Two Brothers Bare Tree Weiss Wine (2002 and later)

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

Vintage- 04’. Thanks to 1FastSTI for sharing this one. Pours a hazy bronze color. Aroma is acidic, lots of aromas I associate with a belgian brew. Flavor is more "funky spice" to it, lots of alcohol. Interesting.

2003. Hazy bronze/copper. Off-white head bubbling and oozing like its alive. Aroma is somewhere between a weiss and a lambic, complex and difficult to describe. Strong wild yeast and wheat flavors, sour with a bit of malt character, some subtle flavors of wood and banana, very complex. Full, creamy body perfectly carbonated. Truly unique, truly excellent. Severely underrated at 3.6.

2004 vintage. This one pours to a thin wisp white head atop a hazy bronze color. The aroma has sweet golden apples, light sourness, sweet caramel malts. The flavor is a lightly sour apple, sweet caramel malts, reminds me of biting into a caramel apple. Vanilla, oak, fruits. 7, 3, 8, 3, 14 = 3.5.

2002 vintage sampled on 02/13/07. Thanks Jason! The beer pours to a hazy/murky orange caramel body with a nice white head. The aroma is nicely blended oranges, oak, melon, and white pepper. The flavor is nice with notes of pinot grigio wine, light oak, oranges, other citrus. The beer still has a nice palate/mouth-feel that’s lightly tart and smoothly textured. 8, 4, 8, 4, 16 = 4.0

2003 vintage sampled on 03/06/07. Thanks Jason! The beer pours to a hazy glowing orange colored body with a thin fizzy dissipating but rejuvenatible white head. The aroma is oranges, oak, wheat, and ginger. Not as complex or as deliciously aromatic as the 2002 vintage. The flavor is wheaty, orange juice, subtle Scottish ale components and tart barley. The palate is tart, moderately bodied, and nicely textured. 7, 4, 7, 4, 14 = 3.6

2005 vintage sampled on 06/03/07. The beer was holding up quite well. 8, 4, 8, 5, 16 = 4.1

’04 bottle shared by Blake. Hazy amber body. Big sweet sugary aroma with oreo chocolate and a hint of tart apple cider. The flavor is similarly sweet along with a certain graininess. There’s a light bitterness in the finish but that’s about all the variety in the flavor.
’03 bottle sampled on 3/8/2007
Orange juice and dry tart wine in the flavor finishing with strawberry leaf hops. A buttery white bread sweetness undergirds the whole thing.

Tried another 2004 vintage sample. Changed the overall by one tenth. I guess I am becoming an easier rater in my old age. From a 2004 vintage bottle. Thanks for the hook up, Duane. The cork was poorly placed into the bottle and scrunched up. However, I doubt this allowed in any undesirables. The body is a hazy light copper. The aroma is lightly acrid with some tart apples and vinegar. There is also some light peaches and vanilla. The taste has some light peaches and cinnamon. There is also a little black pepper and some bananas. A strange version of the style. Almost like a funky farmhouse ale. More like a big hefe than any type of barley wine.

a 2002 bottle, a hazy amber color, decent amount of white head, fruit and typical wheat sweetness on the nose. flavor was fruity/citrusy, along with sweet wheat flavor. very thin body, nothing like any other barley wine i have ever had.

2004 bottle thanks to TAR. Cloudy orange color with a good size white head. Aroma of yeast, wheat, coriander and banana. Flavor was similar, with a bit of cider flavor as well. Wouldn’t have guessed this was a barleywine, but it was tasty. Tried along with a 2002 and 2003 bottle. Flavors seem to mellow and become fruitier as it gets older.

2002 Vintage. Poured a cloudy golden color with an averaged sized white head. Aromas and tastes of fruits, wheat, and some spices. Light alcohol in the finish. By the looks, smells and tastes, I never would have guessed this was a Barley Wine.