Something Blue
Durham Brewery in Bowburn, Durham, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.69
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Made for the Royal Wedding of William and Kate 29th April 2011.
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Leighton (34941) reviewed Something Blue from Durham Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared at CBC Clerkenwell - London. I got this one way back when, maybe from Kris Wines. Pours light hazy amber with a creamy cap. Some sweet bread on the nose, pine, dried fruits. Medium sweet flavor, moderately boozy with dry bread, toffee, some dirt. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Warming finish with semi-dark bread, caramel, low toasted pine bitterness. Really nice stuff.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Something Blue from Durham Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle split at Craft Clerko, big thanks to Leighton for this north of England Royal whale, 08/07/13. Hazed amber with a thin off white head that clears edgeward leaving a little spotting. Nose is dark fruits, sugars, toffee, bready malts, dark over ripened oranges, woody notes, light alcohol. Taste comprises dark fruits, light spice, dark toffee, touch of booze, nutty tones, booze soaked fruits. Full bodied, moderate carbonation, boozey fruity finish, Solid enough barley wine.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Something Blue from Durham Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
18th January 2012
Very hazy amber - brown beer. Decent pale tan head. Light dry palate, dry alcohol. A little cream in the malt. Brandyish alcohol finish, dry. Obvious alcohol!
Pinball (15907) reviewed Something Blue from Durham Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
cloudy brown, smooth offwhite head. quite boozy aroma , flowery , fruity. flavor is fruity, malts, oranges, red fruits, strong alc. beer with a fruity touch that does not get cloying. great!
yespr (55501) reviewed Something Blue from Durham Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange to brown with a small white head. Aroma is light spiced and toasted malty. Phenolic and spiced hoppy. Dry and phenolic into the finish.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Something Blue from Durham Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a light tan head. The aroma has notes of straw, malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of alcohol, malt, caramel, and over ripe fruits, leading to a bitter finish.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Something Blue from Durham Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Pours a cloudy amber with a rough and dissipating off-white head. Greasy caramellish aroma with some plummy, overripe fruit. Rich body, caramel, crystal malts, sherryish, some phenols. Fairly bitter finish, while the alcohol is not all that present up front. Very much a British Barley Wine. 120412
fonefan (84534) reviewed Something Blue from Durham Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle 500ml. @ [ Tasting by Fin & Loz ].Clear medium to dark amber orange colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, toasted, caramel, sugar, alcohol, light toffee, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus, dried fruit. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, caramel, dried fruit, alcohol, hoppy, peppery spicy finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111022]
Fin (18365) reviewed Something Blue from Durham Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at Fin & Loz’s tasting with Jan, Charlotte, Craig, Stella & kids consumed Saturday 22.10.11 I picked this up at Jacks, Westholme Stores, Goring-on-Thames, Oxon 2011 Heavy in the mouth, this is amber with a light beige head. Little sticky mouth, hoppy but with a touch of up front fruit. Maybe a little too harsh at the moment I suspect this would benefit from a little ageing, its good. A7 A3 T8 P4 Ov15 3.7
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Something Blue from Durham Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Botlle at fins ... deep brown ... bubbly lighttan head... soft toffee malt nose...sweet malt nose ...heavy sweet malts ... toffee and brownsugers .... vineous alchol... overpoweribg