Marin Old Dipsea Barleywine Style Ale

Brewed by Marin Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Larkspur, California USA

This was quite good. Pours a dark red/brown with little head. Nose was caramel, butter, earthy, fruity. Flavor was a nice blend of malt, fruit, sweetness, citrus. This was a very good barley wine.

poured into a snifter glass to show a red blood color,some head tried to creep up but it didnt happen.i was given an aroma of mostly caramel malts,and a little cherries.i was a bit let down with the flavor.it was a little basic and bland.caramel malts,butterscotch,and alcohol dominated this breer.i personally think it was missing the hop bite.just a little to flat for me.

This beer was had on tap at the San Diego Strong Ale Festival 2004, although the listing shows that their batch was a 10.2% alcohol by volume offering. This beer poured a reddish mahogany color with a thin creamy white head with minimal lacing and a decent amount of visible carbonation. The aroma was very astringently fruity! Oranges and nectar were right in your face in the nose with a slight hint of hops. The aroma was not the easiest thing in the world to figure out and it might be worth a re-rate on that note alone. The flavor is sweet with finishes of brown sugar, vanilla, caramel and a slight hint of spices in the finish...a pinch ginger or peppery. Extremely sweet finish as it warmed and aside from a fruity ester or two it became incredibly one-sided in its dimensions. It ended fairly grapey and vinous but only after it had warmed considerably and become a completely different beer. Ompher has it correct that this beer is definitely all over the place...perhaps a little aging and an addition of actual hops might add some depth to this beer.

(Bottle) Pours a dak brown body with burgundy highlights and a small white head. Rich aroma of dark fruits, hops, and malts. Flavor of caramel and hops.

(20oz bottle) Pours a large creamy beige head with beautiful lacing. The body is a deep red colour. Young hop aroma. Rich, malty with raisins and hops. Very good. Thanks Luc!

Deep red brown copper ale with an alchohol and fruity aroma, wth strong floral hops notes. Sweet malt and floral hops, with strong notes of plums or prunes. More hops in final. Rich bodied with alcohol warmth coming well.

Dark redbrown with beige head. Alcoholic aroma with tones of amine and smoke. Hoppy flavour with alcohol tones. Sweet with long bitterness. Burt where is power. This is as weak as a toothless tiger. Truly a beginners barley. Barley wine should be no holds barred period

Bottled, thanks marbles! Dark ruby, flat. Chocolatey and buttery nose. Very full bodied. The mouthfeel is bold and clumsy. Sweet, yet salty, raw and grainy. There’s loads of alcohol, and also loads of other flavour, but all is in a mess that I can’t sort out.