Old Cellar Dweller
(has 1 batch)
Driftwood Brewery in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.21
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This ale shows huge malt body, with notes of caramel and toffee, complemented by ample hop bitterness to support it. When young, it is a hoppy treat with plenty of citrus and pine; cellared for a few years and Cellar Dweller gracefully ages into a rich, round reward for patience, hinting at flavours of tawny port.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at brouwers pours out a amber color topped with a small sand head. Nose is toffee some molasses sweet malts a little bit of pit fruit and some booze. Taste is more of the nice rich malts a little touch of hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Sep 2017
at 17:22
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy brown with little light brown head. Aroma is nuts, christmas spices, phenols, vanilla, chocolate or caramel, brown sugar, some raisins, dried figs. Taste is slight spicyness with lots of brown sugar sweetness and some spice bitterness, a little smoky. Heavy and oily. Very nice. Version from 2010: Aroma is the same but less. Taste is a little sweeter and less spicy. Apart from that, very similar.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2016
at 15:18
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2010 and 2012 bottle, many thanks jonas and Todd! Dark brown color with beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, molasses, sugar. Taste is brown sugar, boozy, malty. Medium carbonation. Very good Barley Wine!
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2016
at 15:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Brown bottle, 650 ml, 2013 vintage, savoured on June 2 2016; eye: burnt orange, hazy, ring of tan head made up of rather large bubbles, slight lacing; nose: malt, caramel, alcohol; mouth: malt, caramel, bittering hops, alcohol, alcohol acridness, light fig, light pepper, finale in alcohol acridness with good presence of malt, full body, quite bitter, mildly sweet, alcoholic texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 650 ml, millésime 2013, savourée le 2 juin 2016; œil : orange brûlé, trouble, anneau de mousse fauve formée de bulles plutôt grosses, très légère dentelle; nez : malt, caramel, alcool; bouche : malt, caramel, houblon amérisant, alcool, âcreté d’alcool, léger figue, léger poivre, finale en âcreté d’alcool avec bonne présence de malt, corsée, pas mal amère, moyennement sucrée, texture alcoolique; en résumé : correct
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2016
at 17:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A reddish copper barleywine with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with vinous notes, extra boozy, light licorice, meaty and musky. In mouth, a nice sweet caramel malt with loads of resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, light woody notes, alcohol warmth, very nice. Bottle at Spinrsx tasting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2016
at 21:47
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bouteille 650ml, gracieuseté de Beervana lors du CanBIF Spring 2015, Thanks Cameron! Couleur orange brûlé trouble, mousse beige laissant une belle dentelle. Arôme de malt caramélisé, alcool, sucre d’orge, résine, carton. Goût d’alcool, malt caramélisé, cassonade, bonne amertume, houblon résineux, carton en fin de bouche et en arrière-goût. Carbonatation faible, corps dense.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jan 2016
at 20:55