Founders Brewing Co. Nemesis Barley Wine (2021)

Nemesis Barley Wine (2021)
(Batch of Nemesis Barley Wine)

 

Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Barley Wine - Barley Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.43
ABV: 11.2% IBU: 75 Ticks: 142
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What's your nemesis? Ours is a Barleywine-style Ale brewed with roasted malts and no shortage of hops for a pleasantly bitter, booming flavor. Pouring with a slight and subtle mahogany hue and a multitude of flavors that will melt on your tongue - this is one nemesis you'll feel good about keeping around.
 

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8/10
Almost black color and a nice off-white head. Nose Is sweetish, roasted malts, grainy, DARK chocolate, honey. Taste Starts with Toffee ans nice roasted malts. Followed by DARK chocolate and dried fruits. Finish with nice bitter hoppy-piney flavors
Tried from Bottle on 12 Apr 2025 at 19:17

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 9 Overall 8.5
Bottle @ Kvickly Middelfart. Pours Dark amber Brown with a rather large White head. Toffee, prune and figs. Chocolate and cigar box. Sticky bitter piney hops and a bitter finish. Warming alcohol. Sipper. 8/4/8/4/16. 4.0
Tried on 06 Mar 2025 at 19:13

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Sample, thanks fonefan! Hazy dark brown, small head. Aroma of chocolate, pine and figs. Sweet with full body and dense, rounded mouthfeel. Figs, piney grapefruit, treacle and burn toast. Warming very bitter finish.
Tried on 29 Jan 2025 at 20:37

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Beer Republic. Nice malt/hop ratio with caramel, piney hop, dark malt, dried fruits, light toffee, some grapefruit and toasty notes, hint of figs. Flavour is medium bittersweet, medium to full body. Bitter(sweet), hoppy and malty, firm flavour. My prefered configuration for Barley Wine.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jan 2025 at 22:16

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Amber-brown in color with a two-finger, off-white head. Aroma is caramel and fruit cake. Taste is fruit cake with hints of grains and hops.
Tried on 21 Jan 2025 at 05:39

6.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6
Bottle at home shared with Laura. Opaquedark brown to black color, medium sized off-white head that diminishes fairly quickly. Aroma and flavor are malts, way more bitter than I had expected from a barley wine, light green apples. Hmm odd flavor for an American barley wine. Hmm less good than I had hoped.
Tried on 15 Dec 2024 at 22:43

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tried on 22 Nov 2024 at 08:54

8/10
Tried on 22 Nov 2024 at 00:17

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle (from Beer Republic). Deep amber colour, small white head. Aroma is toffee, some mild dried fruits, alcohol and some plum tones. Flavour is plum, some dried fruits, alcohol, mild toffee and a bit fudgey tones. Hides alcohol rather nice.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2024 at 22:00

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle 35,5 cl. Pours an opaque, deep brown with a small, beige head. Nutty, oxidized, roasty nose with quite some Dark dried fruits. Very solid body, heavy on the dark, dried fruits, some roastiness and heavy oxidation. Warming alcohol finish with quite some bitterness. Top class! 220924
Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2024 at 17:57