Premeditated Murder Barleywine | New England Brewing Co.
Brewed by:
New England Brewing Co.
Connecticut, United States
newenglandbrewing.com
Style: American Barleywine
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 11.80%
Availability: Rotating
Notes / Commercial Description:
Barley Wine Style Ale. Full-bodied. Rife with ominous portent. Meticulously planned to the last detail.
Added by davey101 on 10-25-2012
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Reviews: 32 | Ratings: 209
Reviews by jjdc:
4.25/5 rDev +6.8%
jjdc, Feb 07, 2014
More User Reviews:
3.79/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Thanks to Jon for this one. Had side-by-side with Attempted RedRum. 16oz. bottle into a Cigar City snifter. Shared with schen9303.
Pours a creamy, thick 1 finger light cream head with moderate to low retention. Beer is a cloudy, dark mahogany. Very very heavy. Lacing is thick and layered with good stick. A big beer for sure.
Nose is booze, sap hop bitterness, some nuttiness, and a light molasses sweet presence. Not the most aromatic. Pretty pedestrian.
Opens booze, brown sugar, sap hop bitterness, and caramel. Toffee notes mix with more big, bold hop characteristics in the middle. Some maple, more caramel, toffee, and molasses come through. Big malt body fights an even bigger, astringent hop bitterness. End is sweet booze, molasses, some nuttiness, and more caramel and toffee. Aftertaste of astringent sap hoppiness mixed with a bold malt presence. Solid but a bit too bitter for my taste.
Full bodied with low carbonation. Thick and oily in the mouth and goes down smooth and viscous. Messy, boozy finish with a sticky, filmy aftertaste. Real solid for the style.
A solid beer from the look and feel of things but the taste is a bit off. I like my barleywines to have a big malt presence... which this does. But it also carries a huge sap hop bitterness to offset things. I could see this improving with age as the hops start to fall off.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Thanks to Jon for this one. Had side-by-side with Attempted RedRum. 16oz. bottle into a Cigar City snifter. Shared with schen9303.
Pours a creamy, thick 1 finger light cream head with moderate to low retention. Beer is a cloudy, dark mahogany. Very very heavy. Lacing is thick and layered with good stick. A big beer for sure.
Nose is booze, sap hop bitterness, some nuttiness, and a light molasses sweet presence. Not the most aromatic. Pretty pedestrian.
Opens booze, brown sugar, sap hop bitterness, and caramel. Toffee notes mix with more big, bold hop characteristics in the middle. Some maple, more caramel, toffee, and molasses come through. Big malt body fights an even bigger, astringent hop bitterness. End is sweet booze, molasses, some nuttiness, and more caramel and toffee. Aftertaste of astringent sap hoppiness mixed with a bold malt presence. Solid but a bit too bitter for my taste.
Full bodied with low carbonation. Thick and oily in the mouth and goes down smooth and viscous. Messy, boozy finish with a sticky, filmy aftertaste. Real solid for the style.
A solid beer from the look and feel of things but the taste is a bit off. I like my barleywines to have a big malt presence... which this does. But it also carries a huge sap hop bitterness to offset things. I could see this improving with age as the hops start to fall off.
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4.35/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured into a snifter.
A: looks like mahogony. Dark red/brownish. One finger light creamy colored head, which dissipates to a fine film.
S: Smell of sweet malt, a bit of caramel, and a little alcohol.
T: Sweet, caramel, a bit of alcohol, and a little bitterness.
M: Between medium and full bodied. Nice and smooth.
O: Maybe a slight bias because I love NEBCO. I did really enjoy this beer. I think it will do well with a year of age.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured into a snifter.
A: looks like mahogony. Dark red/brownish. One finger light creamy colored head, which dissipates to a fine film.
S: Smell of sweet malt, a bit of caramel, and a little alcohol.
T: Sweet, caramel, a bit of alcohol, and a little bitterness.
M: Between medium and full bodied. Nice and smooth.
O: Maybe a slight bias because I love NEBCO. I did really enjoy this beer. I think it will do well with a year of age.
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3.61/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
500 mL bottle poured into a snifter.
Appearance - Deep reddish brown. Chunky head, but not a lot of it. A few bubbles in the collar.
Smell - Caramel and a grapefruit hop aroma. Slight oxidation.
Taste - Creamy caramel malt. Muted grapefruit hop. Monotonous, but good. Still a small amount of oxidation here.
Mouthfeel - Medium body and carbonation. Slightest boozy kick.
Overall - Never a big fan of this style, but it's pretty good. Just dull.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
500 mL bottle poured into a snifter.
Appearance - Deep reddish brown. Chunky head, but not a lot of it. A few bubbles in the collar.
Smell - Caramel and a grapefruit hop aroma. Slight oxidation.
Taste - Creamy caramel malt. Muted grapefruit hop. Monotonous, but good. Still a small amount of oxidation here.
Mouthfeel - Medium body and carbonation. Slightest boozy kick.
Overall - Never a big fan of this style, but it's pretty good. Just dull.
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4.25/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.2/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This is an interesting beer. Had a bottle a few days ago and thought it was pretty much of a Malt Bomb. The one I have right now is very hoppy. This one is so much better IMHO, there is so much up front hoppiness that is balanced out with a nice creamy caramel and toffee. Was going to give one of the bottles I picked up as a gift...not now! Well done!
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This is an interesting beer. Had a bottle a few days ago and thought it was pretty much of a Malt Bomb. The one I have right now is very hoppy. This one is so much better IMHO, there is so much up front hoppiness that is balanced out with a nice creamy caramel and toffee. Was going to give one of the bottles I picked up as a gift...not now! Well done!
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Premeditated Murder Barleywine from New England Brewing Co.
3.98
out of 5
based on 209 ratings.