Redhook Treblehook

Brewed by Redhook Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Woodinville, Washington USA

bottle from 9/8/9 shared by nbutler11 on 10/22/09... prolly shouldn’t have opened this up after two turtle doves!... clear pour... orange-brownish amber with an off white head and some spotty lacing. it smells nice enough... really floral hoppy, bubblegum, spices, sweet caramel-y grain, brown sugar, faint pine and citrus. the palate is odd... firstly, because it is so thin and secondly, because it is not sweet or balanced... something is off here... flavors of non resinous pine, citrus, brown sugar and spices akin to the british styles. there are a lot of floral and spicy hops in there but they are only just a little bit bitter... not altogether bad, just weird... 7/3/6/2/13/3.1

The pour is an dark orange, with some decent half finger of head that sticks pretty well to the glass. Initial aroma has some sweet notes of fruit in addition to some distinctly floral hop notes. The flavor has a distinctly spicy aroma in addition to some malty sweetness. Finish has a bit of alcohol but it hides it reasonably well. Probably the best I’ve had from Redhood but thats not necessarily saying much.

This barleywine pours a deep amber color with a brownish hue. The head is beige and pours fairly thick, bubbly and sticks to the sides of the glass. The nose is nicely balanced, with notes of both floral hops and bready malts. Other hints include yeast, grass, earth, caramel, light note of brown sugar and slight hint of bourbon. The body is lightly carbonated with a sweet note up front, but floral hoppiness in the back end. The finish is quite hoppy, spicy and bitter. Some flavor notes are bread, grass, yeast, caramel and toffee.

tasting sample on 11/5/09... pours a golden color with a small white head... sweet citrus hop driven aroma... medium body with caramel laced hops... nice balance of hops and malts... has a thick presence over the tongue... overall a really nice barley wine from a bigger brewery.

Pours a transparent dark copper amber with a frothy, spotty-lacing off-white head. Rich aroma of sweet caramely malt and lots of fresh resiny grapefruity hops with a touch of light fruity esters. Starts with good fullness and chewy caramel sweetness well-balanced with a juicy citrus hop presence and a touch of earthy bitterness and a hint of soapiness toward the finish. Starts out well, but gets kinda flabby, overly bitter and unbalanced in the end.

Pours a clear orange brown with a small amount of bubbly offwhite head. Aroma is sweet booziness with a light bitter pine hop aroma. Flavor is very light for a barleywine, watery malt base with a bitter earthy hop finish and lots of boozy alcohol warmth. Overall, i applaud the effort, but this barleywine is not really up to par with others at the same price level.

Bottle at the release of Flaming Fury. Pours a clear orange with a thin white head. Sweet caramel on the nose, but not a lot of depth. Bitter finish with a good amount of grapefruit bitterness.

Kind of an amber red pour with slight impression of a head. Aroma of grapefruit juice and thats about it. Maybe a tiny bit of dusty malt. Flavor is straight up grapefruit and light caramel. If this has aged as long as they’ve claimed, they must have dry hopped it. Seriously, so much grapefruit. This tastes like It’s breakfast and i’ve got a UTI.