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Arcadia Brewing Company - Cereal Killer Barleywine
Beer Type: English Barley Wine - 10.00% ABV
Appearance: 22oz brown bottle with a kinda strange serial killer label thing going on. Neat. Beer poured a hazy reddish/brown. No head to speak of.
Smell: Sweetness, a lot of sticky sweet aromas of dried fruits, molasses and dark sugars, and just a hint of something else? Can't quite make it out.
First Drink: A little bit of grain but mostly just sticky sweet raisins and cherries. Not much in the hops department.
Mouthfeel: Very sticky with what I would call a medium body.
Last Drink: A little bitterness coming though now and something like tart apples or pineapple? Maybe that's not a good thing...
Drinkability: Wow this is one heck of a beer. Not for slamming that's for sure. I've had other barley wine I liked better but this one is pretty damn complex.
Notes: This beer is from 2007. Been sitting on it for a bit. Not sure how that may have changed the brew?
Verdict: 4 out of 5. Local beer, aged a while, now given light and air. Tastes pretty good but I'd like a current bottle to compare.
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So I gather it's...sticky. I have to admit, I don't usually like Barley wine that much, with some exceptions, because of those highly developed, complex fruit flavours.
Guess I'm just more of a session beer guy...
Thanks Gigawatts! That's awesome and inspiring.
Yeah Mattias I guess sticky was the adjective of the day :P
Barleywine is always a bit hit or miss with me.
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