Old Greg's Barley Wine (2015-2017)
Five Points Brewing Company in Hackney, Greater London, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
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Originally a home-brew recipe of our Head Brewer, Greg, our Old Greg’s Barley Wine has become a thing of legend in the Five Points brewing calendar.
Brewed on New Year’s Eve each year, this Barley Wine is made with exclusively English hops; Target, Challenger and East Kent Goldings. Each vintage is bottle-aged for a year before making its way onto shelves, and each brew is a slightly different recipe.
Look out for the boozy sweetness and notes of apricot, jam and marmalade.
Recipe changed and ABV increased to 12.4% in 2018.
Brewed on New Year’s Eve each year, this Barley Wine is made with exclusively English hops; Target, Challenger and East Kent Goldings. Each vintage is bottle-aged for a year before making its way onto shelves, and each brew is a slightly different recipe.
Look out for the boozy sweetness and notes of apricot, jam and marmalade.
Recipe changed and ABV increased to 12.4% in 2018.
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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle from The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Dark brown pour with a swiftly dissipating tan head. Rich aromas of jammy dark fruits, raisin, sweet tobacco, red grapes, prunes. Flavours of prunes, plum jam, sweet tobacco, oak, touch of strawberry jam lurking in the background. Robust jammy fruity mouthfeel. Uber warming finish. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2023
at 07:16
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @Les Vignerons (Rome). Ambrata/bruna, leggermente torbida, schiuma bianca esile ed evanescente. Al naso note di caramello, toffee, biscotto, leggero tostato, terroso. In bocca è dolce, caramellato, leggero tostato, con chiusura un filo amara a bilanciare. Corpo medio-pieno, carbonazione leggera. Un buon barley wine all'inglese.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2022
at 00:20
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 5
Overall 7
Feels boozy of course. Nice taste but feels a bit flat and lifeless, maybe due to the age. Treacle, dark fruit, rich and boozy. Slight burn at the end.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2020
at 01:06
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
2018 bottle. No head on a murky dark brown body. Stewed fruit & clove aroma. Full bodied, sticky & cloying. Woody, stewed fruit, bitter, clove, pine & resin tastes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2019
at 19:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Bottle Baron. Hazy amber/ruby body with a thin head that quickly fades. Low carbonation. Patchy lacing. Aroma of treacle, oak and toffee. Flavour of peppery earth and marmalade. Medium body with a slick mouthfeel. Soft fizz. A rich, complex beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2019
at 04:14
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2018
at 00:43
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2018
at 21:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 330ml. [ As Five Points Old Greg’s Barley Wine ]. [ Vintage 2014 ]. Clear medium yellow - red orange colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, pale malt, caramel, dried fruit, orange, wood notes, old malt notes. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, dried fruit, wood, orange, orange zest, bread - old malt notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20151204] 7-2-7-3-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2017
at 05:12
7/10
Tried
on 10 Jun 2017
at 20:24
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle. Pours dark reddy orange with a medium head. Aroma is burnt alcohol and a little orange. Taste has some weak orange squash to start. A touch of caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2016
at 14:45