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Bluster Barleywine
Blue Mountain Brewery
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- From:
- Blue Mountain Brewery
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 9.6%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.74 | pDev: 8.29%
- Reviews:
- 1
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 23, 2015
- Added:
- Feb 06, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Rated by ksolekjr from Minnesota
4/5 rDev +7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
4/5 rDev +7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Doesn't seem like a Barleywine but its very easy drinking for 9.6% ABV
Feb 23, 2015Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
3.66/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.66/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This beer pours lighter than one might expect. It looks more like a saison or lighter-colored IPA than what I expect from a barleywine. It is a clear, dirty-to-orangish yellow pour, with a decent head and lacing.
The smell is hard to distinguish at the bar, but seems to have a little wine-like bitter-sweetness to it.
The taste has a (typical) un-beer-like sweetness to it, more white-raisin, sweet grape, or apricot in nature. It's the "lighter side" of a dark fruit flavor. It reminds me oh so slightly of some of DFH beer-wine pairings. There is a dry piney-ness that cuts the citrus edge of the initial taste.
Overall I am really questioning whether this fits the barleywine standards. It seems closer to a fruity saison, or a fruit-based pale ale hybrid. Regardless of the category, it is an interesting and tasty beer. I hope my review portrays the enjoyable nature of the beer as well as its debatable categorization. For pure enjoyability, I'd rate this about a third a point higher.
Mar 08, 2014The smell is hard to distinguish at the bar, but seems to have a little wine-like bitter-sweetness to it.
The taste has a (typical) un-beer-like sweetness to it, more white-raisin, sweet grape, or apricot in nature. It's the "lighter side" of a dark fruit flavor. It reminds me oh so slightly of some of DFH beer-wine pairings. There is a dry piney-ness that cuts the citrus edge of the initial taste.
Overall I am really questioning whether this fits the barleywine standards. It seems closer to a fruity saison, or a fruit-based pale ale hybrid. Regardless of the category, it is an interesting and tasty beer. I hope my review portrays the enjoyable nature of the beer as well as its debatable categorization. For pure enjoyability, I'd rate this about a third a point higher.
Bluster Barleywine from Blue Mountain Brewery
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
12 ratings
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