Baronen
Hantverksbryggeriet in Västerås, Västmanland, Sweden 🇸🇪
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.42
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Pours clear dark brown with a finger of light tan head. Aroma of toffee, vanilla, caramel, light bread, light banana, some basement aromas. Taste is big, bold butterscotch burnt butter sweet, long sweet finish. Body is rich and creamy although with very rich carbonation, which kind of pulls the entire package apart.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Thanks Dak! The little squat bottle pours with a nice glowing amber to ruby red body that supports a light tan head. The aroma offers up thick sweet malts, molasses, chocolate, a dash of minerals and a vanilla flavored cookie. Interesting. The taste is pretty smooth and rich with thick malts, some molasses, ginger spice and then a firm hop soapiness. It gets a bit minerally here and there too and an odd chocolate note is noticed into the finish. Tasty but kind of an odd brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2014
at 15:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Temporary rating. At some point I might re-write this. Murky goldenish brown, small goldenish beige head, small trace. Sweet, malty, caramel, toffee, vanilla fudge, alcohol, cookie dough, charred wood, honey, sweet dark bread, biscuits, hay, christmas fruitcake, Sweet, bitter, malty, sweet dark bread, toffee, banana bread, vanilla fudge, charred wood, mineral, alcohol, hay, toasted cereal, biscuits, tiny marzipan, honey Round, soft, tiny watery, boozy, tiny sticky sweet, medium. Sweet, bitter, sweet bread, toffee, honey, charred wood, vanilla fudge, hay, minerals, alcohol, Nice sipper... A fatter mouthfeel would do a lot for it.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2013
at 23:43
8/10
Tried
on 11 Dec 2013
at 21:48
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330 ml bottle, vintage 2008, from Voldby Købmandsgaard. ABV is 12.7%. Cloudy dark brown colour, large beige head. Sweetish malty aroma, notes of oak, alcohol and caramel. Warming mouthfeel. Malty flavour, oak and caramel again, but not too sweet for a barleywine. Also notes of dark dried fruits. Oaky and hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2013
at 15:36
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Flaska från SB årgång 2010. Mörkt bärnstensfärgad, klar, inga jästrester, lågt skum som snart försvinner. Första doftintrycket är lagrad ost, sedan växer söta dofter av torkad frukt, sött vitt vin, sötlakrits och marsipan. Smaken har mycket sötlakrits, söta äpplen, dessertvin, marsipan och plommon. Lätt men markant beska och lite torrare avslutning. Ganska stiltypskt för en brittisk BW, fylligt med djup smakbild och riktigt gott.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2013
at 11:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle as "Baronen 2008", 12,7%. Dark amber/brown with medium beige head. Aroma is malt, dark fruits, yeast, toasted, oak, toffee and candy. Flavour is malt, yeast, dark fruits, toasted, oak, caramel, sweet, toffee and candy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2013
at 22:02
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
33cl bottle. Brown colour with a yellowish/beige head that quickly dissappears. Aroma is strong caramel, grapes and raisins with notes of ’Moscatel’ and ripe fruit. Flavotr is very similar as aroma. Sweet, not cloying, vinous, candy sugar, caramel and strongly alcoholic. The final is very sweet with a strong alcoholic sensation with a good duration.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2013
at 15:46
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Hazy deep copper liquid with small to medium off-white head. Aroma of raw sugar, toffee, caramel, sugar, port wine, toast, bread and dried fruit. Taste is low to medium sweet and low to medium bitter with notes of dried fruit, sweel alcohol and raw sugar. Medium to full bodied with low carbonation. Really nice, complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2013
at 08:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle. 2009 vintage. Clear amber liquid with small off-white head. Aroma of dried fruit, toffee marmalade, caramel, port wine and sweet alcohol. Taste is light sweet and light bitter with notes of dried fruit, toffee and caramel. Medium bodied with medium to high carbonation. A bit over carbonated. Nice stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2013
at 12:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Ratman’s, courtesy of some Swedish friends. Thanks! Pours a hazy reddish brown appearance with a thin cream colored head. Somewhat herbal, caramel, a bit oxidized, a touch fruity aroma. Somewhat strong, light cherry, a bit oxidized, caramel, light paper flavor. Pretty tasty but a bit old.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2013
at 18:57