Barley Wine Bourbon BA

Bottle. Pale amber color, weak foam. Aroma: bourbon barrels, plum wine, vanilla, oak, sweet. Taste: sweet, wine, yellow plum, plum wine, bourbon, caramel, candy, woody, a little hop bitterness.

Excellent aroma of coco, slight and nice bourbon, vanilla, some hints of citrus. Comparing to some other BA beers in Poland (e.g. Ratel by Kopyra and Widawa) the barrel does not totally dominate the taste and aroma of the beer, nor does it attack with tanines, rather it enriches the taste giving a hint of sweet aroma which is really complex and exuisite (actuslly one of the best BA aromas I have ever tasted). Unfortunately in the taste the beer is not so much rich, it is on the contrary pretty dry with extreme hoppy bitterness which makes it good for drinking in as small amounts as possible. Barley Wine should not be this level dry but its not bad and the aroma is really great and rich.

Tap (Wlodkowica21, Wroclaw). Barwa ciemno bursztynowa, miedziana, piwo w miare klarowne. Piana delikatna w kolorze ecru, szybko redukuje sie do cienkiego pierscienia. Aromat slodki, wanilii zdominowany przez nuty beczkowe. W smaku slodkie, waniliowe z goryczka w kontrze, nieco alkoholowa. Piwo jest lekko oleiste, w calosci oblepiajace podniebienie, rozgrzewajace, slodowe choc te nuty mocno przykrywa beczka. Pije sie z najwieksza przyjemnoscia, powoli rozkoszujac sie kazdym lykiem.