The Hinterlander
Strangeways Brewing
- From:
- Strangeways Brewing
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 2.48 | pDev: 25.81%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Oct 15, 2017
- Added:
- Jan 22, 2016
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Sludgeman from District of Columbia
2.27/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 1 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.27/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 1 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Poured into a stemmed tulip.
Simply put, this is not a typical barley wine and thus if judging to style this beer will not receive high marks. A very complex beer the barrel aging has not just added barrel flavors but also some sour qualities. I would be interested to know if this sour profile, which shows up primarily in the aroma, was intentionally or just a mistake good enough to still bottle the resulting brew. My rating obviously shows I don’t hate this beer like some other reviewers. 2.5
A – Pours a very handsome reddish brown, very warm wood-like color, with a small off-white head that dissipates very quickly. Low carbonation. Average lacing with evident alcohol legs. 3.75
S – Dark fruits (figs and prunes) along with a very strong lactic funkiness. Aroma is more wild ale than barley wine. 1.0
T – Not sour but funky as in fermented fruit (brett contamination), some saison like qualities, the 11% ABV comes through with some almost bourbon like qualities of caramel, molasses, tobacco, leather and spice. Vinous qualities as well. 2
MF – Medium heavy body with a smooth but dry finish. The dry finish ends with some late bitterness on the back of the tongue and throat. 3.0
Jan 01, 2017Simply put, this is not a typical barley wine and thus if judging to style this beer will not receive high marks. A very complex beer the barrel aging has not just added barrel flavors but also some sour qualities. I would be interested to know if this sour profile, which shows up primarily in the aroma, was intentionally or just a mistake good enough to still bottle the resulting brew. My rating obviously shows I don’t hate this beer like some other reviewers. 2.5
A – Pours a very handsome reddish brown, very warm wood-like color, with a small off-white head that dissipates very quickly. Low carbonation. Average lacing with evident alcohol legs. 3.75
S – Dark fruits (figs and prunes) along with a very strong lactic funkiness. Aroma is more wild ale than barley wine. 1.0
T – Not sour but funky as in fermented fruit (brett contamination), some saison like qualities, the 11% ABV comes through with some almost bourbon like qualities of caramel, molasses, tobacco, leather and spice. Vinous qualities as well. 2
MF – Medium heavy body with a smooth but dry finish. The dry finish ends with some late bitterness on the back of the tongue and throat. 3.0
Reviewed by Toomanybarrels from Virginia
1.35/5 rDev -45.6%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.25
1.35/5 rDev -45.6%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.25
From a 375 purchased at the brewery and poured into a tulup
Look: A dark ruby red or mahogany with a quickly dissipating off white head
Smell: plums? Possibly figs, but if I didn't know they were in there I wouldn't have guessed that.
Taste: not good. It tastes like two beers. You get an initial brett beer that disappears quickly to reveal grapefruit pith and oak (?) There is a lingering aftertaste that in time fades to figs ... possibly
Feel: again the beer seems like two beers. A thin lite beer, with brett, and an astringent, overoaked winter warmer
Overall: it doesn't speak well of the brewery that they would release this beer. Most home brewers would have dumped this fail. The name and label art are it's most redeeming qualities.
Jul 10, 2016Look: A dark ruby red or mahogany with a quickly dissipating off white head
Smell: plums? Possibly figs, but if I didn't know they were in there I wouldn't have guessed that.
Taste: not good. It tastes like two beers. You get an initial brett beer that disappears quickly to reveal grapefruit pith and oak (?) There is a lingering aftertaste that in time fades to figs ... possibly
Feel: again the beer seems like two beers. A thin lite beer, with brett, and an astringent, overoaked winter warmer
Overall: it doesn't speak well of the brewery that they would release this beer. Most home brewers would have dumped this fail. The name and label art are it's most redeeming qualities.
Reviewed by VeganUndead from Virginia
2.91/5 rDev +17.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.91/5 rDev +17.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
This is labeled as a barleywine aged in barrels for a year with figs. There was obviously exposure to brett at some point during this process because this is essentially a tart barleywine which was definitely not the intention, and doesn't really work
Feb 03, 2016
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