Un-Leashed Jolly Old Scratch
Great Dane Pub & Brewing Company (Downtown)
- From:
- Great Dane Pub & Brewing Company (Downtown)
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
- ABV:
- 12%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.89 | pDev: 15.68%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 09, 2017
- Added:
- Jan 15, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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A black barleywine brewed with dried cherries.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by mjpolzin from Wisconsin
3.94/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I bought a 22 oz bomber of this when it first came out but have had it in my cellar for a little over a year mostly because I haven't been that impressed with other Great Dane bottles so I wasn't in any rush to drink this.
It pours a dark black with a brownish head. It almost looks more like a stout. The smell is of faint fruit. The taste reminded me a lot of a cherry stout. It was tart upfront with some sweetness on the backend. There was also a dark malt profile in the background.
Although there are many barleywines that are better than this one, I liked it enough that I may try to grab another bottle to stash away. I think this beer was a little overpriced when it came out which led to much of it sitting on shelves in Madison for quite awhile.
Mar 02, 2014It pours a dark black with a brownish head. It almost looks more like a stout. The smell is of faint fruit. The taste reminded me a lot of a cherry stout. It was tart upfront with some sweetness on the backend. There was also a dark malt profile in the background.
Although there are many barleywines that are better than this one, I liked it enough that I may try to grab another bottle to stash away. I think this beer was a little overpriced when it came out which led to much of it sitting on shelves in Madison for quite awhile.
Reviewed by Etan from Wisconsin
3.22/5 rDev -17.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
3.22/5 rDev -17.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
22oz.
A: Pours black with a healthy dark tan head. Looks like a stout.
S: Dried cherries definitely coming through in the aroma, along with mild roasted grain, cocoa, toffee, a slight mint-like note.
T: Taste brings a rush of sweet, almost syrup-like cherry flavor, moderate roast, a hint of hop bitterness, maybe some mild caramel behind the huge sugary cherry.
M: Thick-bodied with light carbonation, chewy.
O: This is an interesting idea but the cherry flavor is just too over the top and cloying to enjoy more than a few ounces of.
Jan 15, 2014A: Pours black with a healthy dark tan head. Looks like a stout.
S: Dried cherries definitely coming through in the aroma, along with mild roasted grain, cocoa, toffee, a slight mint-like note.
T: Taste brings a rush of sweet, almost syrup-like cherry flavor, moderate roast, a hint of hop bitterness, maybe some mild caramel behind the huge sugary cherry.
M: Thick-bodied with light carbonation, chewy.
O: This is an interesting idea but the cherry flavor is just too over the top and cloying to enjoy more than a few ounces of.
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