Pools Of Reflection Blend #2
Private Press Brewing in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.90
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, with Matthijs and Paul, 10th December 24. Pours a dark and murky brown. Aroma is intense, maple, caramel and toffee, alcoholic, earthy, sweet, complex, love it
Awesome beer, too quality, super easy to drink, robust clean, beautiful. Beer temple ams
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle, 500 ml, shared with Hrvoje and MiroB. Brown with beige head. Caramel, touch of brown sugar, some maple, fried fruit, toffee, prunes, dates, medium sweetness. Smooth. Nice bourbon.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared at the Watford tasting . 2024-09-20. Many thanks to Wingman. A clear nutty caramel brown coloured pour with a lasting halo of loose mid tan head. Aroma is semi sweet, caramel brown sugars, sugars, rum, toffee, caramac bar. Flavour is composed of medum sweet, layered malts, jammy fruits, caramel bars, toffee, wamring alcohol. Palate is medium sweet, rounded, aquavite. Little boozy finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle split at the farewell to Monica tasting, Watford, thanks to the Wingmane 20/09/24. Extremely dark mahogany brown topped with a beige cap that thins to the edge. Nose is fruit cake mix, rummy notes, booze, toffee, dark malts, molasses, toasted brown sugars. Taste comprises chocolate, spice, figs, toffee fudge, dark malts, bourbon, spice. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced spike of alcohol. Solid quaffable barley wine ... sips easy whilst maintaining a good depth of flavour.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle at Watford Tasting. From Dave. Sweet maple with sweetness taken off by a malty edge. Opaque brown. Foamy beige head. Fruity. A tang. Sweet maple throughout. Light-medium bodied. Oily. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Yum.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
20th September 2024
Bottleshare at Chez Frog. Thanks to Wingman for this beast. Near clear dark amber brown beer, small bubbly tan head. Airy palate, semi dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Rich creamy sweet malts, good caramel and toffee. Good fruity bourbon, alcohol spice. Modest and well integrated maple. Light finish. A very drinkable 14% BW.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at home. Pours deep ruby brown, nose is smoky, toffee, caramel, red berries, maple syrup, vanilla, taste is similar, warming and fruity up front, dry and smoky finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from a 500 ml bottle. Aroma is malty with notes of toffee, dark caramel, and treacle. Lighter molasses and chocolate notes. Some toasted bread and hints of nuts. Medium light bourbon and light oak and alcohol notes. Pours a dark brown, almost black with a medium large, moderately thick, frothy, tan head that recedes quickly to a small film that lingers on the edges. No lacing and long legs. Flavor is somewhat sweet with lots of toffee and dark caramel. Lighter notes of chocolate, treacle and molasses. Hints of toasted bread. Low bitterness and medium low alcohol warmth. Moderately strong maple notes. Light bourbon and faint oak notes. Mouthfeel is full bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and medium low carbonation. Overall, a decent stout but it's overly carbonated and I'm worried that it's showing signs of a weird over fermentation. Maple syrup notes are nice but continuing to ferment out. Bourbon and oak are good and malt character is solid.