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Jumbo Love
Figure 8 Brewing
- From:
- Figure 8 Brewing
- Indiana, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 3.97 | pDev: 8.56%
- Reviews:
- 5
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 10, 2015
- Added:
- Feb 18, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Billolick from New York
3.87/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.87/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bomber bottle w/o freshness/vintage date.
Pours dark brown (def not "black" minor lite tan head
Nose of dull chocolate
Smooth and tasty, with notes of more milk chocolate, toffee and a hint of vanilla. Alcohol well hidden.
Easy drinking super mellow and enjoyable AB. More chocolate in the super smooth finish.
Nicely done and happy to have taken a chance on this one..
Aug 04, 2013Pours dark brown (def not "black" minor lite tan head
Nose of dull chocolate
Smooth and tasty, with notes of more milk chocolate, toffee and a hint of vanilla. Alcohol well hidden.
Easy drinking super mellow and enjoyable AB. More chocolate in the super smooth finish.
Nicely done and happy to have taken a chance on this one..
Reviewed by Malty_Matty from Indiana
3.92/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.92/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Appearance- a nearly non-existent head, dark brown to black color.
Smell- all malt with this brew. Dry fruit, chocolate, and spicy hops make for a unique and satisfying aroma.
Taste- licorice, dark chocolate, and dry cherry make for a complex experience. Definitely want to sip on this to let the flavor profile show off a bit.
Mouth feel- thick leaving a sticky sweet film on your lips.
Overall I would say a perfect after dinner beer. Consider buying a growler or bottle for thanksgiving.
Jan 14, 2013Smell- all malt with this brew. Dry fruit, chocolate, and spicy hops make for a unique and satisfying aroma.
Taste- licorice, dark chocolate, and dry cherry make for a complex experience. Definitely want to sip on this to let the flavor profile show off a bit.
Mouth feel- thick leaving a sticky sweet film on your lips.
Overall I would say a perfect after dinner beer. Consider buying a growler or bottle for thanksgiving.
Reviewed by JamesS from Indiana
3.93/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
On tap at Tomlinson Tap Room. Poured a very nice deep copper/brown, with good head and lacing. Hugely thick and sweet malt aroma. Same with the flavors, with a decent citrus hop taste to it. Fairly alcohol hot, even considering its high ABV (which was listed as 11.0% at Tomlinson.)
Mar 16, 2012Reviewed by JohnnyHopps from Indiana
3.85/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
3.85/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
The bottle advertises this as a black barleywine. As a consequence, one might expect a malty profile before tasting.
The beer was just released and I purchased the bottle at the brewery yesterday. The aroma bears a modreate level of maltiness, though not overpowering. The head was limited, which is generally true to form for a barleywine. The initial taste bears a strong maltiness with hints of prunes and tart cherries. The sweetness is somewaht muted for a barleywine. Even after the initial taste mellows into the aftertaste, the malt still lingers while coating the tongue. The aftertaste produces a warming flavor in the back of the thraot that fades quickly. A slight medicine flavor lingers.
Date Night with Jumbo Love by Figure 8 improves upon this barleywine which is slightly better than average. The sweetness of a barelywine is lacking, making this somewhat of a dry barleywine.
Jan 01, 2012The beer was just released and I purchased the bottle at the brewery yesterday. The aroma bears a modreate level of maltiness, though not overpowering. The head was limited, which is generally true to form for a barleywine. The initial taste bears a strong maltiness with hints of prunes and tart cherries. The sweetness is somewaht muted for a barleywine. Even after the initial taste mellows into the aftertaste, the malt still lingers while coating the tongue. The aftertaste produces a warming flavor in the back of the thraot that fades quickly. A slight medicine flavor lingers.
Date Night with Jumbo Love by Figure 8 improves upon this barleywine which is slightly better than average. The sweetness of a barelywine is lacking, making this somewhat of a dry barleywine.
Reviewed by alleykatking from Indiana
4.03/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Had on tap.
A- Poured a deep brown with plum light highlights when held to the light. One finger off white head shows medium retention. Ringy lacing to start with that becomes a little streaky as you drink the beer down.
S- Darker fruits come out (cherry, fig, little prune) with a bready almost caramel malt. I really enjoy the backend of the aroma as it showed a light roasted character with hints of smoke here and there. Alcohol is very subdue for the style I thought. Very interesting aroma overall and this is meant in a good way.
T- Caramel malts in the front with a hints of darker fruit (mostly cherry I thought). This gets washed away and covered up with a roasted malt and light hints of smoked char. The back half of the beer itself is hoppy but in a clean way if that makes sence...I would say noble style hops are used in this. Some hints of darker fruit and a nice warming alcohol finish on this beer wraps everything together quite nice.
M- Medium mouthfeel. Carbonation is good for the style. Light roasted malts and darker fruit are left on the palate with a hint of alcohol. Aftertaste is warming alcohol, cherry, slick hops, and fading roasted malts. Flavors were very well put together making it a smooth drinking beer. No off flavors were present on the many samples I had of this beer. Medium alcohol drying on the palate.
D- This was a nice drinker which I wasn't surprised coming from this company. I enjoyed how well the alcohol was masked until the end but even then there wasn't a problem with it. The ABV is there in the back end but only for a second.
Feb 18, 2011A- Poured a deep brown with plum light highlights when held to the light. One finger off white head shows medium retention. Ringy lacing to start with that becomes a little streaky as you drink the beer down.
S- Darker fruits come out (cherry, fig, little prune) with a bready almost caramel malt. I really enjoy the backend of the aroma as it showed a light roasted character with hints of smoke here and there. Alcohol is very subdue for the style I thought. Very interesting aroma overall and this is meant in a good way.
T- Caramel malts in the front with a hints of darker fruit (mostly cherry I thought). This gets washed away and covered up with a roasted malt and light hints of smoked char. The back half of the beer itself is hoppy but in a clean way if that makes sence...I would say noble style hops are used in this. Some hints of darker fruit and a nice warming alcohol finish on this beer wraps everything together quite nice.
M- Medium mouthfeel. Carbonation is good for the style. Light roasted malts and darker fruit are left on the palate with a hint of alcohol. Aftertaste is warming alcohol, cherry, slick hops, and fading roasted malts. Flavors were very well put together making it a smooth drinking beer. No off flavors were present on the many samples I had of this beer. Medium alcohol drying on the palate.
D- This was a nice drinker which I wasn't surprised coming from this company. I enjoyed how well the alcohol was masked until the end but even then there wasn't a problem with it. The ABV is there in the back end but only for a second.
Jumbo Love from Figure 8 Brewing
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
18 ratings
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