Pike Old Bawdy Barley Wine

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

Bouteille de 22 oz partagée lors d’une dégustation Ratebeer Montréal chez MartinT. Arôme: Odeur de caramel fruité avec une pointe d’houblons. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée légèrement voilée. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel fruité et d’houblons résineux avec une pointe d’alcool. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence de caramel en arrière goût. (Rating #2587)

Bottle - 2006 Vintage: Orange amber color, light head and lacing. The nose is fresh yet vegetal with lots of hops and a strong alcohol and peaty notes. The flavor is strong, fairly unrounded and boring with a spicy scotchy note, excess bitterness and alcohol. The finish is strong and scratchy, lacking a smooth character. They should have held onto this in the brewery for another year until it was ready. Young, brash and agressive.

More amber than red. White head and lacing. Sweet and cloying armao that is fruity and bitter. Hot and malty with some earthy qualities. Bitterness storms the taste buds. Acidic citrus mops up. A little bit of heat and roast land on the fallout. Finishes bitter and hot.

Hazy orangey red beer with almost no head but some sediment. Nose was very sweet caramel and a touch of alcohol. Some heat upfront and rather sweet with lots of caramel and some sweet fruit. Some citrus hops sneak in at the finish.

2006 bottle sampled 4/21/2009. Slightly hazy copper color with no head, just a thin ring of bubble aroung the edge of the glass. Aroma of caramel, cherry, brown sugar, honey, wood, and a slight twinge of alcohol. Flavor of caramel, cedar, honey. I didn’t detect much of the peat smoked malt at all. The aroma had me thinking this one was going to be cloying, but it is balanced well by the resinous hops in the finish. Very little carbonation, thick, syrupy body.

Daytona 500 tasting. 2007 bomber. Amber with a tan head. Fruity and earthy, brown sugar and a hint of peat. Good but not great.

2006. Provided by argo0. Hazy pale body with small beige head. The aroma is pine, grapefruit, caramel and vinous. Flavor is lightly sweet, moderately bitter, pine, citrus and toffee. Medium/full body is lightly carbonated with a warm finish.

2007 version.: Dark maple colored with a thin film, off-white head. Sweet, sugary, malty nose. Hoppy, bitter flavor with a sweet, heavy malt backbone. Natural mineral water flavored finish with hops.