It's Life, Jim
Little Earth Project in Sudbury, Suffolk, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Special Out of Production|
Score
7.21
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Double mash 26 hour boil barley wine fermented with ESB yeast and our own mixed culture and aged for 6 months in an ex-whisky butt. The result is a BIG barley wine with massive caramel, soft fruits, funk, oak and a modest level of acidity. It's a Barley Wine, but not as you know it!
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle split at Brewdog Bristol. Pours opaque dark brown with a few loose bubbles of head. Aroma: caramel, toffee, fruit cake, berries. Taste: moderate sweet & light bitter, earthy, molasses, brown sugar, caramel, toffee, light sharp dark berry fruits. Medium body, soft carb, semi dry finish. Doesn't taste 16%+. An interesting take on a barleywine, one sourced for the stash to see how it develops
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2020
at 23:13
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at little earth... Deep brown.. Thin tan lacing... Light sharp honey raspberry.... Soft sweet caramel toffee fruit.... Soft caramel fruits.. Light fruits.. Soft funk fruit... Big bright tart fruits.. Massive fruit.. Really nice.. Soft sweet fruity.. Very easy drinking. Its what abv!!
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2019
at 13:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the dockside tap. Pours deep reddish brown, nose is mint, funk, lemon, ice cream, berries, taste is Similar ,juicy, tart. Weird but good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2019
at 17:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle split at L6, thanks to Leighton, 22/08/19. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a light beige cap. Nose is dusty fruits, jammy berry quiver, fruit cake, toffee. Taste comprises earthy berry fruits, brown sugar, light acidic tickle, umami, tangy berries. Medium bodied plus, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a kiss of booze and modest acidity. Interesting offering … drinks well below the ABV but equally fails to deliver on the expected complexity associated with a high double digit number … Ok sipper none the less.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2019
at 09:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at the columbus tasting 22/08/2019. Many thanks! A mostly clear amber brown coloured pour a fine tan head. Aroma is brown sugars, apple, cider apple, grape. Flavour is composed of semi sweet apple, crab apple, brown sugars, chewy, brown sugars. Palte is semi sweet, chewty, moderate carboantion. ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2019
at 20:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared in London - picked up via Premier Hop. Pours clear reddish brown with a small, fizzy tan head. Very interesting stuff, certain quite rich, lots of tangy, well ripened berries, some background toasted wood, prunes, mild acetic bite, alcohol, nips of caramel. Full bodied, lightly oily, with mellow carbonation. Warming finish, lots more tangy berry character, a little red wine, old wood, soft funk. A little earthy bitterness in the aftertaste. Numerous elements to enjoy. And for the strength, it is pretty drinkable
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2019
at 22:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22nd August 2019 Level 6 Bottleshare. Big thanks to LKS for this beast. Opaque dark brown beer, a few pale tan bubbles. Smooth palate, light fine carbonation. Smooth tangy dark malts. Tangy dark chocolate, tangy fruits. Okay, tangy then! Belies the abv, big time but feels like an Impy as much as it does a barleywine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2019
at 09:09
7/10
Tried
on 22 Aug 2019
at 19:58