Seasonals - Barley Wine
Simple Things Fermentations in Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.06
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A hazy and hoppy modern Barley Wine leaning towards the American version of the style, generously hopped with El Dorado, Calypso, Citra and Mosaic.
Pale orange with a dense white foam; sweet, jammy fruit jumps from the glass along with intense floral notes and a solid structure of toffee and malted cereal. Smooth and syrup-y sweet - melon, mango, passion fruit - with a full, clean bitterness maintaining balance and drinkability. The ‘wise king’ of beers. A beer to savour; a beer for a special day.
Pale orange with a dense white foam; sweet, jammy fruit jumps from the glass along with intense floral notes and a solid structure of toffee and malted cereal. Smooth and syrup-y sweet - melon, mango, passion fruit - with a full, clean bitterness maintaining balance and drinkability. The ‘wise king’ of beers. A beer to savour; a beer for a special day.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
3rd February 2023
Can. Hazy orange beer, decent pale tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Light dry caramel and cream malts, fine, but a bit boxy! What does boxy mean? Perhaps a little wet cardboard, but mostly just a gut reaction. Very ripe fruits on the back end, borderline fermenting. Light and fairly dry finish. Okay. But, not a single element here has anything in common with any great barleywine I can recall..a slightly savoury and mildly spicy finish. At best immature at worst, quite naive.
Can. Hazy orange beer, decent pale tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Light dry caramel and cream malts, fine, but a bit boxy! What does boxy mean? Perhaps a little wet cardboard, but mostly just a gut reaction. Very ripe fruits on the back end, borderline fermenting. Light and fairly dry finish. Okay. But, not a single element here has anything in common with any great barleywine I can recall..a slightly savoury and mildly spicy finish. At best immature at worst, quite naive.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Feb 2024
at 21:12
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours quite pale for a barley wine, a cloudy golden colour with a very thick white collar on it. Smell has a mix of fruit and a big malty hit. Flavour has tropical fruit, sweet malt, behind the sharp fruitiness there's a bit of an oaty smoothness, maybe? Big punchy sweetness, eased off by the malt and the cereal. A bit sharper than you might expect from a barley wine but it's big and warming all the same despite the tropical fruit. I really like what Simple Things have done with this one.
Tried
on 25 Nov 2023
at 23:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Can from Against The Grain. Murky peachy-brown body with a thick off-white head. No visible carbonation. Good lacing. Aroma of nectarine, dried mango and green banana. Flavour lemon, plum and honey. Medium body with a smooth texture. Light fizz. It’s not the prettiest beer, and it’s lacking the depth and sweetness I love in barley wines. It’s ok, but for me it’s a confusing beer.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Nov 2023
at 21:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - cloudy orange with a big foamy white head. Nose - orange peel going into marmalade. Light caramel or toffee. Some wood spice. Taste - more of the dried orange and sweet spice. Toffee and bread underneath. Palate - medium to full bodied, initially sweet but it cleans up a little more than a typical beer of this style. Overall - interesting, a barley wine with just enough hop bitterness to make it ridiculously drinkable at 8.4%. A winner.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Nov 2023
at 19:15