Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 16
This one is both a nose full and a mouth full. There is a powerful aroma of dates, spices and dark berries. Those flavours play significantly in the taste along with a whole range of integrated accents -- figs, winter spices such as cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon, some chocolate, molasses and caramel, and the boozy warmth of the calvados casks. There must be a strong malt base underneath all that, but it doesn’t really make it to the surface. A very unusual, but well crafted and enjoyable, variation of Barley Wine.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
750ml bottle. Cloudy yellow pour, with a big white head. Aroma is very herbal, and lemony. Notes of tea, and freshly cut grass. Notes of bog myrtle, hints of earthy peat and somemlight juniper. Mouth feel is soft, same for the carb. Finish is lightly bitter, some yeasty flavours, more herbs and grasses, hints of resinous hops.
Robinvboyer (8065) reviewed Norseman from Bush Pilot Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Slightly hazy dark copper pour, with a small off white, beige head. Lots of dark ripe fruit. Booze soaked fruit cake malts. Burnt brown sugar, and loads of caramel. The barrel adds a woody sweetness, and some earthy vanilla, and subtle spice. Sticky, oily mouth feel, low, and soft carb. Finish is quite sweet, vinous in its alcohol. Low bitterness, intense brown sugar and dark fruit. Boozy, sherry, cognac finish, with candied apples. This is an absolute bomb of a beer. Reminds me alot of a cross between and eisbock and an old school super strong English barley wine. Quite complex, share with a friend.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
750ml bottle from the LCBO.
Impressive first foray into the craft brewing industry with a spiced barley wine aged in calvados barrels oh my!
Dark, hazy mahogany pour, with a very slight off white head. The aroma is very spicy. Loads of cardamon, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, with hints of wood, and sweet spicy apples. A gorgeous aroma, but i have to admit, it doesnt scream barley wine. There are some aromas of sweet, chewy malts, but they are buried deep by the spices.
The body is a tad thin for the style, but passable, and the carb is very low, but again, nothing to worry about, and the alcohol is very well hidden, The flavor is of a medium bitterness, and a lingering sweetness. the finish is again quite a bit more spice, and some light boozy, bready, sweet malts in the finish, with hint of barrel, and vanilla. overall, a great beer, but more of a strong spiced ale than a barley wine. I’m anxious to see what a few years of age does to it.
TimE (11144) reviewed Norseman from Bush Pilot Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Muddy brown color. Big dried apricot, brown sugar, plums and dried raisins. Boozy, toffee, fairly sweet, the nose continues on the palate. Boozy boozy finish. Sweet. Good complexity, but carbonation is off.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Pengo Pally from Bush Pilot Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
22oz bomber, ~2 years old, shared by AdamC on 7/8/17.
Small ring of white head tops a clear, bronze-gold body with lighter hay hues.
Floral/herbal notes from light Sacch acidity and mild phenols are somewhat muted by light biscuit and honey from the malt and there’s not a whole lot of saison character, or really beer character, for that matter, but it’s clean enough and shows no alcohol.
In the mouth it’s a bit too sweet, with loose, low carbonation not helping to clear the sugars and preventing the finish from being more crisp than it could. Still a bit adjunct-forward, though the "arctic herbs" aren’t bad. Just rather vegetal/floral and spicy. It sort of replaces the lack of actual saison character, in some way, but the honey-drenched malts are a bit too dominant on the slightly sluggish finish. Lightly fruity esters, little/no bitterness and not very saison-like, though nothing bad going on here.
CLW (17000) reviewed Pengo Pally from Bush Pilot Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
22 oz bottle shared by AdamChandler, about a 2 years old. Where is this brewery from?? What town? Pale grain aroma, a herbal garden. Maybe honey. The flavor is mostly herbal, some orange peel, very clean malt / grain bill. Crisp palate, light body. Decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
75CL, nice clarity golden orange. 1 finger white head. Smells like an orange earthy well hopped pepper beer. Great mouthfeel. really soft. pepper middle flavor, oranges, oak. crispy pepper finish.
Lubiere (24605) reviewed Stormy Monday from Bush Pilot Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
A reddish copper barleywine with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with light butterscotch, light cinnamon, OK. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity caramel malt with light vinous notes, light cinnamon notes, alcohol warmth, bourbon barrel, pleasant. Bottle at Chuck and April’s Cellar Tasting.
jksipa (1942) reviewed Pengo Pally from Bush Pilot Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from the LCBO. Hazy pale gold under a one finger white head that fades gradually. Nose is honey, grass, some floral notes, light citrus, light yeast, some funk and a touch of spice. Light+ honey sweetness with an herbal spice and a moderate tartness. Mouth is medium slick with prickly carbonation and a tart finish. Enjoyable. 8/3+/7+/4/16