Tenaya Creek Winter Solstice Barleywine

Date: 12/15/2004
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

dark amber, rich sweet earth hop aroma, light body, slightly sweet malt flavor with some nice bitterness, the malt character wil age very well in a couple of years, nice lingering bitterness

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Score: **+/4
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The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

Draught at the brewpub
Dark brown color. Malty aroma, a bit fruity. Reasonable malty body, good hopping, too much caramel, light roasted malt.

Just called regular old Barleywine at the brewery, this was a little disappointing. Not that strong in flavor, though the alcohol isn’t noticeable. Hops in the front of the mouth but just blah.

One of the better barleywines I’ve had at a microbrewery here, intense chocolatey cinnamon like flavors with fairly well balanced hoppiness. This winter’s came in around 9.6%.. very intense so you’ll want to be careful how much you drink. Only negative I can think of is that they have none left now, I drank it all ;)

on tap barleys beer festival III: this was a pleasant surprise. i have had many of tenaya creeks beers and thought they were only average. this is the best of the lot. nice hopped up barley wine. a little flat on the palate, not over the top but average and good. i believe its around 9% abv.

Amber-red with a thin head and a sweet aroma. Powerful malt-sugar, with predominate tones of cooked brown sugar. Stark and sweet.

Probably my favorite of Tenaya's line. Nice deep red color with nutmeg on the nose and light molasses on the palate finishing with a nice hoppy kick. A really nice, light Barley Wine.

Draught, GABF 2003. Body is medium amber. Aroma is lightly malty (cookie), moderately hoppy (grapefruit, resin), lightly yeasty (dough). Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation, moderately alcoholic.