Brewers Special Reserve
Hanlons Brewery in Exeter, Devon, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.12
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As O’Hanlon’s Brewers Special Reserve
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8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Cask during the Mikkeller Tap Takeover at King William IV - London. Pours clear, amber-russet with a light, white film cap. Deep, well aged fruits on the nose, some brown sugar, heavy figs and dates. Big sweet flavor with mellow wood, brown sugar, rich bread, dark cherries, massive dates, figs, hints of chocolate. Full bodied with soft, fine carbonation. Warming finish without being hot (impressive given the ABV) with moderate toffee and tons more dates and figs. Very decadent and dangerously drinkable. Well done.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Nov 2013
at 01:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at King William IV, 16/08/13. Dark chestnut brown with little in the way of a head. Nose is woody, dark fruits, dates, tobacco, stewed prunes, brown sugars, dark toffee. Taste comprises dark frutis, dates, stewed plums, sugar, leather, tobacco, faint cocoa, earthy. Medium bodied, fine carbonation. Great flavoursome stuff, one of the best double digit cask beers I’ve had the pleasure of.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Sep 2013
at 01:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at King William IV. It pours clear deep amber with a small beige head. The nose is earth, boozy, dried fruit, brown sugar, honey, candy and wood. The taste is boozy, earthy, wood, alcohol warmth, sultana, raisin, oily, leaf and brown bread with Avery, warming finish. Full body, low carbonation and oily mouth-feel. Smooth, tasty and well-balanced.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2013
at 12:08
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
God duft av krydder og drue. Lite skum. Grumset rød brun farge. God smak av karamell og krydder. Fin sittende ettersmak.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2013
at 11:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from the Utobeer Stall in Borough Market. Pours hazy brown - liquified brown sugar. No head. Aroma of brown sugar and strange dark fruit. Full bodied. Flavor is brown sugar, prune and somewhat oxidized hop. It’s not dry, but it’s close enough. It’s just a little bitter. The oxidized materials fit my taste. The heat isn’t noticeable in the palate, but my head seems to have expanded a bit. Nice sipper!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2013
at 21:38
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
25 cl bottle vintage 2010 @ wPBF’13 Rated on 26.4.2013
Aroma has woody notes, raisins and toffee notes. Also the alcohol is present. Flavour has woody notes, alcohol, raisins, plums and toffee. Too boozy, perhaps this could improve by age. 7-3-7-3-16 = 3.6 25 cl bottle vintage 2010 @ home Rated on 26.4.2013
Aroma has raisins, some moldy tones and sweet malt. Flavour has sweet malt and rather intense licorice character. A bit sherry- and medicine-like. Palate is flat and low on CO2. The licorice character this has gained during the years is nice – but then again this has some corners rounded too much. 7-4-8-4-15 = 3.7
Aroma has woody notes, raisins and toffee notes. Also the alcohol is present. Flavour has woody notes, alcohol, raisins, plums and toffee. Too boozy, perhaps this could improve by age. 7-3-7-3-16 = 3.6 25 cl bottle vintage 2010 @ home Rated on 26.4.2013
Aroma has raisins, some moldy tones and sweet malt. Flavour has sweet malt and rather intense licorice character. A bit sherry- and medicine-like. Palate is flat and low on CO2. The licorice character this has gained during the years is nice – but then again this has some corners rounded too much. 7-4-8-4-15 = 3.7
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2013
at 14:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled@vPBFII. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is raisins, alcohol, some glue and mild fruity notes too. Flavour is very much the same with the big note being on the glues.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2013
at 14:07
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Beers of Europe cons 2013-03-31 Uddingston 2010 Vintage! AR: vinos, plum cake, grapes AP: deep coloured mahogny, wee stouthy/creamy beige head F: smooth, vinos, warming feeling, plum cake, raisins butter toffee bar, wee brandy, sugary feeling, a bit dry, medium carbonation and bitterness, finsish brittish butter cake stuffed with varios dried fruits, is this a Tomas Hardy rip of? Store for a couple of more years?
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2013
at 09:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 24 Nov 2012. Vintage 2010) Reddish brown colour with foamy, beige head. Malty, fruity nose with notes of dried fruit, molasses and hints of port wine. Malty, fruity taste with caramel, dried fruit, prunes, plums and hints of red wine tannins in a sweet and vinous finish with a slight red fruit tartness. Full body, thick and syrupy mouthfeel. Quite sweet. Hardly subtle and well balanced, but as a warming barley wine for cold winter evenings, this satisfies me perfectly well. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jan 2013
at 15:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Vinens Verden. No head. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are caramel, fruits, nuts, molasses, alcohol, malt and hops. No carbonation, but oily palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2012
at 14:45