King Arthur
Tartarus Beers in Horsforth, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.64
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Rich, Sweet, Fruity with notes of caramel. This big rich English barley wine is hopped using English Bramling Cross, Olicana and Fuggles hops. fermented with dry English ale yeast, its full of fruity notes and a solid malt backbone.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330ml bottle. Pours deep reddy brown with a large head. Aroma is sharp, reddy fruits and toffee. Taste has brown sugar, toffee and sharp red fruits. Boozy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2022
at 19:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
11th July 2022
Almost clear deep reddish amber beer, small pale tan head. Light malts and fruit wine on the snozzle. Smooth palate, a very mild viscosity, decent fine carbonation. Sweet malts, sweet creamy malt with sweet caramel. Nice touch of darkish toffee. Booze starts to warm by the mid point. Back end finds the fruit wine flavours coming through from the nose. Berryish fruit wine. Odd but pleasant. Not unusual to get Port Wine vibes from a good barleywine but this is a little different. Finishes smooth and warming and leaving a sugary residue on the kisser. Good fun.
Almost clear deep reddish amber beer, small pale tan head. Light malts and fruit wine on the snozzle. Smooth palate, a very mild viscosity, decent fine carbonation. Sweet malts, sweet creamy malt with sweet caramel. Nice touch of darkish toffee. Booze starts to warm by the mid point. Back end finds the fruit wine flavours coming through from the nose. Berryish fruit wine. Odd but pleasant. Not unusual to get Port Wine vibes from a good barleywine but this is a little different. Finishes smooth and warming and leaving a sugary residue on the kisser. Good fun.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2022
at 23:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle sourced from the excellent Beerdome and drunk at home (21/06/2022) - New 🇬🇧 brewery ✅ - pours dark amber brown with a nice beige head. sweet and toasted malty with lots of sweet sticky malts, lots of caramel and toffee, fudge like sweetness, dried fruit shred, brown sugar, hoppy undertones but a proper big dense malty English BW here as stated, great first impression.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2022
at 17:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 2021 edition. Aroma: Slightly hazy copper, beige head. Aroma: Toffee, sweetish, malty, dark fruit notes. Taste: Medium to over medium sweet, toffee, caramel and chocolate fudge, sweet dried fruit, candy sugar, malty, vanilla. Over medium to full body, just below average carbonation. Light bitterness, going to moderate at boozy finish. Bit sticky mouthfeel. A bit too sweet and too monotonous in my opinion.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2022
at 18:57
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9.5
Bottle at home, 11th February 2022. Pours a chestnut brown and hazy. Aroma is boozy, dark fruits, caramel. Taste is caramel, hoppy, sweet, fruits, candy, beautiful, bittersweet, really tasty and complex. Nice one
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2022
at 21:52
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle thanks to Stuu666. Appearance - deep brown with orange chinks. Thin off white head. Nose - toffee, hazelnut, honey, orange peel and light prunes. Taste - dried orange, going into marmalade, floral honey, chewy nougat and praline. Palate - medium to full bodied, creamy middle. Some malt bitterness creeping into the finish. Unusually for this style, the booze is very well disguised. Overall - fantastic beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2022
at 14:30
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at ash's. Pours deep orange amber, nose is caramel, toffee, honey, taste is sweet, caramel, floral, honey, nutty, dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2022
at 14:28
8/10
bottle at ashs... deep red brown... small tan head.. soft sweet caramel vanilla chocolate... soft sweet toffee malts... soft sweet caramel woody malts.. soft sweet toffee
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2022
at 14:24
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle from Hoptimism. Hazy deep chestnut colour with an off white head. Aroma and taste malty sweet and tangy fruity apple. Full boozy body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2021
at 19:06