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Lagunitas Olde Gnarly Wine

Percentile
98
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
6183.84/5.03.83/5.0Spring11%89.6Snifter
Commercial Description:
Our annual BarleyWine is brewed to last, but hard to hold on to.
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 asedzie (453), San Francisco, California, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/516/20
Aug 30, 2007  
Bottle, 2007 vintage. Pours crimson copper with thick beige head, good retention and quite a bit of lacing. Aroma is pungent brown sugar, toffee mead, sticky dried fruit, toasted malt and a very light touch of sourness. Flavor is solid, lightly sweet toffee, caramel malt flavors, deep in the backround a touch of well blended floral and even some citrus hops. Finish is a little bit of herbal bitterness and lingering alcohol. Extremely well-balanced, rich and indulgent. Tasty enough to drink on a regular basis.


 IrishBoy (2704), Bakersfield, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Aug 20, 2007  
Twenty Aught-6 bottle from Bevmo?; Been in the cellar for over a yearl Nose of raisins, caramel, and very light alcohol; rusty red with a small beige head; flavor of caramel, fig newtons, and a slight hint of hop bitterness; finish shows light alcohol warmth and very slight bitterness. Pretty good barlewine; glad I let it rest for over a year in the cellar.


thepilferer (23), walnut creek, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/56/104/515/20
Aug 16, 2007  
2007 drank 2007. 22 oz. bottle. poured about a walnut brown color with a 1/8 head that dissipated in a bout a minute. aromas of alcohol most prominent along with malty sweetness. flavor was less sweet than other barleywines i’ve tried, and had more hops and earth flavor. definitely alcohol is not hidden. i bet it will be a lot better in a few years, which is good because i bought a case from the brewery.


 fakepurseninja (777), Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 12, 2007  
Very rich and malty - just what you would expect from Lagunitas. Lots of fig and raisin complimented by a great hop presence in a role not noramally seen in a Barleywine. Not overly sweet, but there is a strong taste of caramel and toffee. I really enjoyed the hops in here, a curveball from a traditional barleywine but who cares! Hops never hurt anyone, keep tossing them into the vat. I like how the style is actually Barleywine on this one, not American Strong Ale, like most other Lagunitas drinks - buck the notion of traditional classification, great beer is just that - GREAT BEER.


 SuzyGreenberg (1324), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/105/515/20
Aug 11, 2007    Updated: Mar 9, 2008
22 oz. bottle - pours clear, dark amber with almost no head; sweet, malty aromas; drinks a little rich and very smooth; IMO, just a notch below the brown sugga’ 3/9/08 update - snifter @ beverage place barleywine bacchanal; 2004 vintage; texture was a little flat with the age, but this was very good and had developed a lovely texture to it


 00cobraR (1098), Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Aug 9, 2007  
Pours out a deep brown color with a small head. Aroma is hoppy, sweet and a slight amount of citrus. flavor was very nice with a hop smack to it. This is a great barley wine. one of the better ones that i have had.


 drawde (115), San Francisco, California, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/519/20
Aug 4, 2007    Updated: Dec 10, 2007
Very hoppy smell. Silky smooth like maple syrup with a mahogany color to match. Wonderful hoppy yet syruppy flavor. Way hopped-up; non-traditional.


 badlizard (2338), Berkeley, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Aug 1, 2007  
Tasted at Lagunitas. Hazy brown with a fizzy white head. Caramel malt aroma. Sweet caramel and brown sugar taste with some hoppy bitterness to the finish.



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