Holidale
Berkshire Brewing Company in South Deerfield, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
6.79
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Jow (8309) reviewed Holidale from Berkshire Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8
Can at home. Seems recently remade no rates in few years. Dark ruby brown pour and some head. Nose is dark fruits and caramel. Tastes of toffee, fig, malt, brown sugar, plum. Thin bodied. Alcohol is hidden fairly hidden
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured into a snifter, the appearance was burnt dark caramel color with a light tan foamy head that stiffened and let up to a sly stringy lace after dissipation.
The aroma had some sweet dried tobacco leaf, nice caramel/toffee malt base, citrus rind, soft dark bread, light toast, subtle butterscotch, some damp word, just a touch of vanilla, light red cherries and ended with a little bit of earthy hops.
The flavor blended fairly nice the sweet to a light yet firm bitterness from the hops. Tobacco dry sweetness clings to the dark breadiness and hits upon the aftertaste in the same sort of way. Light tobacco in the finish with a touch of vanilla and citrus rind.
The feel was about medium bodied with a good sipping quality about it. Carbonation was fine and the ABV felt god as well.
Overall, pretty nicely done English styled barleywine that I would have again.
jmagnus87 (3289) reviewed Holidale from Berkshire Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 9
Bottle sampled at a friends house. From notes. Caramel and toffee with loads of sweet and dark fruits. Very good.
CLW (16859) reviewed Holidale from Berkshire Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
22 oz bottle. From Ryan and Casey’s, Greenfield, MA. 2011 vintage. The first glass had real nice clarity. Slow steady carbonation producing a thin layer of white head that had decent lace. Smell is light hops, light fruit and toffee. A bit thin in body almost watery. Flavor mirrors the nose. Overall I sit here and sip this and my overall thought are… this brew is very under-whelming. At least the ABV is masked after a year of sitting.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Holidale from Berkshire Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
2008 bomber shared by IrishBoy. Pours hazy dark and ruddy with a transient head. Aroma is cola and medicinal. Med body. Flavor pretty much matches the aroma. An ale that is coming across as prematurely aged, but it’s marvelous.
Irishboy (4674) reviewed Holidale from Berkshire Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bomber from Odeed. 2008. Nose is an aging barleywine, with toffee and brown sugar. Hazy copper with a small beige head. Flavor is slightly oxidized from the thin body with some sweetness and a slight bitterness.
johnnnniee (7495) reviewed Holidale from Berkshire Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
2009 Vintage Pours a deep reddish copper color with a good sized bubbly beige head that shows great retention. Smells of caramel and brown sugar with a hint of ethanol and a touch of oxidation. Taste is a bit on the malty side up front. Lots of sugary sweetness that gets beaten back by and earthy and a muddled buttery harshness. Long lingering sugary and butterscotch sweetness. Medium body and level of carbonation and a sweet bubbly mouthfeel. I really enjoy the coffeehouse porter from Berkshire, but most of their other beers strike me as too heavy on the diacytyl. Decent beer, but not great.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Holidale from Berkshire Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. A dark amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and spices. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, alcohol, and some spices.
KimLundJohansen (10465) reviewed Holidale from Berkshire Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Clear amber with a small off white head. Aroma was sweet with toasted malt, caramel and hoppy notes. Sweet and hoppy flavor with toasted malt, caramel and toffee. Finished sweet and boozy.
yespr (55501) reviewed Holidale from Berkshire Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
22 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and slight spiced. Fruity, yeasty, slight caramelish and light citric. Lingering malty and hoppy bitter finish.