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Nils Oscar Barley Wine

Percentile
86
overall
Brewed by Nils Oscar
Style: Barley Wine

Nyköping, Sweden

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3403.48/5.03.47/5.09.5%46.4Snifter
Commercial Description:
Translation from website: "A beer with a strong, and obvious sweetness. Drink it now, or why not save it a couple of years? It will only improve with time."

This classic hearty ale started out a gold medal winner in the Swedish Homebrewing Championships in 1993, and went on to win gold in the World Beer Cup in 2000. A little something to see you through the longest darkest night.
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 joss (3670), Garching b. München, Germany
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/517/20
Jul 2, 2006  
Bottle, 1 year old. Complex aroma: Sweet malty, caramel, milk chocolate, fermented pears, vineous notes. Orange, low head, low carbonation. Crisp maltyness, not overly sweet really, honey, fermented fruit, flowery hop notes, has a light estery bite. Dry finish, fresh wooden aftertaste .


 chronictonic (403), Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Jun 29, 2006  
Bottle brought back by friends from a recent trip. Very "small" barleywine. Medium to light in flavor and body. Not overpowering, but lacking for my taste to be considered an above average barleywine.


 bager (2121), Copenhagen N, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Jun 19, 2006  
Bottle. DArk amber coloured with a small white head. Low carbonation. Sweet and malty with notes of caramel.


 jsquire (2107), St. Marys, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Jun 17, 2006  
Thanks to Mr. Walker for this bottle. It poured a clear amber color out of the 33cl bottle with only the ghost of a head. Nose of buttery sweet grains and alcohol. Lots of dried fruits (cherry, raisen, cranberry) with a caramel sweetness and a burnt toast finish. Hops finish with a lasting pine presence.


 henrikb (1303), Aarhus, Denmark
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Jun 10, 2006  
Dark amber. red shine, big bubbled head; Very small nose with just a little malt and caramel; Soft body, very little carbonation, neutral; Into medium long finish, very little warmth, some alcohol, little aroma. Very neutral beer, with almost no character.


 mds (2112), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jun 2, 2006  
Bottle. Pours a copper body with a small white head. The aroma is minerally sweet with notes of alcohol and is essentially malt-driven. I didn’t find this to be entirely complex and I certainly would have preferred a little bit more hop character. Alcohol warmth is present. Sampled at the Københavnske Øldage 2006 on May 20, 2006.


 Radek Kliber (3945), Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
May 30, 2006  
String malty character, clean nose with rich fruity. When stirred high quality vodka vapors appear. Amber looking, white ring around. Very clean, solid malty body. Alcohol just warms up this brew. Good session finisher.


 jacobwennbom (274), Uppsala, Sweden
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
May 28, 2006  
Dark amber with small dark head. Tastes of alcohol, malt and hops. Hints of caramell in taste and aroma. Quite fizzy, which I like.



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