Lagunitas Olde Gnarly Wine

Brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Petaluma, California USA

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.

I’m biased because I love Barley wine, but this is fantastic. It pours a rich copper with a delicious aroma and flavor of malt, toffee, brown sugar with a hint of cinnamon and nutmeg. A must for any barley wine afficianado.

Bomber. Pours copper w 1/2 inch tan head. Smells of brown suger, spices and dark fruits. Taste is sweet fruits with hops, caramels and brown suger. Mouthfeel is thin which suprised me. Finsihes with alcohol coming through and a bitter aftertaste. Pretty damn good.

Really good! Pours with a large, creamy, off-white head with lots of lacing. Nice red body. Lots of floral hops in the aroma. Taste is big, malty, caramel. Mouth coating, very syrupy. Amazing! Re-rate: 11% for well under $5 per bomber! I thought this was one of the best buys of the year last year, and one of the most underated beers of 2008...let’s see how the new 2009 compares: Nice tan head on a ruby body. Good lace. Toffee and orange zest, yeast aroma. Taste is caramalized pineapple with burnt maple. Syurpy mouth...I would give this years batch a 3.7 instead of last years 4.2.

22 oz. bottle from Knightly Spirits. Pours a beautiful amber/tan/caramel color and a minimal tan head. Tight curtains of tan lace envelop the glass. The aroma is solid caramel, dark fruits, and honey. This beer is sweet and slightly boozy with more dark fruits like plum, more caramel, wood chips, nicely balanced hop and malt characters. Smooth texture and a full, rounded mouthfeel. Low/medium carbonation and full body. This is a great barleywine and another example of why I love this style.

Very pleasant draught. Lots of fruity flavor and piney flavors - reminded me of a FFF brew. Dark red pour with decent mouthfeel.

Bottle from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville. Pours ruby red with a small head that doesn’t stick around. Aroma of nicely balanced hops and caramelly malt. Same applies to the taste. Hop bitterness, pine, lemon, brown sugar, caramel. Nice, chewy mouthfeel. Yum!

Flaske: Flot mørk ravfarvet øl med et lækkert lille skumhoved. Kraftig duft af karamel og en anelse port. Stadig en del humle i smagen selv efter et års lagring men potentialet til mere lagring er der. Suveræn balance imellem den resterende humle og karamemalten. Dejlig øl.