Lagunitas Olde Gnarly Wine

Solid barleywine with a strong floral and dark malt nose. This is its finest characteristic. Otherwise this beer does extremely well, but not quite up to the aroma’s task.

Bottle. Dark copper pour. Small dense tan head. Nose is fruity, caramel, citrusy hops, sweet malts, and dark fruits. Taste is citrusy hops, some grapefruit, sweet malts, chewy caramel, dark, ripe fruits and hint of rum cake. Body is full and thick with creamy carbonation. Rather chewy for a barleywine. Bit if lingering bitterness to this. The finish brings forth more grapefruit, big caramel, sweet malts, and cocoa. Some dark fruits notes come through here as well. Very tasty barleywine!

The beer is very similar to Bigfoot, but sans the hops. The beer is a thick caramel malt base, immensely sweet, but somehow not cloyingly so. This one was screaming for a bit more hops, as only a faint grapefruit presence was noted...and even that I’m doubting only because I wanted it to be there so badly. Very, very little bitterness in this one made it a tad difficult to drink. Still, not a bad effort.

22oz bottle with maybe a few months of age. The pour is a nice muddy red/brown that I expect from barleywines. The aroma is much more complicated than I had anticipated. Good notes of caramel, fruit, and spice all well blended. The flavor was much the same, with very little alcohol presence other than the nice warming sensation. A very pleasant and incredibly drinkable barleywine.

amber body with large head..aroma of grapefruit hops, citrus notes, caramel and figs...flavor has subtle grapefruit notes that don’t seem to dominate like they do in the nose..biscuit, caramel, and lightly soapy...thick, syrupy swallow makes this one hard to drink in some ways..

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Bottle. Small smooth tan head that mostly expired, fair amount of lacing, transparent, fizzy, lively, fast rising carbonation, and a reddish orange hue. The aroma was malty, caramel, sweet, hints of chocolate and toffee, hops, some pine and citrus. The flavor was malt, caramel, hint of chocolate, hoppy, citrus, lightly bitter, and sweet. Fairly smooth mouthfeel and medium bodied. Very quaffable, easy to drink, nice balance, and worthy of a try.

poured ice tea brown with a good off white head. big malt nose carmel dipped apple. flavor is sweet with a nice hoppy kick. long sticky finish. yummy b-wine