Barley Wine
Brouwerij Van Viven
- From:
- Brouwerij Van Viven
- Belgium
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- +2 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.55 | pDev: 11.55%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 27, 2026
- Added:
- Jul 14, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
3.39/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.39/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
2026-04-27
330ml bottle served in a wine glass. Dated "best by" 25.02.2027 -- which is definitely questionable because I basically bought it from a tourist trap in Brussels. But I figured it's a barleywine, so age oughtn't kill it...
Pours dark amber, small head, moderate carbonation. From arm's length and about half that, the edges seem clear but the body seems translucent at most. Smell is big English barleywine with some Belgian yeast notes. Tons of raisins and wood, some nuts, molasses with a slight vanilla twist. Fruit with just a blush of banana, spice with just a fluttering of cloves.
Taste is more mixture of barrel aged barleywine and quadrupel than I would have guessed from the smell. Amp up the dates and sweetness, ramp down the caramel, emphasize the banana and clove just a smidge. Boozy for sure.
Mouthfeel is thick, on the sticky side, pretty still. Overall...it's not bad. Nothing special. Wouldn't turn it down, wouldn't seek it out, wouldn't order it a second time if there was something else moderately interesting available.
Apr 27, 2026330ml bottle served in a wine glass. Dated "best by" 25.02.2027 -- which is definitely questionable because I basically bought it from a tourist trap in Brussels. But I figured it's a barleywine, so age oughtn't kill it...
Pours dark amber, small head, moderate carbonation. From arm's length and about half that, the edges seem clear but the body seems translucent at most. Smell is big English barleywine with some Belgian yeast notes. Tons of raisins and wood, some nuts, molasses with a slight vanilla twist. Fruit with just a blush of banana, spice with just a fluttering of cloves.
Taste is more mixture of barrel aged barleywine and quadrupel than I would have guessed from the smell. Amp up the dates and sweetness, ramp down the caramel, emphasize the banana and clove just a smidge. Boozy for sure.
Mouthfeel is thick, on the sticky side, pretty still. Overall...it's not bad. Nothing special. Wouldn't turn it down, wouldn't seek it out, wouldn't order it a second time if there was something else moderately interesting available.
Rated by Dentist666 from Russian Federation
3.52/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Hardly ever "american" barley wine.
Aug 21, 2021
Rated by arzt from Germany
3.79/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Good beer with greatly hidden alcohol and too belgish nose.
But it is not barleywine.
Jul 26, 2021But it is not barleywine.
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