Merck Toch Hoe Sterck
Scheldebrouwerij in Meer, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.87
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The beer is made from no less than four varieties of malt, amongst which amber and caramel malts and two varieties of hops, with a spicy touch of Koriander and rounded off by genuine dark sugar candy for refermentation. Dark ruby in color, it is a strong barley wine.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
(Bottle 33 cl) Suppose chestnut coloured is the closest you come to describing this. Chestnut with an orange glow and a small, beige head. Hazy with a bottle sediment. Vinous aroma with notes of almonds and raisins. Very complex taste with notes of dried fruits - raisins in particular. It also has touches of delicate desert wine and marzipan. Incredibly lovely - this really is my kinda beer. 230805
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2005
at 12:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled (BB 09/2006)
Dark hazy reddish color, small tanned head. Nose has bread, berries, dark molasses. Simple malt character - sweet, sugary, burnt molasses. Hides alcohol quite well. Dessert drink.
Dark hazy reddish color, small tanned head. Nose has bread, berries, dark molasses. Simple malt character - sweet, sugary, burnt molasses. Hides alcohol quite well. Dessert drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2005
at 18:02
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A hazy deep red beer with a nice light brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of berries and spices as well as hints of alcohol. The flavor is pretty sweet with notes of caramel and berries, leading to a dry woody end.
Tried
on 05 Jan 2005
at 16:16
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy brown-amber color. Light malt aroma and caramel; yeast. Ordinary flavor, quite dry, just with some caramel. Phenol.
Tried
on 08 Dec 2003
at 07:26
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
RerateThis is very very good! Looks are the same as last time. Aroma is strong of sweet caramel, chocolatmilk maybe, bit spicy and malty. Taste is sweet and malty, complex but balanced. Long lingering palate. HMM, delicious! Original ratingCloudy caramel-brown color, small but longlasting head. Aroma is malty, but not roasted, a bit spicy more, though not very strong. Very nice spicy malty taste, but a bit thin maybe. A beer to age i guess, and the one i had was very 'young'. Overall taste is very good and complex, but it lacks some body.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2003
at 11:13