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Two Brothers Bare Tree Weiss Wine (2002 and later) 3.6 272

Two Brothers Bare Tree Weiss Wine (2002 and later)

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2723.62/5.03.6/5.0Winter11%63.7Snifter
Commercial Description:
This unique Barley Wine Style beer is brewed iwth 57% wheat, 43% barley, and German hops. We boil the 25.2 Plato wort for three hours. Then we start the fermentation with our Hefe Weizen yeast and finish it with a Scottish Ale yeast. Bare Tree is then oak aged for over one year before its release. The resulting product is extremely complex with flavors of caramel, melon, apricot, vanilla, oak, black pepper, and subtle banana. The flavors come in large part from the raw ingredients and this will vary from year to year. Bare Tree is ready to drink now, but like wine, will age in the bottle for the next several years. So, whether you decide to enjoy a bottle now or wait many years, the Two Brothers family offer a toast: "With every bare tree lives the promise of a new life." CHEERS. The 2002 vintage was aged in whisky and wine barrels.
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 Hank1980 (765), Athens, Georgia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Nov 20, 2008  
Bottle. Poured cloudy orange with small head. Aroma of fruit, malt, wheat, yeast, vanilla. Taste is malty, fruity, light wheat, vanilla. Mouth is full, though easy drinking.


 Petrucci914 (591), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 5, 2008  
2007 Bottle. Pours a yellow-orange color with a medium white head. Aroma is wheat, nectarine, and some fruity tartness. Taste is heavily wheat and fruity, with little to no barley-wine characteristics.


 lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 1, 2008  
Bottle shared by thickfreakness. Thanks man!
Pours a light hazy orange pour with light whitish head. Smell is dry, mild and wheaty and lightly tart smelling. Pretty subtle nose for the most part. Taste is very smooth and strongly wheaty. Balanced and slick, and reminds me of a concentrated American Wheat, flavorwise, and it was enjoyable, yet not too remarkable. Easy drinking and solid overall.


 taalhiker (179), Dayton, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Sep 26, 2008  
From bottle. DLM Friday night tasting. Pours cloudy golden color. Aroma of cloves and banana, Big and malty taste. Decent effort.....


 RAYBOY01 (1860), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 19, 2008  
Very prominent wheat flavors...grassy and green...notes of vanilla and fruity yeast...alcohol heats up in the finish. Nice experimental brew.


rednapx3 (27), , Isle of Man
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Aug 10, 2008  
2007 in Bottle: Dried apricot, Ceder, Vanilla Beans Dominate this bottle. Carbonation wasn’t really there at all, very little if any. . . On the viscous side with a lingering aftertaste that was very enjoyable too me. . . I think that what got me to buy this beer after I had it on tap. . . 2007 off Tap: Now this one was on tap at the Bavarian Lodge in Lisle, IL. . . A notch better then the 2007 out of the bottle, a bit more carbonation, and instead of a Dried Apricot flavor, it seemed to have a more fresh cut Apricot with a peach taste, with the Wood and Vanilla Bean taste on the finish.. . . Not a big Two Brothers fan, but this beer was pretty kick ass on tap. . . You see this one tap, try it, very well made stuff. . . .


 xmarcnolanx (800), Kirkwood, Missouri, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Aug 2, 2008  
Aroma is somewhat sour, wheaty, estery, but no alcohol in the nose. Taste is slightly sour, interesting weird mineral flavor, more wheat. No noticeable heat. Taste is sweet melon and banana, yeastiness. So fucking strange. Finishes smooth. So much wheat presence. This is very good stuff.


 FlssmrBrewAlum (1174), Lisle, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 16, 2008  
Guest beer poured on tap at Flossmoor Station (Flossmoor, IL). Pours a wonderful darker gold hazed hue with a nice substantial white head in a snifter glass. Aromas are very wheaty, some fruity esters and vanilla are detectable. Initial is also malty, leading way to typical wheat flavors that are genuine and not clouded by impurities. Some banana, vanilla, and sugary sweetness. Eventually leads to a more acidic, almost green grapey bitter finish on the back end. I’m not quite sure either way. The finish is probably the most special part of this brew.. that and it’s ability to hide it’s alcohol content from the taste. Good. Interesting. Worth a try.



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