Pike Old Bawdy Barley Wine

Brewed by Pike Pub & Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Seattle, Washington USA

Thanks to Joebrew for sharing this 2006 vintage. Hazy orange beer with faint white head and plenty of sediment floating about. Sweet rich caramel malt nose and some very faint citrus. Definite citrus hop in the body what does a good job of balancing the malty sweetness. Bitter finish. Nice to have another barley wine with something to differentiate it from the pack.

Bottle. Pours an orange-copper body with a little soapy white head. The aroma is mostly minerals, bread malt, and thick fruity hops. Tastes quite brash- grassy pine hops and alcohol is clearly evident. Pretty good but not overly defined.

Pale colored barley with a frolicsome cool head. Hoppy, tawdy big beer. Had this on draught at Oaks Bottom in Sellwood. The bottle price of this beer in stores is an unsubtle overtax.

Bottle, Pours a clear bright copper with a dense but fading off-white head. Mild and sweet aroma of fruit, peat, citrus. Thick and chewy, with light carbonation. The taste starts sweet, oranges, toffee, brown sugar. Lots of bitter grapefruit pith on the tail end. In a year or two this is gonna be great.

12oz. bottle, 2006 vintage. Only a faint hiss of escaping gas as the bottle is cracked. Strong aroma of toasted caramel malt sweetness with lighter notes of raisin and honey along with a touch of citrus and alcohol. Deep amber color, the faint head quickly subsiding entirely. Flavor is again strongly malty and sweet, with dark brown sugar and toasted, nearly roasted malt character in fact, and lighter additions of spicy hop bitterness, dried fruits and peppery, medicinal alcohol. Palate is smooth and sturdy, body is certainly full enough. This is one Ive been wanting to try for quite some time, it sure would be interesting to have some other vintage or a fresh bottle for the sake of comparison, younger bottles showing a much different hop profile, no doubt, if the 90 IBUs on the bottle is any measure.

2006 12 oz. bottle - Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a thin off white head. Aroma is light toasted malt and light esters. Flavor is mostly esters with light malt to back it. Alcohol is noticeable. Medium body. Has an odd after taste. Worth a try.

12 oz 2006 bottling enjoyed on Nov-8-2007. Clear copper color with a fleeting head. Malty sweet pit fruit aroma with some hot alcohol. Medium/heavy body. Pit fruit and caramel sweetness with some dry malt flavor. has a nicely bitter hop alcohol tang to finish. Easy drinking now and not so rough around the edges as it was in early 2007.

bottle thanks to dyetube. deep amber pour with no head just a ring of white froth. nice nose of hops with a decent malt background. great thickness with a very smooth hop finish. i need another bottle or 2 to cellar.