Barley Wine - White Wine Barrel Aged 2017
Blackjack Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Special Out of Production|
Score
6.96
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A big bodied, warming, sweet traditional barleywine aged for a year in white wine barrels
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at IMBC 2018, session 3. Pours clear copper-gold with a creamy topping. Strong woody character, some caramel, booze, toffee, leaves. Full bodied, lightly chewy, with fine carbonation. Warming finish, drying wood, more caramel, alcohol, toasted malts, old leathery berries. Hearty.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2018
at 19:43
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at IMBC. It pours hazy brown with a medium foamy white head. The aroma is soft, sweet, oily, candied fruits, fruit cake, icing sugar, candy floss, white grape and glacé cherry. The taste is bitter - sweet, sticky, boozy warmth, chewy, sweet white wine, leather, tannin, peach ice tea, candied fruits, numbing warmth, gooseberry fool and vanilla. Full body and fine carbonation. Pretty hot and boozy.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Oct 2018
at 19:41
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at indy man beer con. Session 3. A reddy amber brown coloured pour with a a sticky beige head. Aroma is. Caramel, musty white wine, toffee, tangy grape. Flavour is composed of vanilla, white grape, solvent, toffee warming alcohol,. Spicy white wine. Palate is semi sweet, moderate carbonation, oily, Warming alcohol. Not bad.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2018
at 19:37
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours deep orange amber, nose is funk, oak, grapes, pineapple, caramel, taste is juicy pineapple, floral, brett funk, oak, chewy toffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2018
at 08:01
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Keg @ Smithfield Market Tavern, Manchester. Dark amber with a small head. It's very strong, so much so this transfers to be dominant in both aroma and taste as coconut - and this lingers.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2018
at 17:22
8/10
Thicker than draft...
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2018
at 19:51