Batch One
Amager Bryghus

 

Look: It pours cooper with reddish hues. It is quite clear. It has an off white head with low head retention.

Smell: The aroma is heavy with sweet caramel. There are citrus and a cherry elements close in support. There are also low berry notes with some bread.

Taste: The caramel flavor is in the forefront with the citrus and cherry elements not far behind. There is a pine like note farther in the background with bread and very low berry.

Feel: It has a full, somewhat chewy body with pleasant alcohol warming.

Overall, the fruit elements stand out a bit more than other barleywines I have to complement the caramel and hops.

500ML bottle lifted off of a clearance rack; expectations are tempered. Was this really only brewed once in 2007?

The pour is sheer clay; I think I saw this beer starring in a scene from “Ghost”. Nose brings an herbal tint, oranges, light sweetness, an earthiness bespeaken of hops past their due date. Very odd.

Batch One is great if it’s a nine-yaer old barleywine; if not, not so much. The hops greet my palate with a shaken tree worth of old hops leaves, & leave a faintly metallic aftertaste…which isn’t as bad as it should be. Spritz of alcohol, latent sweetness, green apple, grapefruit. Caramel? Thick, coating. Half of this midget bottle will be enough, thanks.

Interesting take on the style; if it weren’t for that persistent metallic sliver in the back of my throat, this would be a winner. As is, pretty good.

This beer pours a slightly hazy ruddy copper with a decent head. The aroma offers up apricots, pears, nutmeg, cinnamon, bright red apple, date, fig, plum, blackberry, and marmalade. This complex depth continues in the taste, with toffee, fig, dry caramel, plum, graham cracker, and orange peel present. There is a solid level of bitterness, and a finish of burnt pecans and nutmeg. The mouthfeel is surprisingly light given the flavors, medium bodied with a solid amount of fizz. Overall this is an utterly delicious beer full of dark, dried fruit, spice, and nut flavors, with an overlay of citrusy American hops. Completely worth a re-buy.

 

22 oz bottle poured into can glass

A: almost no head with a fairly stiff pour. Super brackish hazy amber color very murky and can not see through it. Looks like low carbonation.

S: very hoppy with almost a sour raisin smell very malty jells like burnt sugars

T: starts out with plums morphs into resin and when you swallow a rush of sweet and malty with that burnt sugary taste with a nice layering effect of bitterness

M: Very heavy on the tongue syrupy very soft mouthfeel little to know carbonation

O: This is a pretty big Barleywine it tastes bigger than it is which is odd but it's got such a nice layered flavor I like it. Thus is recommended

It was a while back when I tried this beer and made basic notes on my phone. I remember it being pretty good but over hopped. Bitter earth, higher alcohol burn than I'd have liked.