Holidale (All Through 2013)
Berkshire Brewing Company in South Deerfield, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Winter Out of Production|
Score
6.74
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This Barely Wine Style Ale is brewed with a unique recipe each year. Always brewed to exemplify the far reaches of brewing, this full bodied ale is our gift to you, whichever festivities you choose to celebrate. Whether getting you through the holiday hustle and bustle, or being sipped with family and friends, we welcome you to enjoy our special holiday offering all season long.
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8.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2014
at 12:23
6.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2013
at 19:29
7.6/10
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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.
Tried
on 17 Jun 2012
at 14:08
6.4/10
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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.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2012
at 18:22
6.9/10
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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.
Tried
on 26 May 2012
at 18:05
6.9/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2011
at 11:58
6.8/10
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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.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2011
at 12:47
5.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2011
at 11:48
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
clear brown, small white head. sweet yet dry malty, flavor is sweet malty, nutty,
Tried
on 18 Mar 2011
at 11:38
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of gn0sis. Pours an almost clear amber with a smallish off-white head. The nose is fruity with a little perfumy hops. Medium body, fairly sweet fruitiness, caramel and some perfumy hops leaving a decent bitterness. Decent if not exactly a huge Barley Wine. 180311
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2011
at 11:33