
23rd Street Brewery in Lawrence, Kansas, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
6.89
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Large snifter pour at the brewpub. Probably would have not had a chance to try it if csbosox’s magic with the tiny bartender. Its a very dark barleywine, almost black in the dim light of the brewpub. There are some ruby tints in there if you look hard enough. The head is nice and thick as well. It poured pretty cold but I could still get a nice wiff form the beer. Its sweet cherry and raisin on the nose with some thick orange peel. There is plenty of syrupy sweet malts. Taste is a bit less interesting with some astringent cherry and a thin astringent finish. Basically, the kind of stuff I do not like to see in a barleywine.
theisti (5540) reviewed Celebration Ale from 23rd Street Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap (snifter - very full pour) at the brewpub. Pour is quite dark, only faint ruby highlights with only traces of an off white head. Served very cold, and therefore not much initial aroma. As it warmed, I was able to pick up some malt and roastiness. Taste is sweet malt, bit of a hop finish and a fair amount of heat. There is also roast and dark cocoa in the taste as well. I picked up on both BW and some stout characteristics in this one. Interesting brew, nice to see a small brewpub getting creative. Thanks again for re-opening for us Tricia.