YXD 2020 Barleywine
The Growlery Beer Co.
- From:
- The Growlery Beer Co.
- Alberta, Canada
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 10.5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.24 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- May 06, 2021
- Added:
- May 01, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by BPVandenbroek from Canada (AB)
3.24/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.24/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
YXD is crystal clear and leathery brown in color with sullen, ruby highlights. The head is dense, cream colored, and acceptably lasting.
The aroma is rich and sweetly malty with an openly nutty foundation. It's not fair to say it just smells of caramel and nuttiness. The caramel smells as though it's been toasted, or caramelized if you will, creating an enticing caramel on caramel sort of aroma. Toasted caramel and nuttiness support the aroma of ripe, stone fruit. Ripe stone fruit combines with what smells to me like honey and white grapes, giving the overall aroma an intriguing vinous quality.
Mouthfeel is lighter than expected for a beer of this style, although still smooth and well rounded. Flavors seem fairly simple, given the complexities I found on the nose. Flavors of caramel and nuttiness provide a decent foundation for other flavors. Hints of stone fruit come through in the center, fading away just a little too quickly. Finish is dry, lasting, and slightly roasted in nature.
It has some decent flavors and aromas but they lack the depth I would expect from a good barleywine. In my opinion, a barleywine has to be assertive in nature, walking the line between boldness and drinkability, complexity and character. While it's a very good tasting barleywine it just doesn't have that bold, complex, vinous quality.
May 06, 2021The aroma is rich and sweetly malty with an openly nutty foundation. It's not fair to say it just smells of caramel and nuttiness. The caramel smells as though it's been toasted, or caramelized if you will, creating an enticing caramel on caramel sort of aroma. Toasted caramel and nuttiness support the aroma of ripe, stone fruit. Ripe stone fruit combines with what smells to me like honey and white grapes, giving the overall aroma an intriguing vinous quality.
Mouthfeel is lighter than expected for a beer of this style, although still smooth and well rounded. Flavors seem fairly simple, given the complexities I found on the nose. Flavors of caramel and nuttiness provide a decent foundation for other flavors. Hints of stone fruit come through in the center, fading away just a little too quickly. Finish is dry, lasting, and slightly roasted in nature.
It has some decent flavors and aromas but they lack the depth I would expect from a good barleywine. In my opinion, a barleywine has to be assertive in nature, walking the line between boldness and drinkability, complexity and character. While it's a very good tasting barleywine it just doesn't have that bold, complex, vinous quality.
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