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Smuttynose Barleywine Style Ale

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
3393.65/5.03.63/5.0Winter10%67.1Snifter
Commercial Description:
Deep copper in color. Winter seasonal. Recipe, hops and abv% can vary somewhat from year to year. Now bottle-conditioned.
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 GonZoBeeR (2160), ste-Eulalie, Quebec, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/514/20
Jul 28, 2006  
Aroma:caramel and hopy nose... Appearance:dark amber,small head... Flavor:good bitterness,smal caramel flavor,light alcohol....


 shadey (1496), Rochester, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/515/20
Jul 19, 2006  
Nice clear amber pour with only the tinyst film of swirlying film. Strong alcoholic fruitiness with a decent amount of earthy hopines. The body is a bit sticky.


 Philip (436), Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Jul 13, 2006  
2003 Vintage thanks to Rob. I’ve had this before at various times and wasn’t overwhelmed, but ageing is clearly the right choice with this one. Fresh, its far too hoppy and hot, but a few years on it, and its drinking well. Strong notes of orange zest and caramel lead into vanilla bean and oak. The malt is starting to kick in, although its still a bit hot and hoppy. Excellent stuff, and stood up well beside an 03 Dogwood Excellent Adventure and an 01 Old Dominion. Thanks, Rob!


 jerc (3888), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/517/20
Jul 5, 2006  
Brown body with a small white head. Big hoppy aroma suddenly becomes shy when I try to dig deeper. Nice bitterness with resiny thick almost astringent hops in the flavour. Decent underlying malt. A bit of a blunt instrument at times, but a lovable one at that. Medium palate (3+). Pretty solid and a nice capper before my mad dash to catch the train home.


 tupalev (2611), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Jul 5, 2006  
Bottle shared with Hogtown Harry, beigaman, and Jerc, Harry’s bottle. Dark ruby brown, very frothy white head. Lovely malt and alcohol in aroma, some hints of smoke as well. Great taste - alcohol, sweet malt, rather spicy and a little bitter. Frothy mouthfeel. Not terribly complex, but simple either - this achieves a great balance and is a wonderful barleywine - I like these guys! Great label too.


 HogTownHarry (3990), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/516/20
Jul 4, 2006    Updated: Jul 5, 2006
Bottle (650ml). Shared with jerc, tupalev and beigaman - my bottle. Slightly hazy orange-amber, smallish off-whtie head. Lovely aroma, orange juice malt, soft citrus malt, wood, more wood - nice. Soft, astringent, alcoholic long finishing mouthfeel - good God this is an excellent BW.


 hophead75 (1954), Boonton, New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Jul 4, 2006  
reddish-amber in color with lite carbonation and a very small off white head. Aroma is of caramel, fruits, toffee. Taste is the same with a semi sweet finish. alcohol burn in the finish.


 stegosaurus (1882), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 28, 2006  
Bottle sampled with Beerded_one. Pours bronze with a beige head. Aroma of alcohol, caramel malts, citrus, and traces of hops. Flavor is caramel, smooth, alcohol is present nearly masking any sweetness this beer has. Good body, good brew.



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