English Barley Wine
Vasileostrovskaya Brewery (Василеостровская Пивоварня) in Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia 🇷🇺
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
6.66
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled at PBF. Dark brown, small head. Caramelly nose with oxidized madeira. Sweet with full body and rounded mouthfeel. Raisins and madeira, brown sugar. Caramel. Warming mid bitter finish. Some extra years of maturation contributed to the port like character.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
BBE 2020. Brown colour, no head. Soya sauce, toffee in the nose. Light to medium-bodied. Sweet, toffee, brown sugar and berries, unfortunately also lots of cellary notes. Originally very good I think... PBF XV. Corked and caged bottle.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
PBF XV. Coppery black colour, small brown head. Aroma is cellar, some dried fruits, plum, mild toasted tones. Flavour is dried fruits, some toasted tones with mild plum. Mild alcohol too.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle (thanks martin). Pours ruby amber. Aroma is sweet, malt, berries. Flavor is very sweet, malt, molasses, fruits, berries. Overall: ok, could ferment more. --- Beer merged from original tick of ENGLISH BARLEYWINE on 27 Oct 2018 at 15:27