Brouwerij Frontaal David vs Goliath

David vs Goliath

 

Brouwerij Frontaal in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 🇳🇱

  Barley Wine - Barley Special
Score
7.55
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 13
Een goede vriend van de brouwerij, David, is helaas vorig jaar plotseling overleden. David was kind aan huis bij Frontaal en had samen met de brouwers een aantal houten vaten geselecteerd om bier op te laten rijpen. Nu, een jaar later, brengen we dit bier als eerbetoon aan David uit onder de naam David vs. Goliath. Het is een barrel aged barleywine gerijpt op Heaven Hill, Four Roses en Wild Turkey. Laten we dit bier drinken als herinnering aan onze dierbare vriend en laten we zijn nagedachtenis in ere houden.

Rust zacht, David. We zullen je nooit vergeten.
 

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8.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Aroma: Plumbs and dried fruits with malt.
Flavour: Fruity sweet with dark and dried fruitsColour, and malt. Aftertaste is sweet and mouthfeel is oily and warm.
From: Can @ Væskebalancen Aarhus.

Tried from Can on 04 Jul 2025 at 17:42


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Can 330ml @ My parent's. Pours murky brown with a beige head. Aroma has notes of malt, alcohol, dried fruits, caramel and oak finish. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, dried fruity, oak and caramel finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried from Can on 09 Dec 2024 at 14:39


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Can from Kvickly Odder @ Village Marco Polo. Pours brown with a fading white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, dried fruit, bourbon. Flavor is sweet, malty, caramel, dried fruit, light vanilla, rich bourbon. Medium body, average to lively carbonation, sweet finish with some warming alcohol. 310724

Tried from Can on 31 Jul 2024 at 20:57


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 15/06/24. Deep mahogany brown with a light beige cap that escapes edgewards. Nose is fruit cake mix, spice, dark malts, toffee melt, molasses, mellow bourbon rip. Taste comprises dates, figs, caramelised sugars, bourbon spike, toffee fudge, brown sugar melt, raisins. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rip of alcohol. Solid kit.

Tried on 15 Jun 2024 at 18:17


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

8th June 2024
Can. Near clear deep amber beer, small pale tan head. Smooth and soft palate, a mild viscosity, modest fine carbonation, fine for the style. Smooth malts, creamy caramel, not that sweet, a little burned toffee underneath. Back end is all about the barrell. A modest boozy spice a nd abundant bourbon soaked ripe fruits. Comes together well. Satisfies on many levels if lacking that bit of ephemeral pixie dust to take it to the highest level.

Tried from Can on 08 Jun 2024 at 22:36


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Canned, 330 ml at Ambasada. Brown with tan head. Caramel, some vanilla, dried fruit, bourbon, medium sweetness, some bitterness. Medium bodied.

Tried from Can from Ambasada. on 14 Feb 2024 at 18:10


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can at home. Pours deep ruby, nose is wood, caramel, vanilla, taste is similar, some berries, quite woody and dry.

Tried from Can on 10 Jan 2024 at 20:53


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Lukt: Karamell, vinøst. Utseende: Brun. Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum. Smak: Karamell, vinøst. Medium: Rating:748415, Tapp@50-100ml, ABV@10%, Når@02.06.2023. Hvor: The 2023 Invitational Beer Fest by DGB, Sandnes. Frontaal David vs Goliath Barley Wine / Wheat Wine / Rye Wine

Tried from Draft on 04 Jun 2023 at 07:28


8.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Dark brown and hazy with thin head. Intense aroma of sweet Bourbon. Thick, oily texture. Sweet start then into some toasted grains. Pleasant hit of warming Bourbon in the finish.

Tried on 20 May 2023 at 12:14


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can. Color: Dark ruby to copper, beige head. Aroma: Bourbon, vanilla, caramel fudge. Taste: Very smooth mouthfeel. Bourbon, vanilla, some dark dried fruit, rasins, caramel fudge. Over medium body, below average carbonation. Medium sweet, moderate bitterness. Hints of almonds. Very well balanced, nice complexity.

Tried from Can on 10 May 2023 at 19:56