Barley Island Single White Friar Ale

Brewed by Barley Island Brewing
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Noblesville, Indiana USA

This white wax covered bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a small sized head of foamy finely sized tan colored bubbles that were long lasting and left behind a hazy strongly carbonated . The strong aroma was vinous raspberry and malt hop. The mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start and at the finish with a medium vinous aftertaste. The nice flavor contained notes of malt hops vinous and raisin. Delicious and one I would certainly buy again.

Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks BelJohansen. Clear reddish - white head. Coffee, chocolate, sweetness, berries, dried fruits, honey, licorice, soapy, alcoholic, overripe fruits. OK.

Dark amber with a tiny beige short lasting head. Aroma was sweet witt toasted malt, caramel, overripe fruits and chocolate notes.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a distinct redish glare with a small off-white head. Aroma is fruity, overripe fruity. Roasted malt flavoured, overripe fruity. Mild bitterness and lingering malty and overripe fruity flavoured finish.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of KimJohansen. Clear orangey brown with a small off-white head. Intense aroma of caramel, overripe fruit and alcohol. Quite full-bodied, sweet roasted malts, overripe fruit and caramel with a yeasty edge. Warming alcoholic finish. More like a Quad really. 300809

Dark amber pour from a wax dipped 12oz bottle. Aroma is fairly simple - malt and molasses, with a hint of hoppiness almost buried by the sweet smells. Very nice. Flavor is dominated by malt with brown sugar, a bit of sour molasses and a hint of fig. A lot of hops bitterness hits the tongue, but it is scarcely noticeable amid the surgery sweet onslaught, made more so by the very well disguised ethanol sweetness. Some sort of spice comes through in the finish – Allspice perhaps. Sorta like Cinnamon but not quite. The 10% ABV is a nice feature. Palate is thick and sweet – a brew to sip by the fire on a cool autumn night.
If you answer a personal add and hope to meet a SWF, but find it’s a Single White Friar – just ask for a brew. You could do worse.

Bottle. Pours a hazy brown with a off white head. Aroma of yeast, dark fruit, molasses and some caramel. Flavor was malty and sweet with brown sugar, dark fruit and subtle caramel.

Sample @ GTMW ’09 - Amber pour with a light tan head. Smells of sweet, mellow malt with a bit of hops to balance. Taste is sweet, sweet malt and caramel. It was almost too much, but I guess I was in the mood for sweet. It’s smooth and very drinkable, especially for 10%. Good stuff.