Wheat Wine
Portsmouth Brewery

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From:
Portsmouth Brewery
 
New Hampshire, United States
Style:
Wheatwine
ABV:
11%
Score:
89
Avg:
3.98 | pDev: 10.05%
Reviews:
68
Ratings:
113
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 23, 2018
Added:
Mar 08, 2004
Wants:
  72
Gots:
  4
A toffee-like flavor predominates this bold & assertive wheat ale.
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Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts

4.08/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
2010 vintage, 8 years old been sitting in teh beer cellar, and now time to get it out of the way.

Pours a little fizzy head with a bit of lacing, nice for the abv and age, fairly hazy caramel color

Nose is about what I expected unfortunately some oxidation, a little cardboard but not much, stale, a bit of the nice soft aged malt as well as some layered sugars, toffee, caramel, candied sugar, candied white raisin, some nice dark fruits, sugar date, fig, faint spices, burnt creme brulee

Taste is very sweet, much more than I expected esp for how old it is, but also a soft layering of sweetness and malts, soft aged malt flavors almost old ale like character, lots of candy, loads of caramel and various caramelization levels of sugars, toffee and a touch nutty, into fruits again, candied white raisin, sweet fig and mejoul dates, raisiny and spices like cinnamon, toasted reddish sweet malts, almost no alcohol, biscuity toffee late with more sweetness and a bit of bitterness kicking in late, sweet but clean finish, not sticky or boozy.

Mouth is med to heavier bod, not very thick though, smooth caramel feel, light on the carbonation

Overall surprisingly pretty good, a bit of oxidation at first that seems to blow away, nice soft aged malt effect and layered sweet characters, body was a bit thin as well as carbonation, but alcohol was hidden very well. Enjoyable for an 8 year old beer.
Feb 23, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by robwestcott from Indiana

Mar 06, 2017
 
Rated: 3.9 by rderedin from Maine

Apr 18, 2015
 
Rated: 3.98 by wethorseblanket from California

Apr 06, 2015
 
Rated: 4.1 by Ivanhoes_Backpack from Canada (NB)

Feb 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.99 by JuliusCaesar from New Hampshire

Jan 15, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by GRG1313 from California

Aug 09, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by scxcrunner from Massachusetts

Aug 03, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by deereless from Colorado

Aug 03, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by bobv from Vermont

Jul 10, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by qcbrewer from North Carolina

Jul 10, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by NHhomebrewguy from New Hampshire

Jun 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Thing

Jun 26, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Texasfan549 from Texas

Jun 01, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by zestar from California

May 31, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by snowmageddon from Massachusetts

May 26, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by razorsdescent from Pennsylvania

May 15, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by Fettpopps from Massachusetts

Apr 21, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by phuntasy from New Hampshire

Mar 14, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by AJ01923 from Massachusetts

Dec 27, 2013
Wheat Wine from Portsmouth Brewery
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 113 ratings