Browar Fortuna Komes Barley Wine

Komes Barley Wine

 

Browar Fortuna in Miłosław, Greater Poland, Poland 🇵🇱

  Barley Wine - Barley Regular
Score
7.30
ABV: 12.0% IBU: - Ticks: 66
Barley Wine is a beer style with a characteristic, very rich and intense malty aroma and a complex flavour in which the malty sweetness ideally intertwines with distinct yet non-intrusive bitterness. Komes Barley Wine offered by Browar Fortuna is the strongest version of the style: the beer has a high extract content and warming-up properties, offering beautiful amber and copper hues.

The beer is brewed with new wave, American hop varieties, added at the end of the wort-boiling process. The beer is also dry-hopped during fermentation to enrich the aromatic composition and the taste profile of Komes Barley Wine.
 

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7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 6 Overall 7
Vintage 2025, Butelka z auchan, nalane do orginalnego szkla komesa podarowanego od osoby ktora zbeszczescila Belgijska kulturę piwna wpisana do UNESCO mowiac podczas otwierania w 2020r Liefmansa Goudenband z rocznika 2010 (z wypalona data na korku 2010) ze takiego korka pewnie teraz mieli. Koniec cytatu. I nic nie znaczyl obfity osad wzdłóż butelki świadczący o tym że starzałem to piwo miele lat w piwnicy. Zero wdzięcznosci za spontaniczne poczęstowanie i nalanie do kryształowego kieliszka po czerwonym winie. Wracajac do barley wina, srednio udane zmaczne chmielne mnostwo suszonych owocow, slodkawe wisniowo-karmoelowe wykonczenie.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2026 at 15:57

7.9/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 9 Overall 7.5
Clear, bright reddish orange amber color with a small beige coloured head; aroma of compote, caramel, cake; smooth, bit oily palate; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish, not very complex but quite tasty
Tried from Bottle at Belmont Station on 28 May 2026 at 02:07

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Bottle - no batch number or bottling date despite there being a space for one on the label - clear dark amber - thick lace - very rough American-style barleywine - medium bitter, strong alcohol warmth, caramelized sugars, slight dark fruit and raisin, theme cherry - finish is warming to hot and moderately bitter - rough and in your face, without substantial complexity - but it gets the job done.
Tried from Bottle from Ellwood Thompson’s Local Market on 19 May 2026 at 22:43

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle 1y3m from release. Black colour with ruby and brown reflexes, small frothy beige head. Aroma is dried cranberry, raspberry. Citrus hops in aftertaste. Medium sweetness, a bit too high. Full body, warming alcohol.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2026 at 21:01

6.9/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottled. A cloudy amber beer with a tan head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, alcohol, and bread. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel, alcohol, malt, and bread, leading to a dry finish. 7/3/7/4/14
Tried from Bottle on 08 Mar 2026 at 20:21

7.5/10
Tried from Bottle from Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine on 03 Mar 2026 at 03:40

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 8.5
500 mL bottle. Pours a murky, mohagany color, with a small, tan head. The nose is coriander, apple must, caramel, musty leather, and black bread. Dry and malty and earthy, with a mellow, resinous bitterness. Medium to heavy body, chewy, and sharp. Complex and quality.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2025 at 22:09

10/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 10 Flavor 10 Texture 10 Overall 10
0,5 bottle - in Zakopane. The bottle is clean, beautiful, true to the brand, with the awards it has won on the label. Appearance - deep brown with a crimson tint on the label, it has a very nice nose, head is yellowish brown, cream-colored, and remains thin throughout. Aroma: sensational, delicate dried fruit, (plum) dark chocolate, raisins, quite intense, very delicious. So far perfect. Body, texture: so far this has not been exactly maximum. I'm not even talking about the taste, oily, full-bodied..or not full?, but like 90%. Or is it??? :) Well, texture is also maximum. Taste: as if it were a mature serious "aszú" wine wrapped in beer, or cognac, and all this on a bed of dried fruit. Extremely complex. Rather sweet, raisins, with lots of dried fruit flavor, with coffee, a little biscuitiness, and a little orange, sour touch in the background. The aftertaste is distinctly roasted malt and coffee. It makes your mouth stick together. You can feel the alcohol "naturally", which is not a problem with this style at this level, because it is not ostentatious. My overall impression: I didn't think I would find a beer like this during our weekend in Zakpoane. Moreover, for this price, and in a half-liter bottle.... This multiple would have been worth it. It is outstanding for me, I am a fan of this style anyway... I thought about not giving the maximum point for the taste. Then as it warmed up, the taste became so extremely complex and powerful that I finally gave in... Congratulations on the beer! (It was bottled in 2024. What would it have been like next Christmas? :)
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Az üveg letisztult, szép, márkahű, a címkén az elnyert díjakkal. Kinézete - a címkén lécő bíboros árnyalatű mély barna, nagyon szép száne van, a hab sárgásbarna, krém színű, és mindvégig vékonyan megmarad. Illat: szenzációs, finom aszalt gyümölcsös, (szilvás) étcsokis, mazsolás, elég intenzív, nagyon finom. Eddig tökéletes. Testesség, kortyérzet: eddig ez nem volt épp maximális. Még az ízről nem beszélek, olajos, testes, testes, de nem full, hanem olyan 90%-ban. Vagy mégis??? :) Na jó, texture szintén maximum. Íz: mintha egy sörbe bugyolált érett komoly aszú-bor lenne, vagy konyak, és mindez aszalt gyümölcsös ágyon. Rendkívül komplex. Inkább édes, mazsolás, rengeteg aszalt gyümölcs ízzel, mellete kávéval, kis kekszességgel, és háttérben egy kis narancsos, savanykás beütéssel. Utóíze kifejezetten pörkölt maláta és kávé. A száj összeragad tőle. Az alkoholt "természetesen" érezni, ennél a stílusnál ez már nem baj ezen a szinten, mert nem hivalkodó. Összbenyomásom: nem gondoltam, hogy Zakpoanei hétvégénk során ilyne sörre fogok találni. Ráadául ennyiért, ráadásul fél literes kiszerelésben. Ez a többszöröség is megérte volna. Számomra kiemelkedő, a stílus imádója vagyok egyébként is... Az íznél gondolkodtam hogy nem adom meg a maximális pontot. Aztán ahogy melegedett, annyira extrém komplex és erőteljes lett az íze, hogy végül megadtam magam... Gratulálok a sörhöz! (2024-es palackozás volt. Milyen lehetett volna ez jövő karácsonykor? :)
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2025 at 18:17

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Medium head that dissipates quickly. Prunes,malts, caramel, nutts.
Tried on 05 Jun 2025 at 13:14

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
Bottle from beer club, shared with friends. Pretty damn good, better than expected. Like a quad, great experience.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2025 at 21:13