Green Man Enrico’s Cure

Brewed by Green Man Brewery (NZ)
Style: Barley Wine
Dunedin, New Zealand

Courtesy of Donfardz64! Lots of yeast in the nose, with toffee, plum, raisin notes. Lots of alcohol in this aroma, shrouding the milk chocolate malts. Flavours involve and clove-like spice. Far too sweet for my liking - brown sugar, raisins, mollasses, candied sugar... and so on, all manifested from the malts assuming there is no added sugar. This would explain the price... Has a spirit-like, alcoholic feeling in the mouth (14.4%!) with a tad of bitterness in the finish. Not really worth the price. It’s cheaper for a more enjoyable Thomas Hardy’s, 2004!

Pours deep ruby red, a thin head formed around the edges. Very lightly carbonated. A sweet port like aroma, full of raisins, plum - dark fruit. Very sweet in the mouth, brown sugar like. Slight carbonation tingles on the tongue. Raisiny flavours are dominant. Brown sugar and molasses. I don’t get any alcohol flavour, which is a great achievement considering the ABV.

I found this little gem at Centre City New World Market in Dunedin. Pours a deep dark mahogany that is nearly still. There is some evidence of carbonation but no real head forms. Aroma of brown sugar, toffee, and spiced pears. Heavy mouthfeel with medium carbonation gives it a velvety mouthfeel. Very sweet, lots of residual sugars here. A little boozy, with more fruit character than bitter hops. Not a lot of complexity here though. This may be my first kiwi barley wine, and it is a fair crack at a difficult style.

Bottle with - and courtesy of - yalnikim, a syrupy pour, brown with no head. A herbal aroma, vegemite and aniseed. A very syrupy palate, a bit sickly. Herbal flavours and soya sauce. Doesn’t quite work for me - felt like a low alcohol port (I’m not a big port fan).