2020 Ale
Traquair House Brewery in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, Scotland 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Special|
Score
7.42
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An ale brewed to celebrate the first decade of the 21st century and to be consumed before the end of the second decade. Traquair 2020 is fermented in oak casks for 8-10 days, then conditioned for a few weeks post-oak prior to bottling.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled. Clear mahogany colour, small head. Fruity cocoa aroma. Sweet and full bodied with sugar and milk chocolate. Rather intense, but on the sweet side. Fairly low bitterness. More clean than complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2010
at 10:38
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Dark brown with a small head. Quite pleasant sweet aroma of roasted malt, dried fruit and caramel. Sweet taste of malt, dried fruit, syrup, dark bread and some alcohol. Almost full body with a nice aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2010
at 06:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Dark chestnut, offwhite cream. Spicy heather aroma, nutty. Light honeyish maltyness, light chocolate, toast, walnuts. Heather retronasal. Mellow dry mouthfeel, light sparkly. Delicious spicy beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2010
at 13:48
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of joergen. Clear dark orangey brown with an off-white head. Nuts and overripe fruit in the nose. Very full-bodied, plenty of overripe fruit notes and quite some licorice also. Rather sweet bordering sticky. Distinct warming alcohol in the finish. 280910
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2010
at 07:31
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
33 cL bottle, courtesy of joergen. Pours cloudy deep amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is dark roasted malty and slight breadish. Caramelish and breadish. Lingering roasted and dark malty. Slight sweet note. Light alcohol note.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2010
at 11:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Clear mahogany with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel, overripe fruits and cake. Flavor was quite sweet with roasted malt, caramel, dark overripe fruits and vinious notes. Finished sweet.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2010
at 14:47
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled:
Pours deep ruby with a large but fast sinking head. Sweet aroma with notes of wood, toffee and treacle. Thick mouthfeel. Flavour is quite sweet and has notes of wood and cherry stones. Alcohol bitter finish. Will probably improve with age.
Pours deep ruby with a large but fast sinking head. Sweet aroma with notes of wood, toffee and treacle. Thick mouthfeel. Flavour is quite sweet and has notes of wood and cherry stones. Alcohol bitter finish. Will probably improve with age.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2010
at 09:44
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
999# rating (RB), 2010-09-10, Göteborg AR: the aroma is wee but destictive of red fruits (cheeries, red grapes), spiced choclolate and some vanilla tones The liquid is oily when pored and the aroma is more "sharp" AP: high froty beige head that slowly diminishes leaving wee curtains, colour of body is dark ruby red. F: oily, vinos a bit sharp but well balanced - will be rounder after ageing a couple of years, great bitterness, cherries, red grapes, chocolate (like a chocolate praline filled with cherry in port wine), a bit sprity. Conclusion: a great scottish hand crafted barley wine, thx!
Tried
on 10 Sep 2010
at 08:48