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Estes Park Barley Wine 3.46 21

Estes Park Barley Wine

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213.67/5.03.46/5.0Winter10%44.3Snifter
Commercial Description:
We brew this in early January and start selling it the following November. It takes two times as much barley and hops to make a single batch of this very strong ale. The reason wine is in the name is because of the wine-like strength of 10 % alchohol
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 daknole (3002), Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 4, 2009  
2003 bottle from the ratman! Murky brown pour. Tons of caramel and malt with a very light hop note. Sweet and sugary.


 bu11zeye (5621), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 20, 2009  
(12oz bottle, 2001 vintage, courtesy of BMan1113VR) Pours a murky amber body with a spare off-white head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, cherry, raisins, and roasted grain. Flavor of caramel malt, roastiness, hint of thyme, and raisins.


 angrypirate06 (781), Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/514/20
Jul 21, 2009  
Bottle thanks to bman1113vr. Small head with a hazy brown body. Aroma is caramel, brown sugar. Flavor is brown sugar, caramel.


 BMan1113VR (2940), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Jul 20, 2009  
2001 or 2002 bottle via a trade with ratman197. Pours with a very small head over a muddy bronze body. Aroma has tons of caramel, licorice, leather, currants, sherry and brown sugar. Taste is brown sugar, sherry and caramel. Age has been very friendly to this beer. Light bubbles.


 dwyerpg (2545), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/518/20
Jan 9, 2009  
A light caramel aroma. Beautiful color. This has a strong bite of both hops and alcohol up front, with some caramel that grows in it. Smooth and good.


 agillespie81 (204), Denver, Colorado, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/58/103/516/20
Mar 30, 2008  
Dark brown......opaque. Somewhat thin, yet very creamy head. Strong, very floral aroma. Sweet flavors of toffee and caramel up front......smooth mouthfeel, with a slight crispness. Extremely strong back with a slightly malty aftertaste.


 Beaver (599), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Jan 14, 2008  
12 oz bottle. Pours a murky dark tea color with a thin off white head that quickly goes to a thin film that leaves a little lacing.

The aroma is sweet molasses, cola and dark fruits with a little alcohol and green hops.

The flavor is sweet cola and caramel malts with dark fruits and a bitter hoppy alcohol finish. The mouthfeel is medium to a little thin and slightly watery (but not as bad as their other beers).

Overall, a very fine barley wine that is on the sweet side but well balanced. This is easily EP’s best brew.


 BeerandBlues2 (3230), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/516/20
Jul 5, 2005  
Bottle. Pours a hazy mahagoney with a ruby tint and no head, with the exception being some slow rising bubbles congregating on top of the brew and at the glass edge. Complex malty and hoppy aroma with raisins, lots of caramel and toffee notes, and a pleasant sweet chocolate nose. Flavor is very hoppy starting out, followd by an intense dry hop finish, yet the caramel malts find their way in between the hops. Warm and full bodied palate that finishes progressingly spicy as the beer leaves your mouth.



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