Pike Old Bawdy Barley Wine

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

2007 bottle, 22oz. Pours hazy brownish amber, capped with a medium sized tan head. Aroma is heavy on malt, with notes of earth and peat. Very appealing aroma. Flavor begins with some peat, which is soon joined by caramel malt, toffee, grass, smoke, and mild cocoa. Grapefruit and other citrus fruits hit the palate towards the finish. Citrus and mild peat cling to the palate for a lengthy finish. Nice

Thanks to Old Mr. Crow for this. The pour is turbid muddy brown with 1-finger of khaki head, a small Guinness cascade, and great lacing. Nose is big hops, earthy peaty scotch malt, figgy fruit, brown sugar, slight funk. The flavor is scotch malty, earthy, hoppy, with a well defined fruit presence, brown sugar, and some finishing vinous notes. The palate is very rich and complex. My vintage was 2007, and my assessment is that I’d drink this any day of the week, and twice on Sunday.

#1800, bottle. Warm wet barley grain aroma. Orange body with thin head. Had a fruity presence along with some moderate sweet chewy malted barley grain. Cigar aftertaste left on plate. Smooth enjoyable brew. Ms. Claus got me this one for me for a Christmas Present.

<b>Regular</b> version.2006 bottle sampled Jan 1 2009. Pours flat with almost no head, a clear syrupy golden amber in color. Strong aroma of caramel barleywine, some citrus. Relatively dry flavor, especially in the finish, given the aroma; lots of caramel tones but these are quickly subsumed by an almost spicy dryness swept along with lots of grapefruit pith. Decent but but neither subtle nor exceptional in any other way. 7/3/7/4/14=3.5

<b>Oak aged</b> version (’06) on cask at Brouwers Bigwood fest ’07.

Comes from the hand-pump caramel red with an exceptionally long-lived head but modest lacing. Nice, nice, nice! What a well-balanced barley wine. Good fruity nose, scotch and earth, hops present with assurance but not overpowering. The flavor too has a strong but not-too-strong hop presence, leading us into the territory of hoppier barleywines but never overdoing it, not sweet in the least - in fact, surprisingly dry - but complex fruits and again that earthy, peaty sense of scotch whiskey atop mild caramel tones. Modest mouthfeel, not thin but not over-the-top creamy.

I drank this one side-by-side with Fred from the Wood, and though Fred was the better beer, this one didn’t fall back into the shadows at all. Rather, it held its own for interest! I’m very impressed with that, and I’m glad to have a few bottles in the cellar; give it a few years and wow.

Bottle... Poured amber with a thin beige head. Aroma was buttery with some leafy hops and smooth malt. Nice palate, kind of foamy with fllavors of toffee butter, chocolate, malt and mild hops for a little bitterness. Could hardly taste any alcohol and was very easy to drink.

12 oz. 2006 vintage bottle courtesy of msubulldog2. Nice light orange color with a sweet candy smell, hoppy. Some fruity candy taste with a slight hoppy finish. Citrusy flavors are also present. This is a good American barleywine that is very mellow and easy to drink, no alcohol flavors, nice. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 02-29-2008 06:52:47

bottle. 2006. thick cloudy dark golden amber. no head. smokey and piney. warm finish.

Vintage 2006 from the brewery. I haven’t had this one before, so I don’t know how it compares to more recent vintages, but the is fantastic. Looks gorgeous, practically glowing. Absolutely no head, as expected. Mellow for a barley wine, I assume the age has something to do with that. Tastes toasty with a decent amount of alcohol in the finish. Smells sweet and tasty.