Two Brothers Bare Tree Weiss Wine (2002 and later)

Brewed by Two Brothers Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Warrenville, Illinois USA

Barley wine with distinct weisen aspect. Do not get the apriocat some mention but I caught the honey dew melon note- clean, crisp , distinct from the alcohol strength and a slight sticky sweetness.

Name: Bare Tree
Date: January 10, 2004
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: clear honey, headless
Aroma: light alcoholic aroma
Body: thin body
Flavor: light flavor, alcoholic, touch of bitterness in the finish, picks up some malty sweetness after much warming

Aroma: 2/10; Appearance: 2/10; Flavor: 2/10; Palate: 2/10; Overall: 5/20
Rating: 1.1/5.0
Score: 4

Name: Bare Tree
Date: March 19, 2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Vintage: 2002
Appearance: hazy yellow, lasting thin fine white head, nice lace
Aroma: tart sweet fruity aroma
Flavor: light fruity flavor, very carbonated, light and bubbly

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

Name: Bare Tree
Date: March 19, 2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Vintage: 2003
Appearance: hazy dark yellow, thin fine white head
Aroma: tart granny smith apple aroma
Body: very creamy body
Flavor: nice tart apple flavor, light, sweet, very apple compared to the other years, turns to soft creamy applesauce

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 9/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Name: Bare Tree
Date: March 19, 2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Vintage: 2004
Appearance: light amber with a slight chill haze
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma with a touch of apple character
Flavor: big tart apple flavor, turns into apple sauce when the yeast is swirled in

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Name: Bare Tree
Date: March 19, 2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Vintage: 2005
Appearance: hazy amber, whispy white head
Aroma: light tart malt aroma
Flavor: light fruity flavor, touch of tart apple, light sweetness, mild compared to the prior years

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Name: Bare Tree
Date: June 02, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Vintage: 2006
Appearance: cloudy orange with suspended yeast chunks, fine off white head
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma with light spices and a strong dry earthyness that gets very peppery upon warming
Body: creamy body
Flavor: rich malt flavor, lots of earthy character, nice spicyness that turns to pepper, long bitter finish

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Name: Bare Tree
Date: May 17, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip
Vintage: 2008
Appearance: clear dark gold, wispy off white head
Aroma: sweet candy malt aroma, honey sweetness, light spicyness, touch of fruityness
Body: thin body
Flavor: slightly sweet malt flavor, touch of fruityness, light bitterness, simple with no complexity

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Aroma of wheat, citrus, pineapple, fruit, and hops. Rose/orange color with a foamy tan head. Sweet flavors with a hoppy balance. Notes of flowers, citrus, melon, wheat, and light roasted malt. Creamy and well balanced on the palate. Rich but not overbearing. Very good.

Courtesy Solan. Pours a very yeasty light red color, with pretty much no head. Smells of sweet malts, sweet fruits, mild wheat, and yeast. the taste is pretty sweet on the palate, alcohol is detectable the entire way through, with a pretty thick mouthfeel. The wheat actually is quite noticeable in the flavor, but the malts balance it out quite well. Definitely a sipper, as the finish was thick and alcohol dominated. Nice experience.

Bottle courtesy of shydaego pours amber-orange. Not an overbearing BW. Rather subdued. Nice and drinkable nonetheless.

Pours a tranlucent orange with a faint citrusy aroma. Unusual, in that it has lots of wood notes right up front, then a malty alcohol flavor with citrus highlights. A Belgiany aftertaste. Very nice and interesting.

750mL, 2006 vintage. My first rating at my new home. Hazy orange copper with a small beige head that fades to a film. It does rouse a small creamy head for a short while. Aroma of tart lemony wheat, sweet ripened bananas, and a fair amount of alcohol. I’m hard pressed to find any oak or vanilla, so maybe the 2006 wasn’t aged in barrels? Light earth makes itself present as this warms. Flavor is too boozy, a fair amount of wheaty tang is present, some citrus, a little bit of banana, though there was a strange addition of mangoes--I dunno where the hell that came from. Sweet, alcoholic, slightly earthy finish. Light carbonation that is both prickly and cream with a full body. I really want to like these guys’ beers a lot, but it just can’t be done.

05. Dark amber, very little carbonation almost nothing but it was filled right to the cap. Aroma is citrus, slight banana, and a big sourness. Flavor is a straight sour punch to the face, very gueze really dry and tart. Some fruitiness comes through as well with lots of lemony citrus sourness, some raspberries but it’s the sourness that just prevails.