Middle Ages Druid Fluid

Brewed by Middle Ages Brewing
Style: Barley Wine
Syracuse, New York USA

This is my favorit brew from my closest brewery. This is also my favorite barley wine. Most barley wines are very heavy, this is full bodied without being oily or syrupy. I bought a growler at the brewery and shared it with my son-in-law. When I left his house my Irish son-in-law was leaving to get a growler of his own. It is dark amber with an half inch yellow head. Good balance between sweet and hops excellent mouth feel.

Pours a rich coppery brown with hints of red. Thin tan head but plenty of lace. Smells of floral hops, grapefruit. Some fruity malt. Bitter. Great big hops on the tongue. Various hops flavors: bitingly bitter, floral and citrusy. Rich malt with a hint of alcohool bite. Lightly nutty. Full bodied and chewy with a pleasantly bitter hops aftertaste. A pleasant surprise, this one. Could stand to be aged a bit for sure but very tasty and drinkable now. A fine barleywine.

Triple gumm-fruity citrus, surprising sweet pucker nose. deep amber with regular beige tufty head. Flavor is more of a triple IPA. super hoppy citrus fruity, strong finish, not much barley but awesome as an IPA. Big palate, strong but drinkable. Shared this among some toher bottles at a party (including an imp stout and a real triple IPA) and this was the favorite of all. It probably has a low rating because, as a barleywine, it is an utter failure. It tastes nothing like barleywine. If like me, you’d rather a double IPa over a barleywine , this will be a nice surprise. I drank this within less than 6 months of purchasing it, don’t know how long it had been at the store though. Drink it young, it’s a delicious hop explosion, very nice mix of flavors, I want to get a bunch more to drink young and to experiment with aging.

Where the hell is the vintage year printed???crystal clear see- through bronz with a lumpy top..
aroma was extremely creamy with creamcycles, cream & orange swirl lolli-pops, and fresh home-made whipped cream..
Creamy bliss with malty sweetness hinting at brown sugar coated candied oranges..carmelly sweet loveliness and grapefruit tree bitter-sweetness..An extremely good creamy barley-wine

Hoppy like I like them. This is very similar to Victory Old Horizontal. Can't rat one above the other. Good nose, mouthfeel, and finish. Should get better when aged a few months.

Clear orange with a nice white head. Spicey hop aroma. Nice sticky malt flavor. Really enjoyable beer. Good barleywine.

This was a malted in a glass. Smallish head if any with a great balance of the different malts used. If you love malt like I do, you will love this stuff.

Pours moderately cloudy amber with a 1.0 cm white head thats quickly dissipating. Aroma is very pleasant--fruity apples and berries. Sweet, and fruity in the start and middle. Huge hops in the finish. Hides ethanol well. A very good, and underrated barleywine.