Antares Barley Wine

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

Bottled at Monks Café, Stockholm. Hazy pale amber with a small disappearing white foam. Vinous and rather alcoholic aroma of yellow fruit, biscuits, oranges, dough and wood. Alcohol, orange-peels and crackers in the flavour. Full-bodied, Long warming finish of alcohol, and yellow plums with hoppy notes of grass and orange-peels. Too bad that the booze is to evident.

750 from the Michael Jackson Rare Beer Club. It’s actually been a while since I’ve had ANY barleywine, so to some degree I enjoyed simply the reacquiantance with the style. But to a larger degree this isn’t a successful brew, with a mild tangerine flavor in the hops and a nutty malt quality clashing rather than integrating. A bit of a medicinal aftertaste, and a somewhat thin body too. Decent but not much more.

Bottle shared with HogTownHarry & blankboy - HogTownHarry’s bottle. Golden-orange with no head. Aroma - not much there, just a bit of butterscotch and some alcohol warmth. Thin body. Flavour of butterscotch/caramel, thin malt, sharp hops, alcohol heat. Not very good - but hey, it’s a barley wine from Argentina, so it was worth it for the novelty value alone!

Bottle (12oz). Shared with blankboy and GregClow, my bottle via mgermani. Pretty ugly-looking pour - thin light orange, no head, a sort of light soap scum on top. Light aroma of alcohol, spruce branches and ... dunno - crushed dried herbs; butterscotch? (again, thanks Paul)? The taste is very thin - like melted brown sugar and butter, dry and a bit of dried softwood, alcohol. Watery, flat, sugary - a bit stale, a dried flower aftertaste. Weird. Barelywine? A typo, but a telling one ...

YEHA tasting. Orange in color. Aroma is caramel, some dirty yeast, and alcohol. Taste is moderately malty, with crystal malt and caramel- not malty enough though with a rather thin body and some off flavors. Not too bad considering this is made where it is.

Date: 12/15/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

hazy orange, wispy off white head, sweet crystal and caramel malt aroma with soft floral hops, sweet crystal malt flavor, lots of earthy bitterness, light lasting bitter finish, light for a barleywine,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Clear copper orange color with reasonable lacing. Mild aroma of caramel and earth. Taste mostly caramel with a grittiness/earthy taste. Weak edge for a barley wine.

750ml bottle. Poured a medium orangish color with a small sized head. Aromas dirt, earthy, and caramel. Just all around ’dirty’. Tastes of the same dirtiness, caramel, and citrus.