Barely Barley
Oozlefinch Beers & Blending
- From:
- Oozlefinch Beers & Blending
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- English Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 6.7%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.89 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 05, 2018
- Added:
- Dec 12, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Just in time for Thanksgiving, this delicious pint is not your average brown ale. Our Brewmaster Mike Donovan teamed up with his old brewing buddy Nathan Rice at New Braunfels Brewing Company to bring you the perfect pairing for your Thanksgiving meal. On a base of barley -- barely -- Mike and Nathan built a grain bill of emmer wheat (a nearly 20,000 year old relic wild grain), triticale (a hybrid of wheat and rye originating in Scotland), and toasted buckwheat (a non-grass crop related to rhubarb). Triple-step mashed and fermented with English ale yeast to add just a touch of fruitiness, this 6.7% ABV brown ale has a creamy mouthfeel and distinct grainy notes that will stand up to stuffing, gravy, and even that pumpkin pie you can't resist. An alternative ale to bring a little non-traditional flavor to one of our favorite traditions -- Thanksgiving dinner!
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
3.89/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.89/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap:
A medium brown body seems a bit cloudy. Head falls to a thin collar.
Nose is a nice well toasted bread that stays short of being burnt. Very light nuttiness and a light earthy to woody hop note.
Taste follows the nose, but there is an early tang (tat does fade), and a fair level of bitterness that takes a larger role than I’d expect for an English brown. A bit of dark nut shows up mid taste in some sips.
I went back and forth on this one as I drank. It changed slightly to the better with warmth. Not many brown ales out there, and this was enjoyable, English, American, or who cares.
Jan 05, 2018A medium brown body seems a bit cloudy. Head falls to a thin collar.
Nose is a nice well toasted bread that stays short of being burnt. Very light nuttiness and a light earthy to woody hop note.
Taste follows the nose, but there is an early tang (tat does fade), and a fair level of bitterness that takes a larger role than I’d expect for an English brown. A bit of dark nut shows up mid taste in some sips.
I went back and forth on this one as I drank. It changed slightly to the better with warmth. Not many brown ales out there, and this was enjoyable, English, American, or who cares.
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