Barmy
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
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superspak (10160) reviewed Barmy from Ballast Point Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 7/6/2016. Pours fairly crystal clear deep golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big honey, apricot, peach, pear, apple, white grape, mango, cracker, biscuit, floral, and herbal/yeast earthiness. A bit of booziness in the aromas as well. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity of apricot/honey, fruity/spicy yeast, and pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big honey, apricot, peach, pear, apple, white grape, mango, cracker, biscuit, floral, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Light-moderate herbal bitter/spiciness and light tart/tangy fruit notes on the finish; with lingering notes of honey, apricot, peach, pear, apple, white grape, mango, cracker, biscuit, floral, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of apricot/honey, fruity/spicy yeast, and pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/tart/spiciness balance, and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Light dryness from bitter/spiciness as well. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a smooth, bready/grainy/creamy, and slightly slick/syrupy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with a small warmth lingering after the finish; with minimal booziness. Overall this is a very good fruited imperial golden ale. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of apricot/honey, fruity/spicy yeast, and pale malt flavors; very smooth and easy to sip on for the big ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Gyllenbock (17517) reviewed Barmy from Ballast Point Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Sample at SBWF 2016. Dark golden with a small white head. Sweet with apricot, caramel and malt. The body was full and the finish with warming alcohol.
AndySnow (19631) reviewed Barmy from Ballast Point Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
How: Draught.
Where: Tritonia, Stockholm.
Appearance: Dark golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Fruit, apricot, caramel.
Body: Full body, medium carbonation. Thick, creamy mouthfeel.
Flavour: Apricot, fruit, caramel, citrus.
Quick3Beers (3145) reviewed Barmy from Ballast Point Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours a nice copper/gold from a bottle, thick white head with a fair amount of lacing. Aroma of honey, a light apricot. Flavor is much heavier on both fronts with a hint of melon. Big mouthfeel matched by a bit of alcohol burn. Very good beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
This is a fruit beer? Well, I thought it was an American strong ale, hence I put it in a snifter.
The appearance was a soft hazy semi-burnt bronze golden transaparency. Carbonation is barely seem. But a thin rimmed white little head that dissipated nice with a delicate spider web lacing.
The aroma blends sweet apricot along with the honey. Sticky malty notes underneath.
The flavor is the sticky apricot and honey along with the malts, somewhat Belgian sweetness. But no spice. Smooth sticky notes hit in the aftertaste and then hitting lightly in the finish, fairly quick.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a delicate smooth stickiness rolling over my tongue.
Overall, fruit beer or American Strong ale, hmmmm....well, it’s quite good, whatever it’s supposed to be. I’d have this again.
obguthr (12465) reviewed Barmy from Ballast Point Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Vegetal apricot, maraschino cherries aroma. Clear amber, medium head. Maraschino cherries, triple sec, sweet roll, honey. Full body, moderate carbonation, warm. Boozy and sweet, the last thing this beer needed was a honey addition.
tsd08460 (2358) reviewed Barmy from Ballast Point Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from Crafted in Haymarket Aroma: honey, apricot, grass, floral, caramel Appearance: clear golden with a white head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, Palate: medium body, sticky, average carbonation, long finish, Delicious
shrubber (15804) reviewed Barmy from Ballast Point Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft. Earthy quinine, apricot, biscuit malt, and straw aroma. Golden yellow with large head. Moderately sweet tart lemon-apricot, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter herbal grass flavor. Okay body.
Rasmus40 (37007) reviewed Barmy from Ballast Point Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Tap @ Bishops Arms, Vasagatan, Stockholm. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity, honey and alcohol. Flavor is very sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish with warming alcohol. 260716
johnnnniee (7495) reviewed Barmy from Ballast Point Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Sample while checking out the expo at HomeBrewCon. Slightly hazy deep orange gold color with a decent head. Huge fruity aroma seems a bit artificial against a sweet bready malty alcohol base. Pretty good sipper.