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Lagunitas Olde Gnarly Wine

Lagunitas Olde Gnarly Wine  - Barley Wine

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 Percentile 
98
overall
Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine

Petaluma, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6113.84/5.03.83/5.0Spring11%89.5Snifter
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Commercial Description:
Our annual BarleyWine is brewed to last, but hard to hold on to.
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 ogglethorp (882), Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
May 9, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a rich copper color wih a decent sized beige colored head. Aroma is sweet caramel, light citrus, light fruits. Flavor is caramel, citrus, pear, pineapple, raisin. Palate is medium to full bodied, medum carbonation, finished sweet and lightly warming. Nice brew!


 MrChopin (620), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/515/20
May 9, 2008  
Drank alongside FFF Behemoth and Victory Old Horizontal. Similar to both, it was more like Behemoth in IPA quality: caramel and citrus in the nose. It was "cleaner" by taste with a less impressive palate and had a little more alcohol present. While still a great beer, it doesn’t match up to the aforementioned two.


 Madsnp (607), Odense C, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/517/20
May 7, 2008  
Bottle. Ruby copper coloured with a foamy beige head. Nose of dark fruits, hops, caramel and malt. Flavours of malt, raisins, cookies and hops.


 jstraw (750), Chicago, Illinois, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
May 6, 2008  
On tap at Jerry’s. Red-copper with good, tan head / Nose of caramel, malt, pine and citrus / Full bodied, sweet, with moderately syrupy malts and some hops on the fine finish / Flavors of caramel, fresh pine, pineapple / A barleywine with a touch of ipa.


 redgold07 (308), Irving, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
May 4, 2008  
Pours a reddish brown color with a thin white head. Aroma is sweet, of good malt and hop balance and a little alcohol. Flavor is fruity, malty and with a little hop and alcohol in the finish. On tap.


 carruthm (1110), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
May 4, 2008  
2006 vintage at hardliver festival light cherry malt aroma slightly smoky, burnt wheaty flavor


 polomagnifico (532), Saginaw, Michigan, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
May 3, 2008    Updated: May 4, 2008
2008 Vintage. Aroma has notes of apple, raisins, sweet caramel, ripe fruit, alcohol, melon, and citrus hopps. Nice burgundy amber hue with an average off white head that mostly diminished and left some lace. Flavor is sweet raisin caramel malt with a nice fruity hop bitterness on the finish. Palate is full bodied and oily soft with a long finish. Alcohol throughout but not that bad. A very surprising barley wine from a brewery I generally don’t expect much from. This was tasted young and I hope some age will turn this into a very good brew. For $3.99 its not bad, not bad at all!


 hapjydeuce (763), Del Mar, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
May 2, 2008  
2008 Vintage. Shared a bottle of this with wetherel and Sean at the PP Bottle Shop. Dark amber appearance with little head and surface bubbles. Leathery caramel aroma with fruitcake and a sweet wet-cardboard tone. The flavor is caramel-covered cherries that gives the finish a sweet tang. Kind of weird. Syrupy body. Obviously it needs at least 6 months of age to improve.



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