Half Pints Burly Wine

660ml bottle.
2007 vintage
Pours an orangey maroon with a cream coloured small head. No lacing. Smells beautifully hoppy with light fruits, mainly grapefruit and some alcohol presence. Flavour is citric and grapefruity. Basically a reprise of the aroma but with some sugary caramel malts. Alcohol warms the throat, as another wave of wonderfully hoppy gladness wipes its way across the palate. Merry Christmas. Good Beer.

Again another first for me. This is a unique tasting beer (as I am sure all Barleywine Ales would be if you had never tried them before). Like the carbonation, and fruit flavours. Nice to have something like this in Wpg.

Bottled in December 06 and consumed in April 07. Appearance- beautiful ruby/brown with a frothy head and good lacing. Nose- dark fruits and hops. Very inviting Taste- real smooth. The hops and malt have blended nicely after a few months in the bottle. Very malt forward with hops showing up on the back end. Sweet dark fruits, but not cloying. Hops are on the piney and bitter side- perfect ying for the malt yang. Drinkability- quite good. This is a great marriage of english and american style barelywines. Should age marvelously and I’m quite pleased I have a few extra bottles for future tastings. I’m looking forward to putting this up to a fresh 07 next winter. This is the best beer I’ve had out of my hometown brewery. Well done Dave!

66cl botle, 2006 vintage. Solid amber colour, sweet berry aroma. Sweet very full bodied flavor, long finish with very little alcohol burn for the strength. Very nice beer.

Dark mahogany color. Cookies, milk chocolate, cherries, pineapples, apples, very syrupy sweet nose. Fulld body with cherries, cookies, milk chocolate and a lingering bitter syrupy aftertaste with a touch of alcohol. A true winterwarmer that I enjoyed.