Antares Barley Wine

Brewed by Antares
Style: Barley Wine
Mar del Plata - P. de Bs As, Argentina

Clearish caramel liquid covered by a uniform, rather dense, tiny-bubbled off-white head. Highly grainy, a bit green aroma (despite being well over a year old) with orange marmalade, leafy tea bag and strong cereal notes. From the scores (I could not be impartial after finding a bottled BW from Argentina, I had to check which brewery it was from), I expected something thin and highly boozy. While it’s not thick for a 10% beer, it possesses a certain caramelly/cereal/bready substance and masks its alcohol quite nicely. That’s not enough to make it a great beer as it fails to delivers the expected complexity from a sipper, shows a timid, mildly leafy bitterness and remains a very sweet and not very drinkable offering. Still, I don’t remember its exact price tag, but I’m positive it was under 10$, so that would make it a worthy try.

Bottle 50cl. @ The Danish Summer Gathering Tasting, TSODRBSG09.
[ As Antares Simpatico ]. Clear medium orange color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, fruity, alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090822]

Bottle, 75cl, as Simpatico. A clear, golden beer under a small off-white head. Malty, bready nose with a roasted hint. Fruity hops and citrus-peel and alcohol as well. Malty and bready flavor too, with resiny hops and sweetness. Full-bodied and warming. Lasting bitter finish with sweetness. The alcohol is too evident in this one and it somehow feels a bit one-tracked, still it’s a good example. 090822

Bottle at SMÖF -08. Hazy yellow with a thick white head. Malty and fruity tones. Alcohol, malt and fruit. Full body with a long, warming, bittersweet finish.

Thanks to whomever brought this to The Bruery’s Beer Geek Show & Tell. Fruity, estery, kind of a mild flavored barleywine.

Botella, as "Antares Simpatico". Sweet bitter alco bit fruity aroma. Golden colour. Sweet malty and alco fruity flavour.

Bottle courtesy of Ibrew2or3. Pours amber. Nose is very fruity, esthery, malty, mild booze. Flavor is fruity, come citrus and floral hops going on, some spicy yeasty flavors. Not bad. Probably the best barley wine in Argentina :)

courtesy of ibrew2or3. Highly underrated BW. pours amber, dark head. Aroma of caramel with hints of herbs Flavor, caramel, spices, malts finish had some possible sourness to it hinting to tartness. Some elements are well done while some of the BW aspects are a little to be desired.