Subsidiaries
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Cask at Cockney Pub, Århus] A hazy red beer with a lazing tan head. The aroma is sweet with light hoppy notes, while the flavor is sweet malty with medium berry notes as well as light flowery notes, leading to a bitter end.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Nov 2004
at 14:56
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Gorgeous amber brown color. Great molasses malt nose.Sweet and syrupy, notes of toffee. Not one I particularly like
Tried
on 31 Oct 2004
at 12:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
2004 bottling - Impressive pour, cloudy amber, kicking up a decent lacing for something with such a high alcohol content - appearance and nose of a much more matured barleywine - aroma of bourbon, brandy, rum, raisins, chocolate, must, earthiness, freshly baked christmas cookies - extremely complex for such a young sample - the sweet and bitter/tart flavors strike a decent balance (which I’m sure will improve much more with aging) - silky mouthfeel - flavors of sweet digestives (y’know, after dinner booze, like daddy used to call it) - ripe figs, cranberries - caramel and toffee - a hint of rolled oats - a touch of hops wash cleanly on the palate in the finish, but seem to clash somewhat with the remaining caramel and chocolate left on the tongue - not completely in balance, but quite complex and tasty, and, since this is clearly a beer designed specifically for aging, this is sure to be amazing a few years down the road.
Tried
on 30 Oct 2004
at 21:35
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottled
Hazy reddish amber colour with a huge creamy head. Vinous, oaky, cherry aroma. Thick mouth feel. Sweet and warming with long oaky alcohol bitter finish.
Hazy reddish amber colour with a huge creamy head. Vinous, oaky, cherry aroma. Thick mouth feel. Sweet and warming with long oaky alcohol bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2004
at 11:15
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
A clear orange beer (at least untill the yeast is poured) with a huge very bubbly white head. The aroma is sweet malty with clear notes of wheat, but even stronger notes of hops, almost grassy - which is quite unusual for a wheat beer, but very pleasant - a very fresh aroma. The flavor is sweet with notes of yeast, wheat, coriander, and other spices - not nearly as good as the aroma - where did the hops go? The mouthfeel is flat, even though it is bottled contitioned.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2004
at 15:12
6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
2004 vintage bottle 44849. Muddy colour with no head....ugly as sin, or as a typical barley wine depending on how you want to phrase it. Light fruits (apricot, pear) dance with heavy but gentle sweets...Lyle’s Golden Syrup sort of malts, softly sugar not at all oppressive. A bit of heat late as well as dark chocolate and wood notes. Very simplistic as of yet. This, unlike the 2003 version, tastes very young after a year. The potential is obvious - this may very well be a great one, but it’s going to take a good 5 years before we’ll see where the potential in this brew leads.
2003 version tasted end July ’04: A little bit of haze, fiery amber-brown colour. Caramel and molasses in the aroma. Very heavy, sweet, sugary. Some excellent toffee and peach notes. Doesn’t taste particularly young, and seems more immediately drinkable than its predecessor, but let’s see what happens when we convert some of those sugars. Ar 7 Ap 4 F 7 P 4 O 16 = 3.6
2003 version tasted end July ’04: A little bit of haze, fiery amber-brown colour. Caramel and molasses in the aroma. Very heavy, sweet, sugary. Some excellent toffee and peach notes. Doesn’t taste particularly young, and seems more immediately drinkable than its predecessor, but let’s see what happens when we convert some of those sugars. Ar 7 Ap 4 F 7 P 4 O 16 = 3.6
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2004
at 01:20
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled, thanks Rauchbier!
Cloudy brownish appearance. Hineyish berry aroma. Sweet and fruity. Not yet mature, but well balanced. Lightly salty finish. The malt character is just wonderful...
Cloudy brownish appearance. Hineyish berry aroma. Sweet and fruity. Not yet mature, but well balanced. Lightly salty finish. The malt character is just wonderful...
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2004
at 08:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Quite an interesting bitter - probably the closest approximation to cask ale I’ve had in a bottle - mellow, creamy carbonation - flavors of dried herbs, vegetables, oats and bread - nicely balanced hop profile - grassy, earthy finish - nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jul 2004
at 20:29
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Clear golden with a large head of huge bubbles - high carbonation that doesn’t seem to make its way into the mouthfeel as much as I expected - crispy and lemony up front - making way for a touch of grainy malt and a slight hop profile - citrus and hop finish - refreshing.
Tried
on 01 Jul 2004
at 19:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Nut brown. Dry and dusty, deep and fruity, pleasantly hoppy and raisiny. Clean mouthfeel, bitter finish. O’Hanlon’s have made a great job in recreating this beer. It tastes more or less exactly as I remember Eldridge Pope’s version many years ago.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2004
at 16:56