Machine House Brewery English Barleywine

English Barleywine

 

Machine House Brewery in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸

  Barley Wine - Barley Regular
Score
6.60
ABV: 10.5% IBU: - Ticks: 7
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7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tasting at Matt's slaughterhouse, bottle; bottled JUL 2020, 1 year old
Hazy light amber colour. Simple aroma, barely some malt. Medium body strength, medium sweetness, some caramel, not the malth depth one would expect, very light smoke, some light fruity esters, and a tiny feeling of vegetable bitterness.
Good-ish. Simplistic.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2021 at 08:34


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Poured from 500mL bottle (bottled July 2020). Hazy copper orange with small off white head. Veg, caramel and light booze. Disappointing.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2021 at 05:25


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

500ml @ Matt's parents' place with an unhidden scenic view. Appearance: murky dark golden with a white head. Aroma: weird for the style classic European lager hops, sweet, malty, caramel, a bit dirty. Taste: along the same lines, thick, moderately sweet, some caramel, quite bitter. Overall: no, apparently, these guys have no idea what English Barleywine is.

Tried on 16 Dec 2021 at 05:23


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

500mL bottle, pours a cloudy, opaque muddy orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out toasted nuts, bready caramel, and a bit of vegetal notes. Flavour tastes better than it smells, with lots of syrupy caramel, bready malt, some toffee, and modest bitterness. Syrupy, caramely -- not too happy with the hops here. Subpar.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2021 at 05:20


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Light fruitiness, a bit of sticky malts, on the palate it's got a light sugar note, but it's simple. Doesn't really bring much...the barrel ones were quite a bit better.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2021 at 05:18


8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

I have to admit I have never had a cask conditioned barleywine before. Dark almost red body with white head. Strong barley aroma. Malty taste, all over the tongue with something nutty. Long barley finish. Drink This.

Tried from Cask on 24 Mar 2019 at 22:13


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Belmont station. Lively bottle, little bit of a gusher, not much. Pours out a nice dark amber, small skin of head. nose is kind of musty and Dusty, little bit of leather, a little bit of apples taste brings in the malt a lot more, dry Malts, some more of the Apple. Pretty solid barleywine.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2017 at 22:52