Moylans Old Blarney Barley Wine

Brewed by Moylans Brewery & Restaurant
Style: Barley Wine
Novato, California USA

22 oz. bottle from the eastside Tucson Beverage House - Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a one finger thick off white head. Very light spotty lacing. Has a semi-sweet cookie dough malt aroma. Flavor is thin caramel malt. Bitterness is noticeable but no real hop flavor. Thin palate and medium body. Perhaps this beer is best when fresh off the bottling line. A decent BW.

bomber courtesy of OhioDad, thanks Scott. a nice balance of caramel malts and hops. poured a rich amber in color with a khaki head. aroma and flavor was the aforementioned blend of caramel and hops with some chocolate hints thrown in. very nice.

From a bomber that hey_kevin shared at a tasting. A medium khaki colored head topped an amber and orange colored body. The armoa was toffee and rich dark chocolate. There was also a little bit of cooked apples. The taste was toffee and light bread with some roasted peanuts. A solid barley wine.

22 ounce bottle from Table and Vine in Northampton, MA (September 2006), sampled from a Corsendonk Christmas Ale glass, poured a bit below cellar temperature. A moderate but richly full, bubbly light tan head ensues, leaving fine spidery lacing, atop a dirty rust/blood red-brown body....caremelized grapefruits and lemons smack you in the nose, molasses and pepper follow; hardly subtle, but reasonably effective at first; alas as it warms rotting veggies/DMS show up and it starts to fall to hell......body is nicely caramelly, lightly boozy at first, but quickly and unfortunately takes on a cardboardy, dusty and somewhat heavily spoilt milk/lactic quality that absolutely ruins things, very hard to make it through to the finish which is a little redeemed with some raisiny sweetness....carbonation fairly strong and fizzy, mouthfeel syrupy-thick....this is a mess really, and it’s only getting worse as it warms up. Not sure if I’m going to bother with anything else from this brewery again, so far I’ve met with little but disappointment.

i enjoyed this on top of a snowy mountain in northern arizona which was nice. nose was floral hop, rich sweet malt, and alcohol. flavor is big caramel sweetness with dark fruit notes in there while still maintain a strong hop presence and a nice bitterness. all in all pretty good in my opinion.

dark red tan body with nohead to speakof. Smells like dust and mildew. Stale wet earth.an odd sweetness here that reminds me of extract brewing for some reason. 3 4 4 2 8

Fantastic floral aroma and head retention. Very rich and floral with a very nice pine bitterness. A good IPA

Aroma’s of sweet malt and caramel.Pours a chocolate brown with a medium sized light tan head.Sweet malt caramel and dark fruits make up the flavor.Full mouthfeel with a sweet finish.