Grand Illumination
AleWerks Brewing Company in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.25
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Celebrating the Grand Illumination of Williamsburg each year, our Barleywine style ale is a massive 11% offering that takes us over 5 hours to boil. The long boil time creates a bold caramel tone and is balanced with our signature Amarillo/Cascade hops blend.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Aarons place, Thanks. Pours hazy lightly burnt orange with a very small offwhite head. Aroma of malty, caramel, oak, wood, dark fruit. Taste is malt, caramel, dark fruit, raisins, chocolate, wood notes, dry bitter hops. Medium body, low carbonation, fairly bitter finish. 020312
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2012
at 21:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ home. Dark reddish brown appearance with a small tan head. Very rich caramel malty, toasty dark toffee, light grapefruity/piney hoppy aroma. Lots of dark fruits, very rich caramel, toffee flavor with a bushy, organic hoppy taste with a turtle (chocolate/caramel) finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2012
at 18:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours muddy brown with tan head. Nose/taste of candy sugar (lots of it), brown sugar, hop oil, spicy hops, caramel and toffee. Hot alcohol in the finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2012
at 18:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle courtesy of GT2, thanks! Murky dark amber color, scant head. Aroma of caramel and butterscotch. Taste is lightly spiced caramel. Straightforward.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2012
at 15:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. A hazy dark amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of alcohol, over ripe fruits, hops, and some oxidation. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, over ripe fruits, and old hops. The alcohol leaves a burn on the palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2011
at 15:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 1570 2010.Light passionfruit, a bit metallic or rusty. Feels light, like a (D)IPA with a light edge. Light body, mellow mouthfeel. Spirulina aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2011
at 17:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle at ChrisO "I’m Trying to see the Stool" pre GBBF2010 tasting. Lovely choc flavours. Done really well. Some heat on the finish, but a good choc heat. smooth and cultured and very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2010
at 07:21
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ ChrisOs Pre-GBBF Shindig 2010.[ Raise The Roof Tasting ]. Unclear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus - orange. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100731]
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2010
at 13:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled@The Chriso Rock The Roof Down pre-GBBF shindig. Rubyish coppery colour with small off-white head. Aroma is quite much fruity, some sap as well as quite much toffee, some alcohol as well as plum. Flavour is being quite much the same, but also has a bit spicy and wooden touch to it. Flavour is not that alcoholic as the aroma would let know. Big time hoppy sweetness and bitterness in the finish. A rather pleasant brew!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2010
at 20:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle(417 of 2009) at the Chris o "bring the House down" tasting ... soft creamy toffee malt nose ... dry toffee malt ... murky brown ... big big hop ... with soft toffee malt...
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2010
at 08:20