Barley Wine Style Ale
Shipyard Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
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Pugsley's Signature Series
Barley Wine Style Ale is a big beer made with six different malts (Pale Ale, Crystal, Caramunich, Wheat, Chocolate and Roasted Barley) and balanced with a very full hop charge of Summit, Challenger and Fuggles hops. It is a deep reddish brown color with a complex fruity nose, a very full body, and an interesting balance between grains and hops which ends with a pleasing dry taste. To fully enjoy all the flavors, this ale is best drunk at 55 degrees Fahrenheit. 8.5% alcohol by volume.
Barley Wine Style Ale is a big beer made with six different malts (Pale Ale, Crystal, Caramunich, Wheat, Chocolate and Roasted Barley) and balanced with a very full hop charge of Summit, Challenger and Fuggles hops. It is a deep reddish brown color with a complex fruity nose, a very full body, and an interesting balance between grains and hops which ends with a pleasing dry taste. To fully enjoy all the flavors, this ale is best drunk at 55 degrees Fahrenheit. 8.5% alcohol by volume.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Deep dark brown coloured body with a strong cola glow and a rather large tan head. Aroma of pit fruits, fresh hops, caramel, toffee, roasted malt and a bunch of more sugars and a hint of oak. Full-bodied; Strong roasty flavour with a lot of pit fruits and a whole lot of fresh and bitter hops. Aftertaste shows a lot of alcohol bite, some piney hoppiness and a large sweet presence that lasts for a while. Overall, a decent barley wine with a lot of character and no shortness of flavours. I sampled this 65 cL bottles purchased from McKinnon’s Meat Market in Salem, New Hampshire, sampled later in the evening from Nashua, New Hampshire.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2010
at 20:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
dark brown, light mocha head. aroma, strong dark pale malts, chocolate, nutty?, dark fruits. flavors, lots of dark malts and roast, caramel, grainy, thick and warming abv with a nice coffee like finish, lingering soy mouthfeel, mildly bitter.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2010
at 09:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(Bottle) Dark brownish ruby colour with frothy, pale brown head. Malty, fruity nose with caramel, red berries, treacle, orange peel and dusty hops. Malty taste with notes of caramel, dried fruit, red berries, chocolate, molasses, citrus peel, pine needles and lots of earthy hops in a bitter, salty, fairly vinous finish. Full body, fairly sweet with a warming alcohol touch. A bit rough around the edges, but might gain some balance with a little cellaring. Not perfectly balanced, but tasty and warming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2010
at 13:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample at the Barley Wine beer tasting at Blacklick Wine & Spirits on 01/14/10. The brew is a mostly clear dark brown color with red around the edges. Thick khaki head that recedes steadily, and sticky patches of lacing. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, and dark fruit. Medium to full body with flavors of caramel malt, ripe fruit, and hops. A bit of leather as well. The finish is roasted malt with a lingering fruit left behind. Decent overall.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2010
at 13:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bomber from BevMo Salinas. Nose of raisins, toffee, and an old ale note, kind of like HOTD Adam. very dark brown with a medium, glass lacing, cinnamon tan head. Flavor is lightly sweet fading to light bitterness, prunes, and a more bitter finish.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2010
at 20:56
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pours dark reddish brown color with tan head. Aromas of dark fruits and caramel. Flavor of burnt malts and caramel, but not in a good way. Some off flavors. Medium to full body with mild carbonation. Rather disappointing.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2009
at 20:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma withsome hints of dark fruit. Sweetish fruity malty caramel flavor with some hints of chocolate and dark fruit. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2009
at 00:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 650ml.Clear medium red brown color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, light chocolate, light oxidide malt, alcohol, dryed fruit notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090802]
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2009
at 11:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Cleardark brown, small head. Dusty hop aroma. Sweet with clean crystal malt profile and near full body. Cocoa covered i dusty orangey hops. Powerful salty bitterness. Gently warming. Uncomplicated barley wine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2009
at 16:03
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Dark brown with a lasting off-white head. Aroma of malt and fruit, especially dates. Sweet caramel malty flavour with dried fruit complexity
Tried
on 16 Sep 2009
at 12:17