Durham Brewery Something Blue

Something Blue

 

Durham Brewery in Bowburn, Durham, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production
Score
6.69
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 21
Traditional English character with massive complex malt and earthy fuggles hops. An aroma of toffee malt is confirmed by a body of woody orange marmalade and caramel.

Made for the Royal Wedding of William and Kate 29th April 2011.
 

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

Sampled @ Borefts Pre-tasting. Dark red color, average sized off-white head. Smell and taste malts, caramel, toasted malts, sweetish and a bitter finish. Medium body and average carbonation. Decent. 7-3-7-3-15.

Tried on 26 Sep 2018 at 19:40


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

Pre-Borefts Tasting at the Kim Jung Un Buurtcentrum in Zaandam. Thank you for sharing! Dark brown amber. Nose is overly sweet honey, sugar, figs, candy, BE fruit, sugar,… Taste is very sweet honey sugar, candy, dates, lots of sugar, dates, candy, candy nice sweet honey,… All honey dates candy sweet sugar. Lovely sweet sugary & honey barley wine.

Tried from Can on 23 Sep 2018 at 20:40


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

Bottle. Hazy amber color with white head. Aroma is oxidized, caramel, iron. Taste is toffee, chocolate, iron. Oily mouthfeel with fine-bubbled carbonation. A bit too oxidized for me.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2018 at 10:04


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Pre-Borefts tasting. 50cl Bottle. Brown colour, off-white head. Aroma of toffee, raisins, sweet, very malty, light floral. Flavour is off, very yeasty, plastic, toffee, raisin, nasty bitterness. Full bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2018 at 19:03


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sampled @ Pre Borefts Tasting 2018. A hazy dark orange brown beer with a small white head. Aroma of strong caramelish malt, oxidized malt. Taste of oxidized red malt, caramel, strong riped fruits.

Tried on 20 Sep 2018 at 18:37


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

Süffiger, leicht oxidierter Beginn. Geringe Würzigkeit, etwas Alkohol, langer getreidig alkoholischer Nachhall. Okay. 10/8/9/8//9

Tried on 20 Sep 2018 at 18:35


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pre-Borefts Tasting at the Kim Jung Un Buurtcentrum in Zaandam. Thanks for sharing to the entire RB crowd here! Bottle shared. Pours hazy amber with white head. Sweet malts, raisains, honey dipped rye bread, some cardboard. Big sweet and moderate bitter. Full body and soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2018 at 18:26


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared at pre-Borefts tasting. Thanks for sharing all! Bit hazy amber with beige head. Raisins, sugary malts, alcohol, brown sugar, bready, cognac, green leaves. Quite sweet, medium bitter. Over medium bodied with a bit dry watery feel. Nooot my thing.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2018 at 18:21


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Borefts pre-tasting, 2018. Poured a hazy dark amber colour with a thin broken off white head. The aroma is toffee caramel malt. The flavour is moderate sweet with a rich, malty, boozy alcoholic, toffee palate. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.

Tried on 20 Sep 2018 at 18:19


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

7 3 7 3 15Bottle at Kim Jong Un Buurtcentrum Pre-Borefts ‘18, Zaandam. Hazy brown with a tan head. Aroma of toffee, caramel, butterscotch. Flavour is above moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2018 at 18:10