Maiden 2017
Siren Craft Brew in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Series Out of Production|
Score
7.94
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Maiden 2017 celebrates five amazing years of brewing at Siren. The 2017 blend contains beer from Rum, Bourbon (including Heaven Hill & Jim Beam), Red Wine (French Oak), Tequila and Auchentoshan Single Malt barrels, along with about 15% made up of fresh Maiden. The aroma truly sings this year with red wine and berry notes prominent, before pillowy soft marshmallow on the palate gives way to spirit and spicy wood undertones. The blend rounds off with a long, rich finish.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 25 Aug 2025
at 16:09
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
15/7/2023. Bottle shared at SBGP3. From Crafty Fellas. Pours dark ruby brown with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma of brown sugar, toffee, wood, berries, red wine, dried fruits, bread, golden syrup. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Medium body, creamy, average carbonation. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2023
at 14:03
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
375ml bottle. Poured a hazy dark brown colour with a lasting frothy off white head. The aroma is malt, sweet toffee caramel. The flavour is moderate to strong sweet, with a smooth, rich, slightly oily, dry, oaky, warm boozy alcohol bitter palate. Over medium bodied with soft carbonation. Almost six years of age has done this beer no harm at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2023
at 23:40
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
375ml bottle, over 3 years in the bottle. Very dark brown with a beige head. Aroma of fruit cake, bourbon, red wine, raisins, oak. Taste is rich, malty, fruit cake, lots of dried fruits especially raisin, toffee, red wine, bourbon, oak, brown sugar, warming booze. Full bodied, smooth. Beautiful and complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2021
at 22:07
8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle at home, 18th December 2020. Pours a clear light chestnut brown. Aroma is dark fruits, dates, cake, booze and barrel. Taste is dark fruits, malts, sweet, liquor, Sherry, barrel, wood, smooth, well integrated, wow this is outstanding
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2020
at 21:02
8/10
Nose is plum, raisin and caramel. Thick and smoothly alcoholic, lots of plums, raisins, dates, caramel and bourbon. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2020
at 01:49
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home picked up from Siren online. A hazed chestnut brown amber coloured pour with a fine beige head,. Aroma is sweet sherry cask, mint, raisin grape, woody notes, caramel, toffee. Flavour is composed rich cakey malts, dried fruits, sherry, funky grape, toffee, light tang, sherry. Palate is medium sweet, rich, oily, light tang, lowish carbonation. Some lingering jammy fruits. Tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2020
at 22:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
8-3-7-4-15 Bottle, three years after bottling. Shared with Inbreak and friends. Pours mahogany brown, with a short lived creamy off white head. Aroma is sweet, dark roasted malts with rye bread, kandi sugar, vanilla and wooden barrels, as well as herbal notes and minerals. Creamy body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is sweet malty notes of cocoa, muscovado, sweet liquorice and vanilla, as well as herbal notes and wooden barrels.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2020
at 18:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Honest Brew. Black pour with a tan head. Burnt toffee and raisin nose, notes of sherry. Toffee,caramel, toffee apple and burnt sugar taste. Boozy sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2019
at 07:24
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the hanging bat. Pours deep reddish amber, nose is funk, toffee, honey, malty, taste is sweet toffee, caramel, wood, fruity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2019
at 08:39