Elkhead Back Track Barleywine

Brewed by Elkhead Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Buckley, Washington USA

32oz growler shared by after4ever, thanks Tom! Hell yeah, my first Elkhead beer. Clear caramel brown with a small tight off white head. Nose is sweet malty with some floral apricot notes. Cereal, apple and honey flavors. Light body and drinkable 10.5. I need to head down and check out what else these guys are doing. Thanks Tom!

Medicine bottle filled at the brewery this afternoon and cracked this evening. Pours a crystal clear medium amber with a dense, creamy tan head. Head disappears in short order, leaving no lace or legs. Big sweet caramel and floral nose, showing a fair bit of residual sugar. Seems to have a bit of sweet nettles or other floral additions of some sort, judging by the nose. Creamy medium body. Soft carb. Flowers, grass, caramel, toffee, and sugary notes on the mid-palate. Oddly, for all the different sweet notes, it’s not that it’s too sweet, although it could use some drying notes as a balance. It just has a lot of different sweet pieces hanging around. Mild sweet finish. Interesting stuff. Be interesting to see where some are, or some post-ferment treatments like a barrel or something, or both, might take it.