Two Brothers Bare Tree Weiss Wine 2001

Formerly brewed at Two Brothers Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Warrenville, Illinois USA

One bottle:
Quiet, meditative, cantaloup-carrying cranes create smooth and swooping arcs in a bemused, creamy firmament...They migrate through the fluffiest whipped cream cloudscapes to unctuous heavens of sweetness where peach mousse nests will warm their melony young ones and nourishing milk flows never ending on cliffs of rich orange and chocolate muffins...Beware though, because if you are not attentive, you will miss these subtle nomads when they pass by...7/5/9/5 17/20

Another bottle:
This one didn’t hold up. Intense gushing upon opening, lots of sweet and tart apples rampaging the thinner and alcoholic body. Not unpleasantly diseased, but leagues away from what it can be. 5/2/4/3 11/20

Thanks go out to my infamous high school buddy, jskendzel for getting this brew to me. Pours a dark honey amber. Sweet honey taste. The aroma is of honey and a little yeast. Fairly medium body. Definitely glad I was able to get the good vintage of this one.

This beer rocks! Murky deep golden apricot in color. Very small and frothy ivory head. Quickly, but not fully diminishing. Small swirls of head remain aloft and a ring encompasses the surface of the beer on the inner circumference of the glass. Interesting, sparse lacing. The aroma is wonderful and complex. Very fruity with notes of overripe banana, apricot, prune, apple and guava. Also notes of cologne, orange blossoms, light sourgham molasses and pralines. Very well-blanced for a barley wine! The high ABV is not evident for even a moment. Blasts of rich caramel, citrus and fuzzy fruits up front. A pungent and lightly bitter hop presence on the backside make this an excellently balanced and refreshing, yes I said refreshing, barley wine. There are also flavors of black pepper and more orange blossoms and apple on the backside. Full-bodied with a lightly creamy mouthfeel and fizzy carbonation. A lengthy, tart, crisp and clean finish... unusual and definitely welcomed from a barley wine. Excellent Brew! World Class!! Thanks to jskendzel for this wonderful brew!!!

Had this next to the 2002 and the year aging was worth the wait. Huge ABV noticable and the malts flow around and around the tongue. Much thicker mouth feel. Some light fruits bouncing in there.

Tried 4/12/03 - Deep orange and extremely hazy with large chunks of yeast settling at the bottom. Nose is heavy with yeast and flour and pear or apple cider. Thick yeast taste was first to greet me, followed by light fruits and a small peppery spiciness. Slightly bitter at the end. Much more complex and smooth than the 2002 that we had with it. Slightly bitter finish leaving dry appley and bready notes behind.

The bottle I cracked open has been aging 2 years. Pours a medium orange color with a moderately sized white head. Excellent lacing. Very mild, citric aroma, and lightly floral. Flavor is sweet like ripened fruit. Finish is mildly hopped, and only there does the wheat rear its head. Definitely a good barley wine after aging for a couple years. I didn't have the pleasure of tasting this when it was young, so I can only speculate that aging has mellowed it out trememdously, and brought out many wonderful, sweet flavors. Excellent.

I love weiss beer including the Ebelweiss by this company so after taking the brewery tour I bought a bottle. One bad thing is that it does not come with a cork and it only tastes good a few days after opening. I liked the exotic flavorings but this is really more of a wine then a beer. I liked it with a little lemon which is the way I recomend weiss beer.The lemon took away the wine like bitterness and let me taste it's rather complex flavor. Still I am not a real wine fan so I can't say I would buy it again, but I would mooch it.

Pours gold,small white head thats leaves minimal laceing behind.Nose is winey, fruity,alcoholly,though its good.Medium bodied.Flavors of honey,spices and alcohol.Very flavorful beer,more than expected!Thanks to capt.cougar for this one.Highly drinkable!