The Wanderer
The Lone Pint Brewery
- From:
- The Lone Pint Brewery
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.89 | pDev: 11.57%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Apr 13, 2020
- Added:
- Jun 19, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by puck1225 from Texas
4.25/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Had it from tap at the brewery, poured into a snifter. Murky golden brown color with a nice beige head and good lacing. Fruit smell and taste, apples and caramel, some toffee and cinnamon. Nice maltiness and no boo zines. Excellent barleywine!
Mar 17, 2019
Rated by Bryan12345 from Texas
3.5/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A decent beer, but a below average barleywine.
Oct 03, 2016
Reviewed by Premo88 from Texas
4.87/5 rDev +25.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.87/5 rDev +25.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
10-11 oz. snifter on tap at Whole Foods in Houston (Waugh)
(July 25, 2016)
L: murky brown, 1/4-inch of thick head of beige foam, full skin -- it's ugliness is stunning, quad-like brown and 100% opaque with super sticky head; keeps a thin ring of foam; not much lacing but still an awesome brew to behold
S: caramel, dust, dark dried fruits ... dates; sweet and salty ... buttery biscuit; a slight tropical fruit aroma, mango
T: flavor overload -- sweet caramel, dark fruits, sweet prunes; hops lurking in the weeds ... an earthy note, dirt hops ... very subdued but present; baked rolls with a sugary icing
F: weighty, good carbonation, some ale slickness ... carbonation can be prickly but for me, it's fantastic
O: about as good as it gets as Lone Pint shows yet again it can handle the malt as well as the hops; The Wanderer comes off like a really, REALLY good doppelbock or eisbock ... just bursting with flavor; if this gets bottled, I'm grabbing all I can find ... with the ABV, my bet is it will age just fine.
Aug 14, 2016(July 25, 2016)
L: murky brown, 1/4-inch of thick head of beige foam, full skin -- it's ugliness is stunning, quad-like brown and 100% opaque with super sticky head; keeps a thin ring of foam; not much lacing but still an awesome brew to behold
S: caramel, dust, dark dried fruits ... dates; sweet and salty ... buttery biscuit; a slight tropical fruit aroma, mango
T: flavor overload -- sweet caramel, dark fruits, sweet prunes; hops lurking in the weeds ... an earthy note, dirt hops ... very subdued but present; baked rolls with a sugary icing
F: weighty, good carbonation, some ale slickness ... carbonation can be prickly but for me, it's fantastic
O: about as good as it gets as Lone Pint shows yet again it can handle the malt as well as the hops; The Wanderer comes off like a really, REALLY good doppelbock or eisbock ... just bursting with flavor; if this gets bottled, I'm grabbing all I can find ... with the ABV, my bet is it will age just fine.
Reviewed by Can_has_beer from Texas
3.38/5 rDev -13.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.38/5 rDev -13.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
This barleywine is very different. It has a murky brown color, a very grainy smell and a bitter finish. Toffee notes showed as it warmed. Now what it doesn't have is a ton of alcohol, on the palate or in the aroma, and a sticky finish. I liked that it wasn't sweet, but the other characteristics overshadowed this nice surprise.
Aug 08, 2016
Rated by greenspointexas from Texas
4.64/5 rDev +19.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.64/5 rDev +19.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
One of the best Texas barleywines ive had. Move over, Sisyphus
Jun 25, 2016
Reviewed by champ103 from Texas
3.34/5 rDev -14.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.34/5 rDev -14.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Growler from Premium Draught in Houston, TX
A: Pours a murky dark garnet red/brown color. A one finger beige head forms and gently recedes to leave spotty, filmy lace.
S: Caramelized sugar up front. Followed quickly by over ripe dark fruits, and green, grassy hops, tea leaves even and lingering bitterness. The bitterness becomes a bit abrasive.
T: Caramelized burnt sugar, with a big sweetness up front. Some generic dark fruits, green grassy hops, leafy hops. That remind me of tea leaves, if that makes sense. Bitterness lingers.
M/O: A big full body. The carbonation is a bit on the lower side, and sits a little heavy. Which is to be expected. Smooth as well. A big beer, with aggressive sugar like sweetness and lightly abrasive bitterness. Which not only makes this a slow sipper, but a bit of a chore to finish.
A decent attempt at a big burly American style Barleywine. Plenty of sweetness, that is almost like burnt caramel. Bitterness is strong. Not bad at all, but I don't think it is among the better examples of the style. Though this was a struggle to finish, and more of a chore to drink than I would have liked.
Jun 19, 2016A: Pours a murky dark garnet red/brown color. A one finger beige head forms and gently recedes to leave spotty, filmy lace.
S: Caramelized sugar up front. Followed quickly by over ripe dark fruits, and green, grassy hops, tea leaves even and lingering bitterness. The bitterness becomes a bit abrasive.
T: Caramelized burnt sugar, with a big sweetness up front. Some generic dark fruits, green grassy hops, leafy hops. That remind me of tea leaves, if that makes sense. Bitterness lingers.
M/O: A big full body. The carbonation is a bit on the lower side, and sits a little heavy. Which is to be expected. Smooth as well. A big beer, with aggressive sugar like sweetness and lightly abrasive bitterness. Which not only makes this a slow sipper, but a bit of a chore to finish.
A decent attempt at a big burly American style Barleywine. Plenty of sweetness, that is almost like burnt caramel. Bitterness is strong. Not bad at all, but I don't think it is among the better examples of the style. Though this was a struggle to finish, and more of a chore to drink than I would have liked.
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