Broadside Maple Barleywine
Portside Distillery & Brewery

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From:
Portside Distillery & Brewery
 
Ohio, United States
Style:
American Barleywine
ABV:
11.5%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
2.41 | pDev: 41.49%
Reviews:
1
Ratings:
2
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 27, 2016
Added:
May 01, 2016
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 1.41 by skaboom420 from Pennsylvania

Nov 27, 2016
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Reviewed by neenerzig from Ohio

3.4/5  rDev +41.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
Having this on-tap at the brewery. Served to me in a 10 oz snifter, this beer draws a dark brown color with a thick tan ring of foam lining the inside of the glass. The color is certainly darker than most other is not all other barley wines I have had. Barely any lacing to speak of here. Aromas of caramel malts, perhaps some brown sugar, and a whole lot of maple syrup. The taste is pretty much the same, with very sweet, caramel malts, hints of brown sugars and a good dose of maple syrup. Well, they've certainly got the sweetness down with this one, but unfortunately that seems to be all they have down with this beer taste/flavor wise, as there is practically not even a hint of hop bitterness at all to balance this out. This needs to be aged for awhile so the sharp, syrupy sweetness has some time to chill out a bit, and this also needs more hops added from the get go. Has a somewhat crisp, but mainly smooth and slightly prickly, medium bodied mouthfeel with moderate carbonation. I really wanted to like this beer more, but this is just not a very good barley wine.

Eric
May 01, 2016
Broadside Maple Barleywine from Portside Distillery & Brewery
Beer rating: 2.41 out of 5 with 2 ratings