Old Howling Bastard
Blue Point Brewing in Patchogue, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.01
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Draught from david copperfield. Light brown red clear pour. Strong hopsbut fairly light bodied for a bwine.
nuplastikk (10543) reviewed Old Howling Bastard from Blue Point Brewing 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
16oz can. Filtered amber body, thin off-white head. Big, bold, heavy aroma. The body is a little sugary, perhaps the filtration doesn't work here. More of an English Barleywine, alcohol soaked red fruit notes. OK.
CLW (17000) reviewed Old Howling Bastard from Blue Point Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
22 oz. bottle with at least 18 months age, thanks to Adrien. Aroma is candy sugar, fruit (not dark fruit) almost citrus, mild floral hints. Flavor shows a lasting bitterness that lingers well after the sip and has the citrus and floral notes that are indicated in the aroma. More on the hoppy bitter side rather than sweet/ dark fruit end of spectrum.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
light brown 1 finger head that fades quickly. High bitterness, Bitter orange peel aroma, vanilla, taste is really high bitterness. Dense oily mouthfeel. orange but needs a bit more time.
iphonephan (11573) reviewed Old Howling Bastard from Blue Point Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On draft at Mad Fox Barleywine Festival 2015. Pours a clear deep copper with an ecru head. Fruity nose. Flavors of grapefruit and orange with some sweet malt notes. Bitter finish. Very close to a double IPA.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Old Howling Bastard from Blue Point Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle - Caramel malts and lots of woody, resinous hops. Clear orange copper with a decent beige head. Orange, caramel, citrus and woody hop notes, slight bit of booze and a nice sweet finish. Not bad, but nothing particularly special.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
I received this beer in a trade.
The appearance is a nice semi-golden hazy orange to brown color with a nice one finger white foamy head that concaves nicely leaving a nice clingy lacing.
The smell has a super nice authentic sweetened honey invading with a delicate floral hoppiness that ends up combining slightly with a light grassy/herbal leatheriness. Some tobacco ends up entering in along with some light caramel malts.
The taste takes those previously mentioned flavors and combines to meet a nice bitter to sweet earthiness. There is a decent sweet floral yet honey sweetened aftertaste leading to a dry bitter finish.
On the palate, this one sits about a medium on the body and has a smoother carbonation than I expected for a barleywine. Sipper? Well, one would think since its a barleywine at 10%, but actually, I’m getting a decent sessionable aspect to it.
Overall, I’ve had Bell’s Hopslam over the years and if there’s any barleywine remotely close to that, this would be it. I didn’t find a date anywhere on the bottle. I wish I knew how old this bottle was. Still, I say this was a good beer that I would have again, but am unsure if its a true barleywine.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft at Taps 25, Lansing. Hazy medium orange-brown body, medium dense creamy beige head. Toasty nose with brown sugar and citrus peel hops. Potent body, lots of brown sugars, caramel, and candied malt, backed by vigorous but not dominant citrusy hops. Very sweet, the sugars in conjunction with the citrus peel notes becoming cloying.
superspak (10160) reviewed Old Howling Bastard from Blue Point Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled in late 2012. Pours lightly hazy red-orange color with a 1 finger dense cream colored head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, toast, toffee, biscuit, raisin, floral, pine, light nuttiness, and toasted/floral earthiness; with some light spicy alcohol. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of malt, hop, and fruity notes; with good strength. Taste of caramel, toast, biscuit, toffee, brown sugar, raisin, floral, pine, nuttiness, and floral/toasted earthiness. Fair amount of earthy pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, toast, toffee, biscuit, floral, pine, raisin, nuttiness, and toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice balance and complexity of malt, hop, and fruit flavors; with an excellent bitterness/sweetness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a creamy, slick, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is an excellent barelywine. All around great balance and complexity of malt, hop, and fruity notes; and very smooth to sip on for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
jgb9348 (11997) reviewed Old Howling Bastard from Blue Point Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Deep brown coloured body with a light ruby and even violet tint with a small tan head. Aroma of alcohol, pit fruits, caramel, grapes and a bit of earthy malt. Full-bodied; Strong assertive alcohol flavours with some nuts and earth noticeable and quite a bit of pit fruits. Aftertaste shows some mellow banana and clovey yeast flavours with a good alcohol bite, yet refined in the palate. Overall, a nice barley wine with good flavours and a moderate complexity. The only downfall is the size of the bottle - too big for a barleywine. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Liqour Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey at Shenandoah National Park on 25-September-2010.