Special 2009
Marble Beers in Salford, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.53
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at Boreft Bier Festival 2010, Bodegraven. Amber coloured brew with an sublte sweet taste and also great bitter finish. A truely English Barleywine from Manchester.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:40
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask @ BBF 2010. Golden color. Viscous. Tangerine and confot fruit in the aroma. Very hoppy flavor, grassy but also with confit fruit. Alcoholic. Long hopbitter finish. Sticky mouthfeel. Good!
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
7/10
Tried
on 07 Jan 2015
at 13:03
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Clear amber colour, slight white head. Aroma of malts, honey, light red fruit, light liquorice, banana and madeira notes. Bitter flavour, orange marmelade, malts, hops, sweet malts and honey. Finish honey, sweet malts, bitter hops and madeira. Nice, bitter and aged well.
(From 75cL bottle shared @ decadent symmetry tasting. 10.7% ABV.)
(From 75cL bottle shared @ decadent symmetry tasting. 10.7% ABV.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2013
at 02:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle sampled @ decadent symmetry tasting. Thanks to Martinus. Reddish-orange with lace. Nose of caramel, raisin, priune, orange, chocolate. A bit oxidized, but in a good way. Nice peppery bitterness. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2013
at 05:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Courtesy of Martinus. Thx! 750 ml. bottle sampled @ decadent symmetry tasting. Pours fox ruby with some white bubbles. Nose is sweet grapefruit, marmalade, toffee, caramel, touch oxidized, candy sugar & oxidized dried fruits. Taste is bitter marmalade, dried orange peel, fading bitter grapefruit, very bitter herbs in the back, offset a bit by the toffee sweet base. Less carb. very slightly syrupy, not bad stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2013
at 03:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Marble Special 2009 (by Marble Beers):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
28/II/13 - 75cl bottle from Biernavigatie (webshop, NL) @ Klaas' place - BB: XII/19 - brew # 1500 (2013-200) Thanks to Klaas for sharing the bottle!
Clear copper red beer, small off-white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: dried fruits, caramel, bubble gum, bit fruity, alcohol, little spicy, sugary. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: bit sugary, caramel, little hoppy, quite some alcohol, honey, bitter touch, bubble gum. Aftertaste: bubble gum, alcohol, little sugary, sweet, honey, some spices, hoppy touch.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
28/II/13 - 75cl bottle from Biernavigatie (webshop, NL) @ Klaas' place - BB: XII/19 - brew # 1500 (2013-200) Thanks to Klaas for sharing the bottle!
Clear copper red beer, small off-white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: dried fruits, caramel, bubble gum, bit fruity, alcohol, little spicy, sugary. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: bit sugary, caramel, little hoppy, quite some alcohol, honey, bitter touch, bubble gum. Aftertaste: bubble gum, alcohol, little sugary, sweet, honey, some spices, hoppy touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2013
at 10:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
29th December 2009
ChrisO ’Night Of The Gaylords’ tasting. Hazy brown beer, Lively fruity nose. Lightly sour malt with a rich hop depth. Marmalade orange hop. Some aniseed in the finish. A very decent brew. Well balanced.
ChrisO ’Night Of The Gaylords’ tasting. Hazy brown beer, Lively fruity nose. Lightly sour malt with a rich hop depth. Marmalade orange hop. Some aniseed in the finish. A very decent brew. Well balanced.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2012
at 10:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2010-11-29, vintage 2009, huge thanks go to fonefan for this highly wanted bottle, 8-5-7-4-15=39
Corked bottle, with a rather annoying wax-plastic. Beautiful, bright amber color, hazy; medium sized head; the thin layer that persists, later, has rather big bubbles. Very nice aroma, malt, rich, and also some fruity presence; not as strong as an American Barley Wine, but mid-Atlantic anyway. Correct body structure, but, as suspected by the fluid pour, not as thick as most Barley Wines; good caramel and toffee flavor, but not extremely rich; moderate sweetness, with a trace of sweet nuts; correct bitterness; a warming touch of alcohol in the end. Balanced and pleasant, although not vibrant.
2010-05-06, blind tasting at Yespr, 7-4-8-4-15=38
Hazy amber color, but with some particles floating around. The aroma is light, but the flavor is good caramel, sweet, a bit buttery. Quite strong bitterness. Good, if you can stand diacetyl.
Corked bottle, with a rather annoying wax-plastic. Beautiful, bright amber color, hazy; medium sized head; the thin layer that persists, later, has rather big bubbles. Very nice aroma, malt, rich, and also some fruity presence; not as strong as an American Barley Wine, but mid-Atlantic anyway. Correct body structure, but, as suspected by the fluid pour, not as thick as most Barley Wines; good caramel and toffee flavor, but not extremely rich; moderate sweetness, with a trace of sweet nuts; correct bitterness; a warming touch of alcohol in the end. Balanced and pleasant, although not vibrant.
2010-05-06, blind tasting at Yespr, 7-4-8-4-15=38
Hazy amber color, but with some particles floating around. The aroma is light, but the flavor is good caramel, sweet, a bit buttery. Quite strong bitterness. Good, if you can stand diacetyl.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2011
at 07:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Alkoholischer, hell malziger Antrunk mit starkem Hopfenton. Dies setzt sich fort, das Bier bleibt bei seiner Intensität. Die Hopfenintensität passt zur generellen Stärke des Bieres, in Teilen ist es aber unbalanciert. Grasiges Finish. /11/9/11//11
Tried
on 17 May 2011
at 06:19