Smuttynose Barleywine Style Ale

Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

Strong ale maybe, but definately not barleywine worthy, but baseing it upon itself and not barleywin, i really enjoyed it, next time fellas, don’t wimp out.

Pours a dark amber color. Sudsy whitish head that doesn’t last too long. Smell is fruity and vegetal to me. Not particularly appealing but not bad. Taste is caramel with hops in balance but with a definite alcohol presence noticeable. Slightly thin, and flavor was too alcohol driven for it to be very enjoyable.

Slightly hazed brown pour with tight off white head and lace. Very dried fuitiness with a hint of abv on the nose. Nice fruity and raisins and a good bitter stand out on the taste. Full bodied with good carbonation. Solid to the style.

pours a deep burgandy red tainted amber..halo of white suds..sweet malty candy apple accented aroma..thick, semi-sticky mouthfeel with nice background bitterness..some candy apple, molassis, caramel, and fig...a tad astringency near the end..

2006 22 oz. bottle via my Secret Santa - Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a 1/2 finger thick light tan head. Very little lacing. Aroma is full of esters and toasted malt. Lots of malt in the flavor with some noticeable bitterness to give it a bite. Medium to full body. Alcohol is slightly noticeable. A good BW. Thanks Andy.

a mahogony colored pour w/ a thick off white head ok lacing. Smells of a large hop front w/ a nice sweet malt backbone hints of oranges and light spices. Palate is full and creamy fairly well carbonated. Flavor is a bitter grass hop a light carmel malt hints of alcohol not much else this may improve w/ some aging to mellow and blend it out better. Overall a decent beer but not great. Thanks to Dave for sharing.

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.

bottle-2006. Man, this one suprised me. I was expecting something pretty bad gauged buy "friends" ratings of this beer. lightly hazy bright amber with a small smooth small bubble head. carmel, earthy hops, light must, and alchohol on the nose. Pretty interesting nose, even if its pretty simple for a barleywine. big carmel fruity malts on the start of the flavors, which are dried out by a wonderful earthy and lightly resinous/dirty hop note on the finish. must use chinook or EKG on this one. definatley have a resionous hop presence. body is lush with very fine carbonation and slick mothfeal. I dig this one! Would make a GREAT aging barleywine and has characteristics of SN bigfoot in the hop profile.