Arcadia Cereal Killer Barleywine

Brewed by Arcadia Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Battle Creek, Michigan USA

Bottled. A hazy deep red beer with a thin orange head. The aroma is sweet with very powerful notes of over ripe fruit, alcohol, berries, malt, and caramel. The flavor is very sweet with a good deal of alcohol, but also with notes of over ripe fruits and caramel, as well as a light alchol burn on the palate. The massive sweetness makes it a bit cloying. Thanks Alex (fiulijn).

(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of fiulijn. Vintage 2006. Pours a clear, orangey brown with a yellowish brown head. Sweetish caramel nose. Quite full-bodied with sweet and lightly burned caramel and a wee edge of aroma hops. Sweetish finish with also some nutty accents appearing. The finish is very subdued. Nothing flashy here but quite pleasant really. 030707

Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Mahogany colour, minimal head. lactic cherry aroma with some caramel. Sweet and fruity with a tart, yoghurt-like component. Full bodied and thick, a bit syrupy. Floral resiny hops sets in late and gives shampoo flavour, black currant and resiny bitterness. A barleywine with some highlights, but also a lot of drawbacks.

Bottled. Ruby colour, small head. Aroma is caramel, malts, some wood, hops and alcohol. Slightly wineous. Flavour is hoppy, caramelly, slightly alcoholic and some burnt sugar.

Date: May 05, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Yankee Go Home!
Appearance: dark amber, frothy beige head, drops of lace
Aroma: sweet candied dark caramel aroma
Body: thick sticky body
Flavor: sweet dark caramel flavor, touch of fruity character, well balanced with earthy hops that stay out of the way of the malt, picks up a hint of fruity tartness in the finish

Date: August 29, 2009
Mode: bottle
Source: cellar tasting
Vintage: 2009
Score: 3.1
much drier earthy aroma and flavor,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

2009-11-12, bottle at Monk’s Café, Stockholm, 7-4-8-4-15=37
Hazy brown color. Caramel aroma and flavor, quite sweet, medium bitterness, but also light aroma of over-ripe apples.

2007-07-03, 7-4-8-4-16=39
Beautiful ruby-amber color, hazy; big head. The aroma is malty and hoppy, medium. The malty flavor is very strong, sweet as well, with a lot of sweet caramel, warming alcohol, correct bitterness for this brew; the hop qualities are there but hidden. Balanced Strong Ale, good.

Hazy reddish dark amber with tiny beige head. Sweet aroma with overripe fruits, caramel and chocolate notes. Sweet flavour with overripe fruits, caramel and hoppy notes towards the end. Plenty of roasted malt. Warming alcohol in the finish.

(2006 Vintage 22oz bottle, thanks BückDich) Small tan head with particulate-filled copper/red body. Aroma is moderately sweet, plum, some raisin, orange/grapefruit, raisin, light earthy. Taste is medium sweet, plum, earthy, some orange, grapefruit, light lemon. Fairly dry finish. Low carbonation, medium-full body, some resin.