Coming Home Holiday Ale (2012)
Grand Teton Brewing Co. in Victor, Idaho, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Winter Out of Production|
Score
7.07
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The malt is balanced by about five pounds of bold American hops per barrel. Chinook and Galena, hops developed and grown in Idaho, along with Idaho grown Bravos and Washington Simcoes give this strong ale a decidedly American flavor.
Piney floral hops are evident when this beer is enjoyed fresh. Collaring will enable those flavors to mellow, allowing the malt to shine with additional notes of raisin and fig.
Barley Wine and Cave-Aged Gouda are a classic pairing. If a sweet dessert is what you crave, try pairing with a warmed pecan pie served al a mode
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Deep, clear amber color. Aroma of Christmas fruitcake with white icing. Taste is sweet with a jumble of spices.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
750ml bottle pours a clear caramel amber with some creamy, white head. Nose is sweet, brown sugar, spruce, pine, honey comb. Flavor is malty, sweet, brown sugar, spruce, cedar. Malty finish. Mellow.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft @ Stout, Hollywood, CA. Pours a dark reddish amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty weak hoppy caramel aroma. Sweetish malty hoppy caramel flavor. Has a sweetish malty hoppy bitter caramel finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Copper beerw ith a dark cream head. malt and light spice aroma with light grapefruit. Malt and spice flavor with pine and grapefruit. Medium-plus bodied. Malt and grapefruit linger with spice, light pine, light caramel, and some light yeastiness.
Bottled Oct 22 and it still has a good pine hop base but the malt isn't that far behind. The alcohol is kind of in your face at this stage.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Cool pic. Barley wine laying down. Mine is a capped 750 from the BevMo in Vacaville. Pours hazy ruddy copper with a small off-white creamy/bubbly head. Aroma has a lot of pine/citrus. A lot. Full bodied. Moderate carbonation. Flavor is the standard brown sugar, but there’s a heck of a lot of hop fighting the sweet. This suggests "fresh hop barley wine". Those folks at GTB have finally gone off the deep end. Kudos. It’s finishing hoppy and bitter, while brown sugar constantly surges in and out. Amazing, brilliant ale.