Old Guardian Barley Wine (2015)
(Batch of Old Guardian Barley Wine (2004-))
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.37
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Barley wines are traditionally hefty brews, but ours is downright excessive. The huge maltiness of this beer is only tamed by an equally prodigious addition of hops, creating a rich, slightly sweet, caramel-hued ale infused with assertive bitterness and bright hop notes, all culminating in a pleasing dryness. While it will evolve into an even more glorious brew with age, this beer's delicious onslaught of flavors will seriously challenge your ability to wait any longer to drink it.
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8/10
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Tried
on 06 Sep 2018
at 09:34
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2018
at 20:27
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
(650ml 2015 bottle from Systembolaget web order) Pours clear medium ruby-orange with a moderate, dense dark cream coloured head and lace. Aroma of brown sugar, toffee, butterscotch, dried mix of raisins, strawberries, currants and dates, a little bit of nuts and toast to the malt. No real alcohol. Palate is malty but only moderately sweet with brown sugar and caramel paired with sweet fruity notes of cooked strawberry and raisin, vanilla, hops lend a slightly citrusy but mostly woody pine flavour, especially towards the finish. A bit of toasted nutty grain in the finish, almost whiskey-like flavours, dry and bitter with hops, light to moderate alcohol heat. Aftertaste is rather astringent. Average mouthfeel for style with soft carbonation. Not extremely rich for a barley wine, with a dry but not aggressively bitter finish. Quite sippable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2016
at 14:16
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
2015 Classic release. Un caramel puissant s’amène d’abord en olfactif et développe des accents de toffee, de cerises au marasquin et de jelly beans. On y perçoit également de légers houblons à la touche d’ananas et de sapin. L’alcool est discret malgré son pourcentage élevé. Le nez s’affaise cependant rapidement. Le liquide cuivré et clair développe une mousse beige de bonne densité mais au maintient moyen. En bouche, le caramel est sublime, développant une palette de saveurs alla nt du toffee à la cassonade, du jujube à la cerise, en passant par des notes de houblons résineux et terreux qui titillent l’arrière bouche pendant de longues secondes. L’alcool est très bien dosé. L’équilibre des éléments de base est exceptionnel. Un parfait exemple du style. Un plaisir à boire.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2015
at 16:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle: (2015 vintage) Pours clear, bubbled, copper-berry with a creamy beige head. Berry, barley, caramel, booze aroma. Taste is bittersweet, wood, earth, dark fruit.... Alcohol and caramel malt. Dry, bitter......leafy and resiny hops. Strong, yet still subtle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2015
at 20:49