Barley Gran Riserva 2016 Edition
Birrificio Sottobisio in Balerna, Ticino, Switzerland 🇨🇭
Barley Wine - Barley Special Out of Production|
Score
6.66
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle poured. Pours a dark reddish copper pour with a thin fizz head. Aroma of dough, dough, and dough. Super sweet flavor up front, but mellows. Not picking up much acetone, though somewhat expected. Sweet caramel, boozy finish. A little too sweet and the booze is a little dominating. Can’t really complain though. Pretty good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2016
at 22:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
10th rater, making this beer an adult. This is a flummoxing beer. A little garbagey smell but a nice grapey character. A good deal of alcohol. The flavor is way better than the aroma. A sweet, grapey malt-centric flavor. No hops, low carbonation. Sweet, fruity malty finish. I like to drink it way more than smell it.
Tried
on 29 May 2016
at 22:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle, thanks sinh4! Hazy brown, with almost no head. Aroma is green Apple peel. Wood, chalk, caramel. Taste is fresh sourness, but also tanine heavy bitterness. Heavy mouthfeel with dry long finish. Overall nice green apple but too much bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2016
at 15:56
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle courtesy of Marco Buraschi, many thanks! Murky brown color wih tan ring. Aroma is green apple peel, fussel oil, so much barrel. Was there wine yeast in the barrel? Taste is dusty, chalky, milky yeasts. Mouthfeel is soft (as usual for Sottobisio), but through the barrel aging, it lost a but too much. I like green apples, but the Barrel took over a bit too much. I am not convinced, it’s a bit too dry (probably because the barrel yeasts did their own thing).
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2016
at 15:54
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle thanks SinH4. Ester notes up front, apples. Cloudy brown, low brown head. Very dry, wood, roast notes, minerals, rest-sweetness was gobbled up by the beasties in the barrel I thjnk, the resulting fusel oils are too much for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2016
at 15:54
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle - Bit of acetone and caramel. Cloudy copper with no head. Bit of heat and acetone with some caramel and peppery notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2016
at 00:13
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Clear amber pour, little bubbling foam. Nose: apples, peers, jam. Mouth: thin, dry, a bit short, some caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2016
at 06:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared @FrankenBierFest (Rome). Pours amber/copper, no head. Aroma of ripe apple, port, caramel, a vinous touch. Interesting. Flavour is complex malty and vinous, well balanced, nice little sourness and a light astringency. Medium to high body, no carbonation. Very good barley!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2016
at 06:50
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Monday Club Zurich, pre-release courtesy of Marco. Very pleasant aroma of young whisky or a Likör, boozy but with an aroma. Too young at the moment. Green cut aroma, fresh. Low carbonation, but this beer doesn’t need it. Dense and thick, warming and heavy. Well done!
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2016
at 15:01