The Labyrinth 2017
Crooked Tongue Brewing
- From:
- Crooked Tongue Brewing
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 14%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.9 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 07, 2020
- Added:
- Jun 07, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Cylinsier from Pennsylvania
3.9/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz bottle
Pours hazy brown, no head retention.
Aroma is of tart fruit, caramel, toffee, and oak.
Flavor comes in waves. Starts with toast, tart berry, some mild vegetal flavor, green apple, and toffee. This gives way to cork, oak, grape, and leather. Then leaves on notes of honey, walnut, and maybe the currant that it was apparently aged on. There's maybe a bit of boozy character in there too, something close to a brandy.
Medium body, light fizzy carbonation. Faint warmth going down.
After trying the 2018, I can say that this 2017 version is definitely better. It barely tastes like a barleywine, more like and old ale or even something imitating an oud bruin. Like the 2018, this one does have some sort of off vegetal taste, but it isn't astringently bitter like the 2018 and while I think the beer would be better without it, it doesn't overwhelm any of the good characteristics. Beyond that it's a lot more easy drinking and mellow than you'd expect from 14%. I can say that I don't think I would go seeking it out again, I'm glad to have tried it and am enjoying it enough. It's definitely unique. Can't think of another beer that I've had like this one.
Jun 07, 2020Pours hazy brown, no head retention.
Aroma is of tart fruit, caramel, toffee, and oak.
Flavor comes in waves. Starts with toast, tart berry, some mild vegetal flavor, green apple, and toffee. This gives way to cork, oak, grape, and leather. Then leaves on notes of honey, walnut, and maybe the currant that it was apparently aged on. There's maybe a bit of boozy character in there too, something close to a brandy.
Medium body, light fizzy carbonation. Faint warmth going down.
After trying the 2018, I can say that this 2017 version is definitely better. It barely tastes like a barleywine, more like and old ale or even something imitating an oud bruin. Like the 2018, this one does have some sort of off vegetal taste, but it isn't astringently bitter like the 2018 and while I think the beer would be better without it, it doesn't overwhelm any of the good characteristics. Beyond that it's a lot more easy drinking and mellow than you'd expect from 14%. I can say that I don't think I would go seeking it out again, I'm glad to have tried it and am enjoying it enough. It's definitely unique. Can't think of another beer that I've had like this one.
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