Barley Bock
Birrificio Menaresta in Carate Brianza (MI), Lombardy, Italy 🇮🇹
Barley Wine - Barley Special|
Score
6.85
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Un’originale versione di Barley Wine (letteralmente: vino di orzo), ottenuto rifermentando in botte la nostra BockstaeleDirk con aggiunta di ulteriore polpa di carruba e malti caramello, e impiego di lievito da vino; la birra è invecchiata in barrique 5 mesi e maturata altrettanti in bottiglia. Stupiscono i sentori di passito e vin dolce, l’intensità e la complessità del fruttato maturo, pur nella freschezza e levità mantenute, tipiche di una birra. Bevanda preziosa. Da centellinare in piccoli calici.
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6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
25 cl bottle @ home, produced 10/2010
Aroma has raisins, alcogol, licorice and anise. Sugary sweet and candy-like. Flavour has rather strong and spicy tones. Some non-disturbing alcohol and mild solvent, a bit messy too. Mild cardboardish vibes in the finish telling the age of this sample.
And to brianza_ale: don’t you underestimate the power of veliemboys! ;-)
Aroma has raisins, alcogol, licorice and anise. Sugary sweet and candy-like. Flavour has rather strong and spicy tones. Some non-disturbing alcohol and mild solvent, a bit messy too. Mild cardboardish vibes in the finish telling the age of this sample.
And to brianza_ale: don’t you underestimate the power of veliemboys! ;-)
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2016
at 04:11
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle
Bottled October 2010 - Pours dark reddish orange with a tiny head. Aroma of caramel, candies, raisins, hints of anise and spices. Taste is flat, sweet and caramely with some toffee, candies, raisins, ripe fruits, berries and earthiness. Finish is flat, warming and malty with some caramel, toffee, candies, berries, hints of raisins and ripe fruits. Quite sweet and caramely.
Bottled October 2010 - Pours dark reddish orange with a tiny head. Aroma of caramel, candies, raisins, hints of anise and spices. Taste is flat, sweet and caramely with some toffee, candies, raisins, ripe fruits, berries and earthiness. Finish is flat, warming and malty with some caramel, toffee, candies, berries, hints of raisins and ripe fruits. Quite sweet and caramely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2016
at 04:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
28th May 2014
Tasting at Chez Bruce. Murky amber beer, not much of a head. Nose of sourish orange fruits. Palate is light and semi dry. Tangy malts with sweet and sour fruits. Definite winey tang. Over ripe orange. Touch of oxidised caramel. Smooth semi dry finish.
Tasting at Chez Bruce. Murky amber beer, not much of a head. Nose of sourish orange fruits. Palate is light and semi dry. Tangy malts with sweet and sour fruits. Definite winey tang. Over ripe orange. Touch of oxidised caramel. Smooth semi dry finish.
Tried
on 10 Jun 2014
at 01:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle split at Bruce’s pad, thanks to LKS, 28/05/14. Murky orange amber with a moderate light beige swirl and edgeing. Nose is marzipan, spice, dark fruit, caramel, light booze, butterscotch. Taste comprises tangy dark fruits, lgiht acidic notes, toffee, dates, prune juice, cake mix. Medium + body, fine carbonation, lick of booze and sweet lickings in the close. Ok barley wine, doesn’t drink like 10%.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2014
at 02:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Leighton. It pours murky brown with a small tan head. The nose is rich, juicy, plum, prune, varnish, cassis, jammy and candy sugar. The taste is tangy, blackcurrant jam, earth, vinous, red grape, sherbet, mild acidity, sherbet, and earth with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Tangy fruity and easy going.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2014
at 13:21
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared in London - picked up in Rome. Vintage 2011. Pours unclear, amber-gold with a bubbly, off-white head. The nose has tangy, oxidized fruits, light toffee, apricot, orange, hints of balsamic vinegar. Medium sweet flavor with lots of woody dryness, some leather, pale berries, white grape, mild alcohol, hay. Full bodied with fine carbonation and lightly oily texture. Lightly warming finish, vinous, some salt and vinegar, tangy fruits, sweat. Solid. Quite dynamic. Pretty impressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2014
at 13:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle 250ml. @ home.Hazy matt medium amber colour with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, tart berry, grape, wine, cherry stones, alcohol, light wood. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet, light to moderate acidic and moderate bitter with a long duration, tart wine, grape, warm fruit, alcohol, cherry stones, tart berry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. Very nice balanced - NICE ;O) [20130102]
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2013
at 03:25
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Säuerlicher essigartiger Beginn, im Verlauf kräuterartig mit Honigeinfluss, ein wenig wie Trinkessig. Süffig, extrem speziell, säuerlich. Herb-süffiges Finish, in dem natürlich ebenfalls reichlich Säure vorhanden ist. 9/12/12/13//13
Tried
on 23 Jun 2012
at 11:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
06/08/2011 250ml bottle. Ambrata carica, con riflessi arancia e rubino, schiuma quasi inesistente. Aroma spiazzante, malto, intensissime note di frutta, simile a un succo di mela. In bocca conferma le stesse sensazioni, molto fruttata, dolce, malto, caramello, note vinose. Corpo medio, carbonazione soft. Barley Wine non molto convincente, ma promettente. La bottiglia provata era troppo giovane.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2012
at 02:57
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
ambrato carico schiuma evanescente naso dolce fruttato carrube legno etililico muffa non molto corpo boh
Tried
on 02 Feb 2012
at 13:53