Imperial Barley Wine
(has 2 batches)
Ridgeway Brewing in South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
6.55
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As the name suggests, this beer is flavoursome, with perhaps more bitterness than a typical brew of this type. It is dry hopped with English whole hops for extended periods. This gives characteristics that are not immediately significant, but which develop with age and mean that the beer is excellent both fresh and aged. To be enjoyed slowly, savouring the flavours, and drunk from a stemmed glass just as you would with wine.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
11.2oz bottle. Filtered dulled orange-copper body. Thin, soapy off-white head. Drinks along the lines of Samiclaus...big and ruthless. Boozy. Not much hop character. Unique and fun to sample, but overall a pretty unimpressive offering. Not so far removed from horrible Eastern European Strong Ales.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2017
at 20:41
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pours slightly hazy golden, topped with almost no head to speak of. Sweet malty nose, woody with vanilla, quite some dry fruits and whisky. Sweet and slightly boozy, dry fruits presence, spiciness in the finish. Light bodied and quite boozy.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2017
at 14:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle, vintage 2015, bottle #31828. Pours crystal clear amber colour with a white head. Aroma is boozy, sweet malt, dried fruit, vinous. Taste of sweet malt, dried fruits, alcohol, spices. Mouthfeel is smooth, very boozy though and there’s some alcohol burn, feels stronger than 10%, not an easy drinking beer. First barley wine I’ve tried so can’t say if this is a good or a bad one but I don’t think it’s a style I’d drink often.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2017
at 20:07
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Flaska från SB, 2015 vintage, flaska nr 14114. Smak och doft av torkad frukt som russin, aprikos, fikon med toner av honung, marsipan, äpple, läder och brunt socker. Fruktig, bra balans, fin sötma, sherry känsla, bra beska. Mycket gott redan nu och hade troligtvis blivit ännu bättre om jag haft tålamod att vänta. Mycket gott.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2017
at 18:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Flaska från SB, 2012 vintage, flaska nr 461. Klassisk engelsk barley wine som väcker minnen av Thomas Hardy eller J.W. Lees klassiker utan att kanske nå riktigt dit. Välmogen med väl integrerad alkohol och sötma. Mycket honung, fat, dessertvin, sherry, torkad frukt, läder. Riktigt gott.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2017
at 16:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle pour at Shelton Brothers. Boozy nose with orange marmalade showing bold. Balanced and smooth on the palate with the alcohol better hidden. Dry on the finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Imperial Barley Wine on 30 Oct 2016 at 11:00 - Score: 7
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2016
at 13:02