Bandstand Barleywine
Starr Hill Brewery
- From:
- Starr Hill Brewery
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 13.5%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.79 | pDev: 12.93%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 30, 2015
- Added:
- Feb 08, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
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Rated by MattR2014 from Virginia
4/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Very good barley wine. Bottle I have lists 13.5% bottled 5/29/14. Will get again
Jan 30, 2015
Rated by atrocity from Virginia
2.24/5 rDev -40.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
2.24/5 rDev -40.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
Not the beer for me. High in abv but low in flavor.
Jan 08, 2015
Reviewed by BucannonXC5 from California
3.58/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Type: 22-oz. bottle
Glass: Sea Smoke oversized wine glass
From: Total Wine & More in Ballantyne (Charlotte), N.C.
Price: $8.49 (was supposed to be 30 percent off, but I never got it)
Purchased: Sept. 9, 2014
Consumed: Sept. 14, 2014
Misc.: Packaged on Oct. 17, 2013
Poured a dark caramel, semi-murky color with 2-to-3 fingers of frothy, tan head. Below-average spotty lacing on the sides of the glass. Below average spots of retention on the top all the way down. (Sight - 3.75)
Smelled brown sugar, caramel, toffee, Werther’s candy, butterscotch, rye hops, citrus hops and late boozy malts. (Smell - 3.75)
Taste was just OK, but all parts worse than the smell. Got brown sugar, caramel, toffee, light butterscotch, Werther’s, rye hops, citrus hops and herbal hops. Grass, peas and green beans. Not too dandy. (Taste - 3.50)
Medium body, Sticky texture. Soft carbonation. Long, smooth finish. (Feel - 3.50)
Not a very good barleywine. I probably overrated it, but I’m a sucker for barleywines.
(Overall - 3.50)
3.58 | 81 | B
Sep 18, 2014Glass: Sea Smoke oversized wine glass
From: Total Wine & More in Ballantyne (Charlotte), N.C.
Price: $8.49 (was supposed to be 30 percent off, but I never got it)
Purchased: Sept. 9, 2014
Consumed: Sept. 14, 2014
Misc.: Packaged on Oct. 17, 2013
Poured a dark caramel, semi-murky color with 2-to-3 fingers of frothy, tan head. Below-average spotty lacing on the sides of the glass. Below average spots of retention on the top all the way down. (Sight - 3.75)
Smelled brown sugar, caramel, toffee, Werther’s candy, butterscotch, rye hops, citrus hops and late boozy malts. (Smell - 3.75)
Taste was just OK, but all parts worse than the smell. Got brown sugar, caramel, toffee, light butterscotch, Werther’s, rye hops, citrus hops and herbal hops. Grass, peas and green beans. Not too dandy. (Taste - 3.50)
Medium body, Sticky texture. Soft carbonation. Long, smooth finish. (Feel - 3.50)
Not a very good barleywine. I probably overrated it, but I’m a sucker for barleywines.
(Overall - 3.50)
3.58 | 81 | B
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