New Holland Pilgrims Dole

Brewed by New Holland Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Holland, Michigan USA

Dan’s Bachelor Party Extended Weekend Rating #69 of 90. On tap at New Holland in Holland, MI. Pours clear copper/orange. Sugar, honey, sweet and smooth. No complaints on this one.

Bomber aged 2 yrs poured into snifter - deep amber red with small off-white head which settles to the sides. Aroma is very nice/[pleasant with sweet malt, brown sugar, honey, and new baked bread. Flavor is caramel, oak, brown sugar, sweet bread and a nice hop presence in the finish - tasty and nothing over the top. Alcohol barely noticeable. Definitely worth putting back and waiting.

Pours orange-amber into the glass, with a wispy head that reduces to a tiny cap down the glass. The nose has lots of Karo syrup, some tangerine and melon. Flavors follow much in tow, with Karo syrup, maple syrup, caramel, some orange citrus, light toffee and a hint of alcohol. The mouthfeel is a tad more hollow than I would’ve expected, with the pepper of alcohol and a hint of spices and bitters, but somehow lacking the substantive aspects of a next-level barleywine. Chewy syrup mouthfeel, warming and comfortable, it’s just slick enough down the throat that it doesn’t balance out all of the nice complex flavors. I’d love to try one of these after a bit of aging.

Bottled at Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm. Clear brownish amber, no head. Aroma of wheat bread with a touch of grapefruit. Malty and chewy, full bodied yet pleasantly dry. Lovely mix of wheat bread and caramel powdered with slight orangehops. Mildly warming finish with slight salty bitterness. An elegant beer with lovely balance.

Bottled at Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm. Pours out in a clear amber colour with a small white head. Rich and solid aroma of crackers, , nuts, oranges, wheat, coconut and spicy alcohol,. Full-bodied with malty notes of nuts, cookies, fudge and coconut. Long warming finish of biscuit, oranges and mild spices.

Sampled @ GTMW ’09 - Nom nom nom. I’ve got a bottle of this that’s been sitting in my cellar for 6 months, so I wanted to sample it at GTMW. It pours like it’s dead, amber with little head to speak of. But the smell is fantastic: toffee, caramel, a little bourbon. It’s sweet and inviting. Taste is caramel, raisins, and that same touch of bourbon. It’s real syrupy and sticky in the mouth, just like I wanted and expected. I’m now very much looking forward to pulling this out of the cellar sometime down the line.

Pours a tawny color with a small to medium sized large bread yeast head. Nose is vanilla, oak, mint and dark chocolate, and ethanol. Taste is chocolate chips, port, bitter cocoa nibs, and molasses. Mouthfeel is medium to heavy weight, very smooth and fairly long finish.

On tap at brewery. Clear amber with beige head. Aroma of caramel, candi sugar, big booze, wheat, and dark fruit. Taste of hops, dark fruit, sugar, and alcohol. Medium-to-heavy mouthfeel. I liked this one.