Retimi (Rethymnian Independent Microbrewery) Barleywine

Barleywine

 

Retimi (Rethymnian Independent Microbrewery) in Gonia, Crete, Greece 🇬🇷

Collab with: Kykao - Handcrafted
  Barley Wine - Barley Special
Score
6.65
ABV: 9.0% IBU: - Ticks: 7
Launch of the first collaborative Barley wine from Cretan Retimi Craft Beer and Kykao from Patras. This incredible Barley wine has been aged for 12 months and is waiting for you to try it.

The strong bond between RETIMI and KYKAO, forged during our years of homebrewing, was celebrated with a collaborative brewing session in Crete in early 2024.

The result is a bold barleywine with rich notes of toffee, bitter almond, and deep umami flavors - perfect for warming your heart, just as this collaboration warmed ours.
 

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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can courtesy of Kostas, Kykao brewery, cheers Kostas. Had this Saturday 14th February 2026 at the Manglham 2nd Winter Tasting, listening to Maserati - Rehumanizer. Pours dirty amber with next to no head, a touch flat, too sweet, this hasn't done much for me. Score 6.4

Tried on 14 Feb 2026 at 23:23


6.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle, with deadly wax. Cloudy red amber, low head spice honey aroma. Medium light dry sugary body, metallic or clayish notes, sweet grain finish, sticky. Not the most interesting.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Feb 2026 at 23:17


6.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Fancy waxed bottle at the Mangled Ham 2026, huge thanks Fin & Loz & Kostas I reckon! Hazy reddish-amber body, fleeting head. Oxidation, vanilla, low dried fruit in the aroma, minerally. Lean taste, kinda weak body supporting a sugary caramelly/dried fruit presence... barely, very dried out and yet very sweet, I mean... a paradox of a beer. Caramel, dried fruit, vanilly, but also astringency and minerally notes, oxidation. Solid warmth too. All over the place, but doing little to please I'm afraid. Learning process hopefully for the brewers involved.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Feb 2026 at 23:16


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

0,33 l bottle from Antika Irish Pub, Rethymno. Waxed cap. BB 10.12.2034. Murky brown in the glass, smallest fast fading head. Plum and chewing gum on the nose. Taste starts also with plum, little bit scratchy, some chewing gum and pale grain. Alcoholic with sweetness. No carbonation. Strong stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Oct 2025 at 19:58


8

Toffee, almonds, subtle notes of caramel and cacao. This is very well done, very nice balance.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Sep 2025 at 21:33


7

Magus, linnaseline, puuviljane, nata oksüdeerunud, suhkur,alks. Ok.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2025 at 17:49


6

Sweet, bit sourish, prunes, sugary, alcohol, hoppy

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2025 at 17:35