Redhook Treblehook

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

This has a pretty good aroma, some molasses and perhaps a hint of passion fruit. The flavor is good as well. A lot of malt, but a good hop bitterness too. Much better than I anticipated from red hook.

3/26/09 on draft at Brouwers, Seattle, Wa. Aroma is perfumy caramel malt forward with a strong citrus hop balance. Appearance is rich ruby, faintly hazy with a well maintained cream head and heavy lacing. Flavor is complex herbal malt forward with balancing sourness and rich candilike citrus that only helps. Mouthfeel is medium full bodied with a citrus tang and low carb texture; low warmth. Overall, not as heavy as expected, but highly drinkable and balanced for a barleywine.

Big beer at 10.1 ABV. Nice malty sweet, citrus hop aroma. Deep caramel and toffee flavours with a smooth bitter finish. Heavy, slick body. Alcohol very well hidden. Damn good stuff.

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.

Bomber from Leukens LIquors (Dunedin, FL). Pours a mahogany red with massive two finger tan, frothy head that settles slowly. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of caramel, toffee, floral hops, hints of chocolate, molasses, brown sugar. Flavor is sweet and malty with notes of chocolate, brown sugar, molasses, raisins, figs, some hints of floral hops toward finish. Smooth, medium body with a pleasing malt finish.

Pours with a three fingered, cream head that goes slowly and leaves some lace. Nice clear, deep amber color. Light carbonation and medium bodied. Nose is cherry and caramel. Flavor is caramel but barely sweet, sweet and sour cherry. High ABV stays hidden. Some bitter aftertaste. The ABV is 9.8% since we have a strange law here in NH limiting beer to 10%. $1.50 for a 12oz bottle from Capitol Convenience Concord, NH.

9.8% one-off, brewed and available only in NH. Pours dark copper, with a half-inch off-white head. Clearish body and average retention. A varied amount of streak and dots of lacework continue throughout the glass. Aromatics are laced with tropical fruit, fresh malt, and warming alcohol. A hint of vanilla-nougat steps forward as it warms. Floral and estery in nature, but not pungent. On the sticky side of medium for mouthfeel, and carbonation is spot-on. Slightly creamy. No syrupy character. The pallet is where the brilliance is in this beer. It starts off with plenty of hops in the flavoring, with enough bittering to keep the beer in barleywine range. Fresh malt comes through, with some faint doughy notes, but it’s strictly playing a supporting role. Again, the malt is just enough to put the beer in barleywine territory. With each sip the fruity essence of the hops come through more and more. Peaches, melons, and tangerines. Definately plenty of that Amarillo/ Simcoe character. The beer finishes fairly dry and clean, with some lingering boozyness and more fresh fruits. Damn, this beer has grown on me. The restrained malt character, fullish attenuation, and hopping character of the beer puts it well within IIPA territory. Extremely drinkable and alcohol is decieving. Some additional hops in the nose, and a kick up on the ABV would put this beer closer to a 5. Definately one to drink fresh, if you’re looking for a hop fix. Too bad it’s $12.99 a four-pack, probably the best Redhook I’ve ever had.

12oz. bottle: This one pours a ruby tinged darker amber color. There was very little head, and it dropped off quickly. It has a nice nose to it. I get some citrusy hops, with a faint whiff of pineapple. The taste is quite good. A nice full caramel malt body, but not too sweet. There is a nice bitterness sitting on top of it. This drinks real easy. I hope this becomes a regular addition to their lineup.