Willie Warmer
Crouch Vale Brewery in South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, England 🏴
Strong Ale - English Winter|
Score
6.67
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Infamous, dark and uncompromisingly strong barley wine.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
4th February 2010
Chelmsford Winter Fest. Clear and very dark brown beer. No head but has nice moderate carbonation. Quite a sharp orange cherry fruitiness on top of mild dark malt. Nicely joined up, decent, tasty and a bit of a palate cleanser.
Chelmsford Winter Fest. Clear and very dark brown beer. No head but has nice moderate carbonation. Quite a sharp orange cherry fruitiness on top of mild dark malt. Nicely joined up, decent, tasty and a bit of a palate cleanser.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2012
at 11:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted and light fruity to caramelish. Bitter, malty and slight breadish. Lingering malty and slight roasted malty. Ends dry and bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2011
at 11:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of tdtm82. Pours a clear and warm reddish with a tiny beige head. Lots of dark dried fruits in the nose with a little phenols. Medium body, again dark fruits, low carbonation, lots of phenols. Hardly any bitterness. Hardly a Barley Wine. 180311
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2011
at 11:22
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, gravity at Merton Winter Beer Festival 05-01-10 Pours conker brown with a light beige head. Touch of tangy fruit on the nose, like sour sharp summmer berries. This is also quite tangy in the mouth, with the aforementioned berries showing again there is a bit of fluffy marshmellow and vanilla to temper the fruit tang, Its fine but maybe not the beer that I wanted at that time. A6 A4 F6 P3 Ov12 3.1
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Feb 2010
at 01:11
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[Cask at Charlie's Bar, Copenhagen] A black beer with a small chocolate brown head but not aroma. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and roasted notes. It has a somewhat bitter dry malty finish and a good palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jan 2004
at 19:12
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
[Cask conditioned, hand pumped]
Dark color. Wonderful aroma, powerful; roasted barley, hop, fruity.
Similar appreciation for the taste, with loads of roasted malts, a pretty heavy hopping and an evident fruitness (cassis and berries), all perfectly married together, turning into a boldly bitter final, with enough caramel. Wonderful and original, rare.
Compared to Henry London Porter, it has a weaker body (only in the alcohol content), less hop character, but a far sharper fruitness.
Great beer!
Dark color. Wonderful aroma, powerful; roasted barley, hop, fruity.
Similar appreciation for the taste, with loads of roasted malts, a pretty heavy hopping and an evident fruitness (cassis and berries), all perfectly married together, turning into a boldly bitter final, with enough caramel. Wonderful and original, rare.
Compared to Henry London Porter, it has a weaker body (only in the alcohol content), less hop character, but a far sharper fruitness.
Great beer!
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jan 2003
at 18:01