Alcohol, sweet, alcohol, toffee, alcohol, woody, alcohol

A bottle shared at the Dungeon. Dark ruby red to brown, minimal head. Walnut, molasses, dried fruit, some peat, some oak. Sweet, mineral even salty, caramelly and oaky. Thick, strong and sticky.

Blended and barrel aged barleywine which was then ‘eisbocked’ to achieve more alcohol and more concentrated flavours – something I think is at least a bit superfluous for a barleywine, a genre any good craft brewer should be able to brew with sufficient intensity in flavour and alcoholic strength. Anyway, bottle from Geers shared by Steve, thanks! No head, apart from some loose pale beige bubbles that disappear right away; hazy caramel brown robe with bronze hue. Intense aroma of caramel sauce, old sherry, wet leather, oak wood, candied orange peel, beef stock, toasted almonds, walnut liqueur, clove, brandy. Sweet onset, soft carb, dried fruits with a dash of beef stock-like umami that annoyingly lingers about for too long; caramelly, almondy and brown-bready maltiness with spicy notes of clove, mace, liquorice and bayleaf, all scorched by strong, whisky- and brandy-like alcohol that sets in too early and lasts for too long. Interesting experiment but like I thought, ‘eisbocking’ a barleywine is a bit over the top – this is a rather crude and harsh, boozy and sticky liquid, too bad since the more ‘regular’ barleywines by Bevog are often really good.

Bottle at tasting. Malty aroma and taste, caramel, light roqstyness, cocoa, alcohol, barrel wood notes, light sweet, medium bitter. Full body, thick oily texture, malty cocoa bitter finish with warming alcohol notes. Ok.

Bottle. Dark brown with minimal head. Aroma of dark malt, basement, cocoa, Taste, chocolate, coffee, honey.

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