Old Blarney Barleywine
Moylan's Brewery

Copenhagen 1/6 2019. 65 cl bottle from Vinbørsen. Moylan's usual crowded label design i dark brown with a ton of signatures, a big pile of gold Medals and a map to show me the way to the Brewery if I happen to drop by Novato California. Big white sticker saying Aged in Whisky Barrels for 6 months.

Pours hazy mahogany with a red hue and small off-white head. Settles as thin, patchy layer of foam unable to cover the surface of the beer. Clinging to the side of the glass. Moderate lacing.

Aroma is sweet, intense and boozy. Brown sugar, dark fermented fruit. Plums, raisins. Oaky odor of sherry. Sugary and syrupy.

Light carbonation. Heavy, medium thick, oily, sticky, creamy texture.

Flavor is heavy sweet followed by a medium sour bitterness. Aftertaste is sweet and sugary with a quite strong bitter undercurrent. Lingering. Light boozy presence.

Sweet boozer with light bitter-sour twist. As they say on the back of the label: A Great Sipping Ale.

650 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 10%. Beautiful reddish brown colour, large off-white head. Aroma of malts, caramel, some mild roasty notes. The flavour is also malty with caramel and more distinct roasty notes, hints of sherry, also fairly distinct resinous hops. Bitter finish and aftertaste. Should not be drunk too cold.

 

 

 

 

 

Grunt fill from Albertsons. Initially thought it may have gone flat, but it's a mild pour with a fairly heavy weight. Mahogany pour with a ring if beige head. Malt and molasses on the aroma, taste also is malt forward. A bit of a tang on the tail end, finishes sweet. Doesn't seem overly boozy.

 

This barleywine pours a dark brown, opaque color with a solid white head of foam. The smell is of caramel malts and not surprisingly, considering it’s a 10% barleywine, of alcohol. The taste is faintly of sweet caramel at first, but it quickly fades into a really earthy, barley, grain flavor with a noticeable yeastiness. The finish is a little bitter, with more hops than a standard barleywine and of course with prominent alcohol flavor like most barleywines. The finish is also nice and creamy more like a stout than a barleywine. The flavor is pretty good and most people would complement this barleywine on its drinkability, though for me that’s not necessarily a good thing since what I look for in a barleywine is intensity with a big body and this isn’t quite where my favorites are. Nevertheless, it’s a nice fall / winter beer with some nice flavors of the harvest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very hoppy, great taste. Better smell.

Great Barley Wine..