Vermilion
Perennial Artisan Ales in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Rotating|
Score
7.38
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A big, rich English style Barleywine that, as its name suggests, has tints of ruby around the edges of its brown body, with a toffee, caramel, toasted pecan sweetness that is kept in balance with a smooth, alcohol warmth, and slightly fruity American hop note. This will be perfect around the fire, with a cigar, with a rich meal, or just while cozying up and relaxing with family and friends this season. It may be enjoyed right away, or allowed to age in the bottle. Vertical tastings are encouraged.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a beautiful hazy ruby hazel color, medium creamy tan-orange head that dissipates slowly leaving really nice lacing. Aroma is dark sugars, toffee, pumpernickel, some dried fruit. Flavor is medium sweet with light plus bitterness, some pine notes balancing a lot of caramel, toffee, raisin and dark bread. A bit hot. Medium body with some creaminess. Pretty solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2014
at 22:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft - Chocolate, mint and spice. Jet mahogany with a rich beige. Sweet vinous, cherry, chocolate and minty spice. Very much Christmas.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 May 2014
at 13:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours reddish brown with tan head. Nose and taste of fig cake, toasted caramel, toffee, pecan pie, maple, sherry, dark earthy fruits and some vanilla. Full bodied. Well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2014
at 17:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
750 mL bottle from Wine Warehouse, Charlottesville, about a year old. Pours a hazy dark rust color with a thin fizzy tan head that fades almost instantly. Aroma of toffee, anise, apple, dark fruits. The taste is toffee malt, maple syrup, anise, spice, mild butter hops. Medium-full bodied, low carbonation, decent balance, fairly strong heat. Hard to be disappointed when your expectations are so low, but this is decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2014
at 16:02
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 750ml. @ [ (chriso Pre-GBBF Shindig) by chriso - London ].Clear medium to dark amber brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, alcohol, dusty malt. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, wood. ash, roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130810]
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2013
at 11:21
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at chriso’s Pre-GBBF Tasting 2013 - London. Pours hazy amber with a creamy, beige head. Ripe, aged fruits in the nose, some berries especially. Medium sweet flavor with rich peat and candied ham. Big bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, lightly warming, with more smokey peat and ham. Nice, interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2013
at 05:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample from 75 cl. bottle. Dark ruby colour with a golden tint and a small, lightly tanned head. Some floaters. Sweet aroma with rich caramel malts, dark, dried fruits, oak and a vinous note. Taste is sweet. Full body with an oily feel and a soft carbonation. Finishes sweet with toasted malts and overripe fruits. Excellent BW.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2013
at 10:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - brown/dark amber pour with a beige head. Sweet malts, caramel, slight floral and hoppy undertones, syrup, toffee, slight spice, wood, resinous, interesting sweet/bitter balance. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2013
at 07:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle 75 cl. Pours a cloudy - almost opaque - dark brown with a smallish, beige head. Quite some charred wood in the nose combined with toast and burned caramel. Rich, sweet body, heavy caramel and again a fairly massive smoky note - very untraditional for the style. Some warming alcohol in the finish. 130913
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2013
at 08:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig ’13. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel aroma. Fruity malty spicy caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel finish with weak hints of dark fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2013
at 07:50