Church on a Hill
Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Swamp Head BreweryBarley Wine - Barley Special Out of Production
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Score
7.44
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample at Kurt’s 49th birthday party. Hazy amber-brown color with a medium cream-colored head that dissipates steadily. Short strings of lacing on the glass. Hops and caramel malt in the nose, along with some wood. Full-bodied with flavors of hops, dried fruits, malt and caramel. The finish is sweet and malty up front with a hoppy aftertaste left behind. Pretty good overall.
Tried
on 21 Jul 2012
at 14:26
8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration. A near clear deep deep woody-brown beer with a amazing looking beige head. The bubbles just dissolved in a amazing way. Fascinating to look at! Think this has to be the perfect looking beer. It smells light sweet with caramel, wood, malts, dates and syrup. Subtle, sweet, light vinious and really nice. It's quite sticky with some almost burned flavors! Caramel sweet, woody, really dark but more bitter chocolate - cause it is actually somewhat bitter, with a bit of warming alcohol as well. Damn tasty! I could (but shouldn't) drink a whole lots of this! 12.05.2012
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jul 2012
at 02:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at CBC, May 2012. It pours deep brown, with a red hue and thin beige head. The nose is wood, sweet fig, raisin, currant, maple syrup, varnish and alcohol warmth. The taste is rather alcoholic, dark sweet fruit, wood, varnish, cake and toffee, with alcohol warmth in the finish. Full body and fine carbonation. Perhaps a bit boozy and sweet, but enjoyable nonetheless.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jun 2012
at 13:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
From tap at CBC, shared. Spotty lacing to the festival glass. Declining tan-coloured head. Rudy-orange body colour. Malt-fruity nose with nuts, dark fruits and alcohol. Taste of raisin, plums, oak and dark malts. Full bodied. Vinous palate, vapour of alcohol. Nice sipper (Copenhagen 12.05.2012).
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jun 2012
at 09:33
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ [ Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2012 ] @ Spartas Lokaler, Faelledparken in Osterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark.Clear medium to dark amber colour with a small to small average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, riped fruit, wood, buzzy alcohol. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, plum, sweet ? laber laver notes, alcohol - buzzy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120512]
Tried
on 01 Jun 2012
at 05:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration, 2012. Hazy brown with small tan head. Aroma is malt, fruit, caramel, dark fruits and a little toffee. Flavour is malt, fruit, caramel, little toffee, dark fruits, medium sweet, hops and a little bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 May 2012
at 09:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration. Pours dark golden with a white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, yeast, sweet fruit. Taste is sweet malty, peach, caramel, light yeast notes, sweets. Full body, soft carbonation. 120512
Tried
from Draft
on 27 May 2012
at 07:03
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12th May 2012
On tap at Copenhagen Beer Celebration.
Hazy deep amber beer, good cream coloured head. Palate is soft with prickly fine carbonation. Toffee and a little wood. Mild dried fruits. A little lacto. Quite a dry finish. 7.3
22nd April 2026
A 14 year old bottle. A mild haze on this deep amber brown beer, good bubbly tan head. Smooth palate, a little dry, good fine minerally carbonation. The malts are fairly light bodied but, rich in flavour. A mild creamy streak underneath dark and, not that sweet toffee. A fairly robust bitterness in the second half and, that rides alongside juicy ripe fruits. Some orchard fruits here, very ripe plum and pear, trade of something cherry. Alcohol spice on the fairly smooth finish. Well, bloody marvellous then. Not only has this survived a decade and a half with aplomb but, it's a great reminder of what an unbarrelled barleywine can be. Smooth finish leaves a long tingling bitter linger.
On tap at Copenhagen Beer Celebration.
Hazy deep amber beer, good cream coloured head. Palate is soft with prickly fine carbonation. Toffee and a little wood. Mild dried fruits. A little lacto. Quite a dry finish. 7.3
22nd April 2026
A 14 year old bottle. A mild haze on this deep amber brown beer, good bubbly tan head. Smooth palate, a little dry, good fine minerally carbonation. The malts are fairly light bodied but, rich in flavour. A mild creamy streak underneath dark and, not that sweet toffee. A fairly robust bitterness in the second half and, that rides alongside juicy ripe fruits. Some orchard fruits here, very ripe plum and pear, trade of something cherry. Alcohol spice on the fairly smooth finish. Well, bloody marvellous then. Not only has this survived a decade and a half with aplomb but, it's a great reminder of what an unbarrelled barleywine can be. Smooth finish leaves a long tingling bitter linger.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2012
at 08:01