Harmonic Convergence 2019
(Batch of Harmonic Convergence)
Galway Bay Brewery in Oranmore, Galway, Ireland 🇮🇪
Collab with: Boundary Brewing (NI)Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.68
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at home, picked up from Honest Brew on what should have been our wedding day ... fucken lockdown, 16/05/20. Chestnut brown with a beige cap that dissipates to edgework. Nose is toffee, good multi layered barrel tones, nutty, light booze, muscovado sugars, fruit cake. Taste comprises sweet malts, brown sugar melt, caramel, light sherry kiss, toffee fudge, Demerara sugars, fruit loaf, light vinous twang, Pedro kiss. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising alcoholic kiss. Solid well curated BW ... all the barrel effects sing from the same hymn sheet.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
15th February 2020 Almost clear dark brown beer, small pale tan head, dies back quickly. Palate is remarkably light for its hefty 14.5% ABV! You could say that the malts were a little thin, but they are tasty with malt cream and a whisper of dark chocolate. Well hello Pedro Ximenez. Bold fruity and beautiful. A really good depth of sherry flavour, without the slightly cloying PX sweetness. A little wet wood, and a nice bourbon fruitiness. The vermouth barrel ( what?) comes in at the very end, with a light botanical tang. Salted caramel and tangy rich ripe fruits. Finishes reasonably smooth, with just a modest spice. Fuck me, this is ruinous! Drinks way too easy, the complex flavour array sing together harmoniously and the end result is a bit of a stunner!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
500ml bottle at home. Pours a viscous and oily brown amber, no head. Deep raisin, date, currant, brown sugar, molasses, Christmas cake aroma. Flavour is raisin, brown sugar, oak, Christmas cake, slight butter rum and whiskey note. Complex and no booze burn at all. One of the best of this year.