Old King Clancy
Mad Scientist in Budapest, Capital City of Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.34
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Bringing sweet flavour to winter mornings, maple syrup not only goes with American pancakes and cappuccino, but also beer. Mad Scientist’s barley wine, with flavours of caramel and toasted brown sugar, have been supplemented by the sweet liqueurs of Canada’s national speciality. In addition, Old King Clancy has an earthy-bitter finish, which is why it can be recommended to those otherwise discouraged by this oft-exaggerated variety.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
14th October 2025
Can. Very expensive one from the Nitrox pub in Kotor old town. 10.5% this version. Near opaque dark amber brown beer, small tan head. Airy palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Slightly thin bodied malts in this BW but, a good dark toffee, really not that sweet. The maple appears to have turned savoury here, no sickly sweetness, that's fer sure, some soy. A little ripe fruits on the light finish, as in prune and date but, again not sweet. Interesting barleywine, quite light to drink but, pretty savoury. Yeah, enjoying this.
Can. Very expensive one from the Nitrox pub in Kotor old town. 10.5% this version. Near opaque dark amber brown beer, small tan head. Airy palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Slightly thin bodied malts in this BW but, a good dark toffee, really not that sweet. The maple appears to have turned savoury here, no sickly sweetness, that's fer sure, some soy. A little ripe fruits on the light finish, as in prune and date but, again not sweet. Interesting barleywine, quite light to drink but, pretty savoury. Yeah, enjoying this.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Oct 2025
at 16:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Backlog: had this one from tap on Kr4ft, and just found the numerical notes I took back then.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Mar 2025
at 05:41
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Dark brown colour, moderate sized creamy beige-ish head; aroma and taste of plum jam, licorice, anise, burnt sugary, cocoa and toffee notes; excellent 'beer'!; thanks so much for sharing, Kapusil!
Tried
on 19 Oct 2024
at 20:36
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
0.33l can. Dark brown body with a thin beige head. Lots of caramel, tracle and nutmeg in both of the aroma and the taste. It also show notes of licorice and maple syrup. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Oct 2024
at 20:29
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black with a light brown head - Malt aroma with some caramel and fruity aromas - Dark malt flavours with some frruity notes and some spicy hints aas well - Sweet malt finish - This was good
Tried
on 16 Oct 2024
at 12:36
7/10
0,33 litre Can, from Craft Central Dublin, at home. Almost Black with beige head. Malts, hops, yeast, Caramel, sweetness, maple.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jul 2024
at 20:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the Madhouse, Budapest, 09/06/23. Deep mahogany brown topped with a beige cap. Nose is brown sugar melt, toffee, sweet notes, dried fruit rinds. Taste comprises madeira sugar, fruit cake, hint of burnt toffee, raisins, caramel, dates, figs. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a good kiss of alcohol. Tidy sipper.
Tried
on 15 Apr 2024
at 11:31
7/10
Tried
on 09 Jun 2023
at 15:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Kicsi, örökké tartó hab, sötétbarna szín. Karamelles, gabonás, juharszirupos illat. Intenzív, karamelles, gabonás, juharszirupos ízek, enyhe narancshéjas aromával. Édes, testes, enyhén szénsavas, enyhén keserű. Jól összerakott desszertsör, de kicsit sok a karamell.
Tried
on 01 May 2023
at 21:54
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at the Prague Beer Fest 2023, the last keg in existence they said! Thx! Black body, off-white head. Lean aroma, sweetish maple, feels fresh somehow. Orange and maple notes in the taste, actually, honey. Nice and lean, sweetish, but far less than I'd expected, quite respectable.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Apr 2023
at 19:35