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Baladin Xyauyù

Baladin Xyauyù

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A Barley Wine brewed by
Le Baladin

Piozzo, Italy

bottled
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803.82/5.03.8/5.0Special13.5%81.1 Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
A beer brewed and matured to 13.5% ABV going to 14.5% in next productions. Malts: Pilsner Durst, aromatic Dingemans, caramunich 140 Dingemans. Hops: Hallertau Hernsbrucker, Spalt Select and East Kent Golding. Brewing process: the wort is hyperconcentrated then boiled for two hous and half. Primary fermentation for 25 in steel vessels. Then after a sterile filtration (to eliminate primary yeast strains) the beer is transfered in a steel vessel with transparent membrane and a "oxygen hat". Afeter several tasting from 6 to 24 months later (it depends on the oxidation velocity, very inconsistant!) the brewer decides when it's time to bottle in 50cl. champagne shape bottles with good quality cork. The production is very limited. Three productions brewed during two years will be available from October 2006.

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 acrdz (4228), Pennsylvania, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/103/511/20
Aug 5, 2008  
500ml bottle. Pours still and flat, but with high viscosity and intimidating thickness. Murky brown in color. Nose is big, sticky maple and bacon scented bourbon, with a softer malt/brad/bread/plum note. Flavor is essentially the same: sticky, big, sweet maple and bread malts, some overripe/moldy apples and plums, some sweet tobacco juice, wet bran, etc. Way too sweet, difficult to drink, difficult to even find polite words for such a messy beer.


 kmweaver (1915), Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 4, 2008  
500mL bottle, generously supplied by acrdz, Friday at BCTC. Thanks, Mike! Pours a murky, orange-amber color; minimal light-tan head. Loads of dense, chewy caramel, dried dark fruits, and intense brown sugar; boozy, sugary, hugely brown sugared and tea-infused nose. Full mouthfeel: intense brown sugar, oily caramel, maple syrup, and boozy alcohol in the mouth; paint thinner; enormous, sticky, boozy beer; loads of brown sugar. Huge finish: loads of brown sugar, sticky sweetness, and chewy caramel.


 pineypower (851), Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Aug 3, 2008  
Thanks to a few Santas ago for this one. Pours out a thick reddish brown with no head, no carbonation, was like that I’d think pouring Mrs Butterworth’s into a snifter would be like. Aroma was very sweet with some dried fruit, earth and alcohol. Thick, syrupy mouthfeel with notes of dried fruit, caramel, alcohol, toffee and some port also. Sweetness dominates. Interesting but at the price tag I thank Santa for this one, because I’d probably never buy it.


 nhorween (488), New York, New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/513/20
Jul 15, 2008  
2004, corked. Reddish bourbon color - no head or carbonation. Immensely sweet smelling - port and sherry character, prunes, dark fruit. Like a caramel infused Sauternes. Flavor is nice, too sweet. Would work with a chocolate dessert probably. Caramel and toffee, alcohol traces left on the lips. I would’ve really like some more apparent hops and some carbonation in this. I get it, I just don’t like it, and it’s not a barley wine on a normal day.


 GRM (800), Aylmer, Quebec, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Jul 2, 2008  
Sample, savoured at the Mondial de la bière on May 30 2008; eye: cognac, no effervescence, clear; nose: caramel, liqueur, sweet; mouth: caramel, liqueur-like finale is caramel, medium body, mildly sweet, lightly bitter; overall: quite good FRANÇAIS Échantillon, savourée au Mondial de la bière le 30 mai 2008; oeil : cognac, pas d’effervescence, claire; nez : caramel, liqueur, sucré; bouche : caramel, finale liquoreuse caramélisé, corps moyen, moyennement sucrée, légèrement amère




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