Lakefront Beer Line Barley Wine

Formerly brewed at Lakefront Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

10th anniversary. Pours copper, basically flat. Aroma is caramel and oxidation, a little buttery. Flavor isn’t bad caramel some light fruits, apples, pears. Semi-sweet caramel the whole time and not much else. The bottom of the bottle was filled with gross looking chunks and could’ve been a lot worse.

Sweet heavy malt nose with hints of cherry and tons of alcohol. Murky orange rust color, no head. Syrupy malt, hint of light spicy bitter. Brandy-like. Thick body, gritty mouthfeel. Big boy. Grows on you but not the most thrilling barleywine.

Orange color - thick locking with lots of sediments. No head. Honey and grass nose. Syrupy,. medium bitter - very earthy with some pine - actually not overly convincing.

Pours copper with lots of large chunks of sediment. Aroma of malt, yeast and caramel. Tastes is malty, hoppy, oakey, with the bite of highly alcoholic beer.

6.3oz bottle acquire in trade ughsmash (thanks!). Millennium (2000) vintage. Poured a deep and cloudy amber color with a smaller sized off white head. Bunch of larger floaters. Aromas of caramel, a little earthy, and some dark fruits lurking in the background. Tastes of caramel, light vanilla, and dark fruits. Light alcohol in the finish. Some lacing left on the glass. This one aged well and am surprised that the overall rating is so low.

Thanks to Hopdog for the 2000 Vintage treat. Pours a hazy orange amber with a bunch of floaties and very small lacing. Aroma of caramel, some floral hops in the background, sort of hard to explain but nice. Flavor of the same. Balanced and smoothed out nicely with age.

Cloudy rosey copper color with a very thin white head and some chunks of sediment in the glass. Sweet, fruity aroma with some earthy malt and alcohol. Flavor is very tart and acidic initially, settling into hops bitterness and a malty sweetness. Not bad but dominated a bit too much by the tartness for my taste.

Aromas of Alcohol, earthly farm field of barley. Body was a murky copper color with some active floaters in the glass. Small white head also. Flavor was sweet and syrpy and alcohol. Not over bearing although. If you like barley wines you should try this one.