Canterbury Scene
Private Press Brewing in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Santa Cruz Mountain BrewingBarley Wine - Barley Regular
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Score
7.46
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One common thread brought this blend together: English yeast. Each thread fermented with an English yeast and then aged in either bourbon or cognac for varying time periods. The English-driven fermentation presents a deep fruit character reminiscent of dried apricot, raisin, and sweet plum. The complexity of the barrel aging presents itself in waves of toffee, baking spice, vanilla custard and a deep, comforting warmth. This blend was inspired by the prolific jazz/rock fusion movement in the early 1970s, known as the Canterbury Scene, and is a more traditional English interpretation of barleywine compared to the Americanized “English” barleywines of today.
Blend #1 (PPB-3Q203):
Dauner (barrel #125) aged 24 months in E.H. Taylor barrels
Hutcherson (barrel #208) aged 14 months in Pappy Van Winkle barrels and 12 months in Elijah Craig barrels
Dauner (barrel #250) aged 7 months in Lucky 7 Cognac barrels
2023 Release
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Bytemesis (16323) reviewed Canterbury Scene from Private Press Brewing 10 months ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Pours clear deep mahogany, small tan head, good lacing. Aroma of wood tannin, caramel, bourbon, vanilla, lightly vinous. Flavor is medium plus sweet, light plus bitter. Rich and decadent. Full body
tiong (21414) reviewed Canterbury Scene from Private Press Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Rated at Platinum Bierstube. Malty, sweet and slightly syrupy with loads of prunes, figs, barrel, vanilla, toffee and caramely notes. Quite heavy but pretty complex
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from a 500 ml bottle. Aroma is malt forward with lots of dark caramel, toffee and toasted bread. Lighter chocolate, nut and burnt sugar notes. Even lighter raisin and date notes. Light alcohol and bourbon notes with hints of oak. Pours a somewhat murky, muddy brown head with some auburn hues and a small, brown head that recedes quickly to a small film that lingers before disappearing. Flavor is somewhat sweet with lots of dark caramel, toffee and lighter chocolate and burnt sugar notes. Some toasted bread, nuts and faint roast notes. Medium to medium high bitterness that really shows in the finish with medium low alcohol warmth. Some raisin, prune and date notes that become more prevalent in the finish. Light bourbon and oak notes. Mouthfeel is full bodied with medium low carbonation. Low, but present astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, a decent barleywine but not one of the best from this brewery. There is a weird astringent, bitter finish in the flavor that doesn't work well with the fruity notes. Really nice malt notes in the aroma and front notes of the flavor. Good barrel character.