Left Hand Oak Aged Widdershins

Brewed by Left Hand Brewing Co.
Style: Barley Wine
Longmont, Colorado USA

Sweet chcoolate aroma with faint orange citrus hop hints. Murky browniish orange color. Oak, peat, and chocolate on the body with sweet brown sugar and dark fruit notes.

Warm dark brown. Potent hoppy aroma with aftersmell of the barrel. A pretty balanced barleywine with ripe fruity, woody, and hoppy elements but is too heavy-going for my taste.

750 ml. bottle, fruity nose, nut brown color with good creamy vanilla and malt taste, very smooth and balanced out

750ml bottle dated 2007, caged and corked. Pours a slightly hazy reddish golden with a big pillowy white head that retains well and laces the glass.

The aroma is pretty subdued - some peppery malts and a little leather and maybe some old metallic fruits.

The flavor is peppery, metallic malts with a little sweet fruitiness and a good sized bitter alcoholic finish. The mouthfeel is on the thin side but pretty smooth

. Overall, it’s just an odd combination of flavors and doesn’t work for me.

Bottle courtesy of mgumby10. Cloudy orange with a decent off white head. Little bit of lacing. Nice oaky vanilla taste with a crazy citrus kick and a good amount of hop bitterness. The aroma almost is like an IPA with a touch of vanilla and caramel. The taste is similar with a super dry finish with a honeyed citrus note and hop bitterness. Decent but not great.

Pours a cloudy brownish red color with a big white and annoyingly slow dissipating off white head. Flavor is woody upfront and fades into a smooth malty beverage. Creamy texture. Grapefruit and citrus hop aroma that has not come through to the flavor much if at all. Some red fruit flavors, caramel malt. The only hop presence is in the finish as it leaves the slightest bitter finish once it passes down your throat. Decent BW with a faint hint of the oak aging. Aging comes through as a woody sort of experience up front as opposed to any sort of stiff sweetness or vanilla flavors. Subtle but present and good.

Bottle... Murky caramel-colored ale with a mid-sized, creamy, off-white head. Fantastic retention. The earthy, malty aroma provides caramel, worn leather, oak, citrus fruit and dark bread. Medium to full-bodied with fizzy carbonation. Woodsy and well-balanced. Mildly sweet caramel and medium bitter grapefruit rind. Finishes with a perky hop bite. Kudos to mgumby10 for sharing the bottle!

Pours a cloudy copper color, with a thick, well-retained, foamy light beige head. Definitely smells of oak which seemingly balances out the traditional barley wine aromas. Alot of malt, some dark fruit, and bready yeast. The oak is very apparent in the flavor as well. Some funked out orange citrus, caramel malt, and bitter hops all stand out once you get past the oak. I liked this because of its balance. Decent offering.