Banks's Barley Gold

Barley Gold

 

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  Barley Wine - Barley Regular
Score
6.00
ABV: 7.4% IBU: - Ticks: 49
Barley Gold is a hearty, potent and warming strong ale. The colour of deep burnished gold, it's produced from copious quantities of the finest natural brewing ingredients. Brimful with fruity, malty, bitter-sweet flavours, that are underpinned by the strength derived from a prolonged conditioning period.
 

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6/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled, thanks Papsoe! Dark reddish amber, near no head. The nose is arousingly vinous, but gradually turns to paper and caramel. Sweet and medium bodied with clean, slim mouthfeel. A bit boozy with notes of paper. Peppery finish.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2007 at 02:36

6.3/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Clear medium amber color with a average fizzy fair lacing mostly diminishing off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, earth, dust, alcohol, light cane sugar. Initail flavor is moerate sweet, finish flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Sweetness is malt / sugar sweet ! Body is medium to full, texture is oily, syrupy, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2007 at 13:17

5.8/10 โ€” Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Bottle. Glorious dark brown beer with a nice light head. The aroma is very strongly malty and toffee dry, and the flavour is very very sweet and strong on the alcohol. Overall the first impressions are good but the drink is too strong.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Feb 2007 at 17:31

6.4/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Fresh: Copper beer with a disappearing off-white head. Weak fruity aroma, some dates and plums. Initially sweet flavour with a hint of sourness, and lots of warming alcohol. Aged re-rate - BB: Nov 2005, tasted Sept 2007. Head seems more lasting than the fresh one. Dried fruits, port, and some solvent aroma. Sweet dried fruit flavour, some alcohol, relatively thin flavour. After a few sips itโ€™s all sweet and oxidized flavour and I wonโ€™t recommend long cellaring.
Tried on 27 Apr 2006 at 18:32

5.2/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 2 Overall 5
33cl bottle from Franglais, Calais. What on earth is this doing in France? Reddy chestnut colour with lasting beige head. Strong dry malt aroma. Some spice. Not unattrative at all. I canโ€™t believe this is so strong. A bit like Abbot Ale in flavour in the mouth. Very malty. And then the sickly alcohol kicks in. Oh dear. It was fine up to this point, but this really is far too sweet and nasty. Bascially it starts well and finishes badly.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Feb 2006 at 16:37

7.5/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
(Bottle 27,5 cl) Clear, very dark amber with a small, crude head. Vinous, sherry-like and strongly alcoholic nose. Sweetish and malty with very complex and refined notes of overripe fruit. Very warming alcohol - a true winter warmer. 111105
Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2005 at 06:25

7.8/10 โ€” Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle (275 ml). Creamy white head, excellent lacing, fully lasting. Golden orage colour. Beatifull beer, and all the rest is very very good aswell. It jumps into your nose with fine hints of summer. Very bitter and acetit taste. Loooooooong finish. A fantastic beer.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Nov 2005 at 06:22

8.1/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle (275 ml). Creamy white head, excellent lacing, fully lasting. Golden orage colour. Beatifull beer, and all the rest is very very good aswell. It jumps into your nose with fine hints of summer. Very bitter and acetit taste. Loooooooong finish. A fantastic beer.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2005 at 01:18

7.1/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
An amber beer with a small orange head. The aroma is sweet with notes of caramel and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel and alcohol, that runs prickling over the tongue. A lovely Barley Wine.
Tried on 03 Jul 2004 at 15:14