Lagunitas Olde Gnarly Wine

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

Spicey hops dominate along with a bold slightly fruity texture, taste is a wonderful mildly sweet fruity malty flavor with great hp presence,a fruity malty hoppy finish,as good a deal as you can get for the price

Bottle from Pailhead. Red, ruby colored with a nice tannish head which leaves good lacing behind. Piney and citric hops cover quite a bit of the malt and alcohol that is also present in nose. Body is medium, well carbonated. Flavors blend caramel and toffee notes with the obvious hoppiness. Alcohol is there but tucked away in corner. Well done!

22 oz. bottle. Beautiful orange-brown color with a nice head. It has a great hop aroma but the malt is also apparent. This beer is like dessert....it warms you and tastes sweet but hoppy. It is so well balanced that it goes down way too easy!! I am so glad I cellared half a dozen of these from last winter. It is a great beer and I highly recommend buying a few extras whenever it comes out and drinking one occasionally, even in the heat of summer!

Courtesy of Pailhead and lunaticharness. Dark amber, slightly ruby color. Decent off-white head. Lots of caramel up front with some spicy hops. flavor very mellow/balanced between caramel and citrus hop finish. Very oily body and mouthfeel. While I am partial to barleywine’s, this is very well balanced. Doesn’t overdue anything just nice and smooth. Definately underrated IMO.

Bottle courtesy of BMan1113VR. I had heard good things about this beer but I must say WOW. For once this barley wine is very drinkable while still fresh. Thank god Lagunitas decided not to be cliche and over hop this BW. Pours a beautiful reddish copper color that appears to glow when the light hits it. The head is small when first poured but turns into a nice white rocky ring around the snifter. Very tall, I am impressed. Nose is very sweet, malty, and hoppy (but not overdone.) Also dry and somewhat caramel esque. Taste is all the same with a nice honey mouthfeel and lots of warming sweetness on the palate. Very well done, grade A and high marks. This is what a Barley wine should be!

No doubt about it, this is one mighty fine barleywine. Spot on for the style and rather similar to a year old SN Bigfoot. Clear amber/copper color, thin off white head and plenty of good lacing. Underlying grainy aroma with a robust sweetness of rich, hearty malts. Sugary plums, thick toffee, and floral/perfume like hop scents. A thick, smooth sipping beer. Sweet and mildly bittering with a great finish and prolonged aftertaste. Flavorful with a mixture of burnt toast, raisins, toffee, bitter flowers and dark cherries. A touch of pine along with a woody, fibrous taste. An overall mellow blend of aromas and flavors that tickle the senses. I liked this one a lot, it really is what I look forward to in a well crafted barleywine.

A lovely, dark amber from a bottle from Kenwood Liqours. Light tan head, very malty aroma with caramels and candy. many barleywines (in th US) call themselves Barleywine "stye" - some are really barleywines disguising themselves for public consumption and some are really not barleywines, bgive the drinker a good idea of what they ar taling about. This is one of the latter. A strongh caramel and stong hops, but very drinkable comared to some of the real BW’s out there.

a very hoppy barley wine, just the way i like it. almost like an IIPA. sticky and resiny. perhaps a little sprucey. an excellent choice. I’m never let down by Lagunitas