Gold Reserve

Lovibonds Brewery in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Barley Wine - Wheat Regular

Score

6.55

ABV: 7.3%

IBU: 34

Ticks: 21

You’ve heard of barley wine, well we are calling this a Wheat Wine, what we believe was the first of its kind in the UK.

We took our popular Henley Gold recipe to the extreme by bumping up the wheat.

To try and cut the heaviness from that much wheat we added our weight in local honey and fermented with our Henley Gold yeast strain and then patiently cold conditioned for 6 months prior to bottling.

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Tdtm82 (4807) ticked Gold Reserve from Lovibonds Brewery 9 years ago

#sxshare Thanks Justin. RB log.

Tried on 12 Oct 2016 at 21:42

6.4

Stuu (34525) reviewed Gold Reserve from Lovibonds Brewery 10 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at craig’s. Pours clear golden, nose is floral, grapes, taste is dry, oak, chewy toffee, light grape.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2015 at 17:11

6.8

cagarvie (40076) reviewed Gold Reserve from Lovibonds Brewery 10 years ago

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

bottle at home .. golden amber ... small white head ... soft sweet fruits .. light floral fruit nose ... soft fruit ... soft fruits .. soft fruit .. light sweet fruits .. soft sweet fruit ... ligth yeasty fruit ... light sweet bananna fruit

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2015 at 17:11

6.5

Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Gold Reserve from Lovibonds Brewery 12 years ago

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

Keg at the Rake, Borough, 21/12/13. Lightly hazed golden with a thin off white covering. Nose is light booze, caramel, sugar, soft bread dough. Taste comprises dark fruits, caramelised sugars, candyfloss, caramel. Medium bodied with a little bite, moderate carbonation. Ok stuff but lacks a little depth.

Tried from Can on 23 Dec 2013 at 11:32

6.1

CraftBeerNick (11005) reviewed Gold Reserve from Lovibonds Brewery 12 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Keg at Lovibonds, 8th September 2013, 8.3 ABV, apparently according to bar tender. Drank below the ABV, not my kind of beer, ok, could not drink a pint

Tried on 08 Sep 2013 at 13:40

Scopey (25115) reviewed Gold Reserve from Lovibonds Brewery 12 years ago

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

Bottle from Utobeer, shared with some Aberdonians! It pours clear golden amber with a small off-white head. The nose is caramel, honey, sweet ripe fruits and wheat. The taste is also fairly sweet...caramelised banana, apple, sugar, bread, wheat and a touch of alcohol warmth. Medium body, fine carbonation and syrupy carbonation. A bit too sweet and not a whole lot too it. OK at best.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Aug 2013 at 07:10

6.5

madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Gold Reserve from Lovibonds Brewery 13 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

2nd September 2009
Clear amber beer. Low carbonation. Soft palate. Sweet sweet malt with a little caramel. Some repressed sweet fruits. Just a very sweet and simple beer. Dessert beer? Drinkable!

Tried on 06 May 2012 at 09:24

6.6

mcberko (47456) reviewed Gold Reserve from Lovibonds Brewery 14 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

750mL bottle, pours pale golden orange. Aroma of wheat, caramel and apples. Flavour is sort of an amplified apple juice, with wheat and candied sugar as well. Quite decent.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Apr 2011 at 17:23

6.4

Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Gold Reserve from Lovibonds Brewery 15 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. A golden beer with an off-white head. The aroma has notes of malt and honey. The flavor is sweet with notes of honey, malt, and citrus fruits.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jan 2011 at 07:16

6.4

Fin (18365) reviewed Gold Reserve from Lovibonds Brewery 15 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at The Cask & Kitchen, Pimlico, London, 29.12.10 Pours hazy amber with just a tiny rim of bubbles. Sweetish smelling aroma with some honey and a light floral note but then a nail varnish waft. Quite thick in the mouth, sweet, with honey and floral things going on again the alcohol is noticeable but keeps reasonably well behind the scenes considering the strength. It’s ok but I’m glad that I saw it on tap as I would have been a tad disappointed if I’d have shelled out £11 or £12 a bottle, as it was paying £4 a half for what was comfortably only the fourth best of the beers that I had in this place today shows that I wasn’t overly impressed. A6 A3 T7 P3 Ov13 3.2

Tried from Draft on 29 Dec 2010 at 23:53