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Left Hand Widdershins

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
1763.53/5.03.5/5.0Winter8.8%49.7Snifter
Commercial Description:
This English-style Barleywine is fermented and aged for ten months and dry hopped for two months prior to packaging to give it a smooth mouth feel rarely found in the bitter American barleywines. Its copper color is the result of twelve house of boiling to caramelize the sugars and we also add five varieties of hops during an additional two hour boil. As you can see and taste, we brew this beer with the highest level of quality in mind. Please enjoy this warming barleywine with its warming flavors and hint of peat very responsibly. Malts: Pale, Crystal, Peated. Hops: Magnum, Centennial, Northern Brewer, Cascade, Tettnanger, East Kent Goldings, Fuggles. 70 IBUs.
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 Ungstrup (15430), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Nov 8, 2007  
Bottled. A muddy amber beer with an orange head. The aroma is sweet mlaty with notes of spices, dust, over ripe fruits, and citrus. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel, straw, over ripe fruit, and dusty hops.


 Papsoe (15109), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/57/104/515/20
Jun 18, 2007  
(Bottle 75 cl) Hazy, amber golden with an off-white head. Fat aroma of caramel and fruit. Quite full-bodied with lots of caramel, malt and fruit. A slightly earthy edge. The finish is sweet. 160607


 omhper (12299), Stockholm, Sweden
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/515/20
Sep 25, 2004  
Bottled Deep hazy golden. Rich soft maltness. Lots of grapefruit, but not over the top. Well balanced with intense malt character.


 joergen (8637), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Jun 19, 2007  
Bottle. Hazy orange coloured with an off whte head. Sweet malty aroma of caramel, rye bread and dried fruits. Sweet flavour of caramel, dried fruits, rye bread and hops.


 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/512/20
Sep 9, 2007  
Date: 09/09/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

hazy amber, fine white head, streaks of drippy lace, hot caramel malt aroma with gritty brown sugar sweetness, sweet sticky body, sweet caramel malt flavor, hint of fruit, nice earthy bitterness to balance,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4


 Oakes (8142), Kowloon, Hong Kong
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 21, 2008  
Hard Liver ’08
Golden-amber colour. Toasty, peachy aroma. Clean with light tropical fruit esters. Smokey, a bit thin, with light breadcrust. Accents of leaf and earth.


 fiulijn (7500), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Nov 13, 2007  
Beautiful orange to light amber color; the head reduces into a thin creamy cap. Very nice aroma, malty, sweet, with a clear apricot touch. Full bodied, with a good malt flavor; quite sweet but less than I expected, with a touch of oak vanilla that is particularly appreciated; all complemented by a fairly strong bitterness (but less than the American habit suggests), and with a lot of toffee in the end, too. Straight but balanced Barley Wine; I would describe it more as a Strong Belgian Ale with an apricot and vanilla touch (as it’s less malty and sticky than a Barley Wine in my mind); very very good.


 argo0 (7009), Washington DC, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/513/20
Dec 20, 2004  
(750ml bottle) Particles suspend in a hazy amber solution topped by a big beige head. Aroma is sweet, grapefruit, herbal, some caramel, light alcohol. Taste is quite sweet, grapefruit, caramel, some herbal, orange, light alcohol. Medium body, definitely light for the style, moderate resin. Alcohol fairly well disguised. The coherence of the beer falls apart somewhat at room temperature, so best drink it quick (easier said than done in 750 size) or with a friend.



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