Wild Duck Old Gnarley Head Barley Wine 3.68 11

Wild Duck Old Gnarley Head Barley Wine

(RETIRED)

	Percentile
	93
	overall

Formerly brewed at Wild Duck Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Eugene, Oregon USA

bottling
unknown

on tap
unknown

distribution
unknown

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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
11	4.2/5.0	3.68/5.0	Winter	-	65.1	Snifter

Commercial Description:
A huge barley wine, rich and full, with a powerful malt flavors leading to a dry warm finish, as it should at more than 13 percent alcohol by volume. A perfect apéritif, the round brew will warm any cold body and heart.

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mwsf (360), San Francisco, California, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	6/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Feb 16, 2003

On tap at the 2003 Toronado Barleywine Festival: Slightly yeasty aroma. Tonya says "it smells like bad breath." Nice malt flavor. Full body. Better flavor than aroma.

MrDick (277), San Francisco, California, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	17/20

Feb 16, 2003 Updated: Oct 21, 2003

New: (gabf'03) Rich texture of plum, caramel and zesty spices. Didn't get a change to wait until it warmed, but it was very flavorfull. Old: On tap at the Toronado Barley Wine Festival 2003. Dark pour. Very smokey and peaty. Caramel flavors. As it warmed, the bitter/sweet flavors intermingled and made this a bit lip puckering.

jsquire (2107), St. Marys, Ohio, USA

4.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.3	8/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	18/20

Jan 26, 2003

On tap at the 2003 Great Alsakan Beer and Barley Wine Festival (which this beer won BTW). Murky dark orange with off-white lace. You can sense the alcohol in the nose with lots of malty sweetness. Caramel and burnt toffee flavors with lots of other malt sweetness and a great hop bitterness in the finish. A really great barley wine.

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