Colonial Reserve
Milestone Brewery in Cromwell, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
5.93
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5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle from Pig’s Ear 2008, bb 28 Aug 2009, at least 4 years old
Cloudy dark amber color, with a lot of sediment. Some aroma of malt, oxidisation, sourness. Oxidized malt flavor, some caramel, some alcohol perception, and moderate but distrurbing sourness.
Ok, it’s old, but a real Barley Wine should hold up longer.
Cloudy dark amber color, with a lot of sediment. Some aroma of malt, oxidisation, sourness. Oxidized malt flavor, some caramel, some alcohol perception, and moderate but distrurbing sourness.
Ok, it’s old, but a real Barley Wine should hold up longer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2013
at 16:47
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
33 cL bottle, 5 year old vintage. Pours cloudy orange with a fully gone head. Aroma is fruity, caramelish and dry malty. Citric, dry malty, flat and caramelish. No remaining sweetness. Dry and oxidised. Citric and dry malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2012
at 02:57
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
10th May 2009
Cloudy amber beer. Slightly dry and crisp palate. Reasonable carbonation. Says it’s a barleywine but really comes accross as a sour beer and a decent one at that! Good sourish malt that tickles the tastebuds without ever approaching lambic like acid. A little sweet malt at the end. Dry sour aftertaste.
Cloudy amber beer. Slightly dry and crisp palate. Reasonable carbonation. Says it’s a barleywine but really comes accross as a sour beer and a decent one at that! Good sourish malt that tickles the tastebuds without ever approaching lambic like acid. A little sweet malt at the end. Dry sour aftertaste.
Tried
on 21 May 2011
at 16:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 50cl. @ Chriso’s pre GBBF Shindig ’09.Clear medium yellow orange amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, cherry - fruity and vineous, wood. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light to moderate acidic with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090801][ IMO ratet as a Barley Wine is it bad 2-2-2-2-4 ].[ Ratet not to style it is okay 6-3-7-3-14 ].
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2009
at 04:35
2.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
Bottle at Chriso pre-GBBF tasting 09. Pretty awful. Sweet infected crxp I thought. Oh well
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2009
at 03:53
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Slightly hazy amber with a small white head. Fruity and vineous aroma. Sweet caramel flavour with a fruity touch and a tart finish
Tried
on 29 Aug 2009
at 08:55
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled. Copper colour, mediumsized brown hhead. Aroma is alcohol, sweet berries, some malts. Flavour is fruits, berries, some mild wooden notes as well as zest. Also quite sour wooden notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2009
at 10:57
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, from Jet Garage, Grove, Wantage, 08-09-08, consumed this evening Pours murky brown, with no head and no life at all, on opening noticed a slight sour whiff, not totally convinced that this is ok, although tasting is a little more promising than expected. Taste is sweet and sour, some wet wood, bit of bitter chewy cardboard. Gave Loz a look in, "Oh god its not that Milestone stuff again is it" and then just like me she said it isn’t as bad as it looked is it. This is ok, I agree with dnas2 the strength is deceptive, I think it is ok, plenty of citrus in and amongst, an interesting Barley Wine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2008
at 17:04