Swell

Wold Top in Wold Newton, East Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Barley Wine - Barley Series

Score

7.33

ABV: 12.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 5

Swell is a dark beer brewed specifically for barrel-aging, the recipe developed to hold the flavours from the casks without being overwhelmed. It’s rich, fruity and full of flavour. It has spent 11 months in a combination of casks from the Spirit of Yorkshire, each of which had previously held maturing spirit from the distillery, including a PX (Pedro Ximenez) cask which is extremely rare in the world of barrel-aging, as well as an STR cask (red wine cask which has been shaved, toasted and recharred to really enhance flavour and maturation). The bourbon casks were all from Distillery Projects 003. Swell is the first in the Ebb and Flow series.

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7.9

ITFCfan (3577) ticked Swell from Wold Top 6 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tried on 25 Aug 2025 at 15:01

7.9

Grumbo (24387) reviewed Swell from Wold Top 2 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

12/7/2023. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed! Pours clear dark amber bronze with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is woody, winey, dates, prunes, toffee, boozy raisins. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Medium body, soft carbonation. Drying finish. Developed really well. Great depth. Best ever by Wold Top!

Tried from Bottle on 12 Jul 2023 at 12:05

6.9

daniele (14510) reviewed Swell from Wold Top 2 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

2020 bottle piuttosto scura riflessi rubino non molta schiuma gasatura leggera lieve etilico esteri liquore sherry un filo vaniglia affumicato non molto corpo amaro contenuto legno toffee finale riscaldante

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2023 at 10:29

7.8

danlo (13133) reviewed Swell from Wold Top 2 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

330ml bottle from Wold Top. Dark brown amber colour, tan foam head and aroma of vanilla, wood barrel, oak, spiced, fruity. Taste is sweet, rich malty, dried fruits, caramel, whisky barrel notes, vanilla, oaky, fruit cake, raisins, boozy, with drying bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry malty bitter finish with lingering vanilla. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Feb 2023 at 20:34

8.1

Jamesie1857 (4455) reviewed Swell from Wold Top 4 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

330ml bottle from Brewer - Deep cola black body, short lasting white head. Nose is a boozy hit of whisky, dark fruits, hints of vanilla and some sweet spiciness. Mouthfeel is lovely and oily as expected, sweetness hides the punch, dates, booze, dark cake fruit, prunes... a lot going on. Good work.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Oct 2021 at 17:35