Tröegs The Flying Mouflan

Brewed by Tröegs Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA

What the hell is a Flying Mouflan? I don’t know, but I like it. A: Pours a velvet amber/brown/almost purple color with a puffed up two finger head layer that leaves patch lace around my glass. S: Grape notes. Hops mixed with malt beautifully. T: Subdued and bitter hops. Strong malt flavors, too. This beer really reminds me of a table wine. As this beer warms, almost a chocolate/cocoa flavor emerges. M: Mouth coating flavor with a thinner body. The hops aren’t overwhelming here. D: Pretty good stuff. Not my favorite in the style, but a welcomed treat from the East Coast.

Brewed in the USA...... Pours a reddish brown color with a thin dissipating beige head. Aroma of pine needles, malts, spices and dark fruit. Taste of strong hops with some spices,caramel, pepper and sweet malts. The mouthfeel is medium in body with a lingering hoppy flavor that finishes sweet. Overall, pretty interesting barleywine from the Troegs brothers.

Pour was a beautiful cherry wood brown with a finger and a half worth of head with some decent lacing. Strong malty aroma. The flavor, similar to its brethren, contains a rather large citrus presence which packs a bitter wallop to balance the loads of caramel malt. Iif you like the Amber and the Nugget Nectar and dig barleywines, you can’t miss this one!

Pours the color of cherrywood with a creamy beige head. Aroma of pine resin, pineapple, caramel, honey, and nuts. Flavor is full of fresh, juicy hops - pine, pineapple, and grapefruit pith, with rich caramel and toffee undertones. This is young and very hoppy, but the hops are not brash at all - this is very tasty and easy to drink. No alcohol apparency. I’m going to cellar some of this and check it in about 9 months, as I think this will age quite nicely. (22 oz. bottle)

Source: 22 oz bottle at a tasting.
Glass: Poured into a snifter.
Appearance: Poured a hazy amber color with a thin tan head.
Aroma: Brown sugar and sweet malt with an amazing hop presence. Pine and some citrus.
Flavor: Sweet malt with brown sugar and some plums, with a pine presence and a lingering bitter finish.
Palate: Full body with solid carbonation and a chewy but clean mouthfeel..
Overall: Really impressed by this. Will work to get a few more bottles.

22 ounce bottle in pint glass. Reddish brown with lasting head and lace. Brown sugar and woody hops aroma. Mild brown sugar and dark fruit with very dry woody hoppy finish. Medium-full body nice texture. Very fresh and refreshing and strong and spicy hoppy. But very pleasant. Love it.

Pours copper with a good beige top of the glass. Aroma is earthy hops with a touch of booze. Hoppy flavor with some sweeter malt and booze. Harsh but not terribly so. Good not great.

I will need to rerate this one after some time. Very hoppy overall with loads of piney bitterness. Not balanced for me right now. Lots of sweetness and alcohol but bitterness and astringency dominating right now.