Lervig Barley Wine 2017 BA Bourbon
Information from http://lervig.no/en/brew/barley-wine/:
"Our Barley Wine is the most special beer we make, being produced only once every year. It’s a blend of different bourbon barrel-aged vintages that have spent at least one year in wood. We blend the different barrels, and add a bit of freshly brewed Barley Wine to obtain the best possible version.
This year, the Barley Wine was brewed using a double-boil technique in which we evaporate the beer to a high concentration of sugar, add water back to the wort, and then boil it down again to increase Maillard reaction processes and build up some intense caramelization. We went easy on the hops to allow the malt and bourbon characteristics inherited from the barrels to be the champions of this beer.
The aromas and flavours are intense, and should be enjoyed slowly by serving at room temperature to allow even more layered nuances to shine through and add to the beautiful complexity of this beer. We hope you enjoy this as much as we do."
"Our Barley Wine is the most special beer we make, being produced only once every year. It’s a blend of different bourbon barrel-aged vintages that have spent at least one year in wood. We blend the different barrels, and add a bit of freshly brewed Barley Wine to obtain the best possible version.
This year, the Barley Wine was brewed using a double-boil technique in which we evaporate the beer to a high concentration of sugar, add water back to the wort, and then boil it down again to increase Maillard reaction processes and build up some intense caramelization. We went easy on the hops to allow the malt and bourbon characteristics inherited from the barrels to be the champions of this beer.
The aromas and flavours are intense, and should be enjoyed slowly by serving at room temperature to allow even more layered nuances to shine through and add to the beautiful complexity of this beer. We hope you enjoy this as much as we do."
4.1
213 reviews
Stavanger, Norway
Community reviews
bottle at home. After the disappointing game of Rugby I needed something big dark and strong and this fit the bill very nicely. It was very boozy with a choclate raisin edge with just a touch of vanilla. it was very good and sent me sleeping very quickly
Inicialmente en boca con potencia no definida. Después aparece un sabor muy agradable, caramelizado, con toques a café y chocolate.
Probablemente la mejor Barley que he probado.
Bottle. Dark brown, brief light brow bubbly head. Nise caramel, grapes, plums in alcohol. Full body, smooth texture. Moderately sweet taste, complex and well balanced. Excellent.
330ml bottle. Almost opaque dark brown, barely any head. Aroma is exquisite, bourbon soaked raisins and dried fruits, caramel. Taste of bourbon, raisins, dried fruits, caramel, figs, a little chocolate, boozy finish. Medium body. Superb.
Sort med beige skum. Aroma malt sviske alkohol karamell. Smak lakris malt karamell alkohol sviske. Kraftig og smaksrik. Flaske kjøpt på Vinmonopolet Jekta
Najlepsze Barley Wine jakie piłem. Zarówno w smaku i aromacie miód, rodzynki, suszone owoce, melasa, wanilia, dębina i czekolada. Gęste, słodkie i szlachetnie rozgrzewające. Jeśli macie możliwość, kupować w ciemno.
Lervig
Barley Wine 2017
Moc 12,9%
Styl: Barley Wine
Goryczka: IBU 50 ( za UNT)
Ważny do 30/10/2027
Oceny: UNT: 4,25 RB: 4,09 BA: 4,52 ogólnie / 4.50 za wersje z 2017 ( tylko 7 recenzji )
Po dłuższej nieobecności pełnej 4 zdaniówek rodem z UNT pora zrecenzować coś solidniej. A jako, że jestem na stoutowym detoksie wybór padł na Barleya. Dziś produkcja Lerviga z 2017 roku. Piwo, które recenzje ma znakomite - a do którego w pełni nie mogę się przekonać. Każdy kolejny raz jednak - który go pije - smakuje mi coraz bardziej
Aromat: Susz owocowy, słodycz, akcenty jakby miodowe, kompot. Z szyjki i zimne - jeszcze delikatnie. Beczka zaznacza się też niezbyt mocno - ale z pewnością jest 🙂 Po przelaniu do szkła bourbon uaktywnia się błyskawicznie. Znowu susz - rodzynki, figi i Bóg wie co jeszcze 🙂 po ogrzaniu na pewno trochę wanilii wychodzi.
Wygląd: Bardzo ciemny ten Barley. Ciemny brąz rzekłbym. Nie jest to podręcznikowy kolor. Piana bawi tu tylko chwile. Znika niemal do zera. Pozostaje przy ściankach kielicha. Do tego w środku cosik pływa. Tak zwane farfocle. Osobiście nie przeszkadzają mi jednak wcale
Smak: Pierwsza atakuje słodycz. Jest Bourbon i nawet cigareta przy końcu. W kolejnych haustach wchodzą tu toffee i czekolada. Robi się bogato. Słodycz umiejętnie kontrowana - tytoniem - goryczką - nawet jakby orzechem. Tylko zapach pozostaje niezmiennie słodziakiem. W recenzjach kolegów po fachu widzę, kokosa. Cóż - na granicy auto sugestii. Consi - consa.
Podniebienie: Degustacyjnie, lepko, wysublimowanie. Ciało na prawdę kozak 4+ albo 5- ciężko się doczepiać, choć to nie record breaker. Alkohol 12,9% to też kpina. Jest moc - ale raczej odczuwalna na 8 - 8.5% Wysycenie średnie
Ogólnie: Pije po raz trzeci albo czwarty. No i śmieszna sprawa. Jest jak wino. Im starsze tym lepsze 🙂 Ma u mnie casus Rocheforta10. Chyba po prostu musiałem do niego dorosnąć. Na UNT z 3.75 dałbym mu teraz 4.3. Jest złożone, bogate, degustacyjne, wymagające. Nietypowe jak na Barleya. W opisie producenta ( Saluto Great Mike Murphy! ) jak wół stoi, że jest to blend. Jestem w stanie w to uwierzyć. Tym bardziej doceniam to jak bardzo smooth to piwko się prezentuje
Bottled. 33cl sample. The aroma has bourbon, raisins, caramel. Dark coloured beer with an offwhite head. The taste is sweet bourbon warming caramel with dried fruits and sugar. heavy one. Very nice.
The aroma of dark caramel, dried fruit, dates, oak. Dark beer with a little brown foam. On the palate shades of dark caramel, dried fruit, bourbon and oak. The finish is nice and warming. The body is dense and viscous, carbonation is small.
Fruitcake, piney, honey, dates prunes. A classic barley wine, can not imagine how to make it better
Draught @ MBCC 2018, Blue Session
Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma has notes or malt, caramel, alcohol, vanilla, bourbon, oak and dried fruits. Taste is heavy sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, oak, vanilla, bourbon and caramel finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Shared a bottle with my neighbour yesterday. Holy shit what a beer. It's so much of everything. Brown sugar, caramel, dates, figs, chocolate, marzipan, nuts and a big boozy finish of bourbon. Nice oily texture as well.
Appearance: dark brown colour. Almost no head. Aroma: Tons of vanilla, coconut, bourbon and oak mixing with malt notes: rasins, figs and toffee. Intensive and bluntly beguiling. Taste: very sweet, a lot of dried fruits with vanilla. Bourbon in aftertaste, but definitely not distasteful. Generally alcohol is well hidden. Full mouthfeel, almost no carbonation. Great beer!
Dark brown colored, medium creamy tan head. Aroma is toffee, brown sugary, dried fruit, strong bourbon aroma with some barrel, some chocolate. Taste is very sweet, malty, toffee, loads of bourbon, vanilla and dried fruits, some chocolate, bit toasted, some alcohol with a warming finish. Full bodied, soft carbonation, oily to sticky. Excellent stuff!
(bottle, Bierhalle Deconinck, Vichte)
330ml bottle served in a snifter glass.
A: Pours a dark amber to brown color forming a small tan head with low retention that forms and leaves only few spotty lacings in the glass. Nose is very sweet.
S: Strong caramel, toffee and sweet malts. Dark dry fruits (mainly plums ans raisins) and nuts. Wood. Flowery hops. A bit boozy.
T: Sweet upfront taste. Strong notes of toffee, caramel malts, dry plums, nuts, raisins, oak and grassy hops. Medium bitterness. Sweeter than bitterer.
M: Heavy body. Creamy. Low bitterness. Caramel, toffee and dry plums in the aftertaste.
O: Good drinkability. Not my favorite beer style but still a masterpiece Barley Wine.
Bottle shared with Marte. Opaque brown color, beige head. Aroma and flavor are malts, firm to heavy bourbon, brown malts, lightly brown candy sugar notes. Quite heavy but quite good. 7-3-8-4-15.
33 cl bottle.
Pours dark brown color with a very small off-white head. Strong bourbon on the nose, ripe fruits, plums, subtle raisin notes, caramel, malts. Flavor has bourbon-y vanilla sweetness, ripe fruits and caramel, hints of chocolate, lots of malts, very faint syrupy tones on the finish. Alcohol warmth on the sweet vanilla aftertaste. Quite lovely slow sipper.
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Provata in bottiglia da 0,33. Colore marrone scura, quasi nero, schiuma bianca poco persistente. Al naso soprattutto cioccolato (molto) e nocciola. Al palato ancora cioccolato, liquirizia e poi in conclusione esce fuori Il bourbon. Corpo pieno e carbonazione media. Il finale è dolce ed esce fuori prepotentemente l’alcool. Birra a dir poco stupefacente, non a caso è tra le top 50 di RateBeer. Probabilmente una delle migliori barley wine mai fatte.
Bottle at Orla tasting. Aroma of roasted malt, melasse, caramel. dried fruit, vanilla, bourbon. Heavy sweet and lingering roasted notes. Full and sticky. Good
Bottle @ Mr Orla Going Barley, Ratebeer Odense. Hazy brown with a lasting white head. Nutty aroma with caramel, cherry, vanilla and dried fruit. Sweet malty and fruity flavour.
I sapori sono dolci e dominati da zuccheri scuri e bourbon piuttosto ricchi, con vaniglia, barretta di cioccolato, uvetta, cola, fichi secchi e un tocco di vino fortificato
0,3 litre Bottle from Vinmonopolet Alna. Shared with Bergstaden. Almost Black with light brown head. Malts, bourbon, barrel, booze, Nice!
Bottle 33cl, a dark amber beer with low head. Nose is very intense on blond caramel, oak, vanilla, barley sugar, old fruits, toasted caramel. Taste is very sweet, aroma is on a barley basis with good bourbon oak. Body is intense and massive, a very pleasant and powerful barley.
Flaska. Disig mörkbrun med ett ljusbrunt skum. Dofter av torkad frukt, karamell och trä. Smakinslag av mörkt bröd, karamell, läder, russin, vanilj och ljus choklad. Fyllig kropp. Värmande alkohol. Oljig munkänsla.
Draught @ MBCC'18 [ Blue Session ]. - Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2018, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark.
[ As Lervig Barley Wine 2017 BA Bourbon ].
Clear dark brown colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, sweet malt, cookie, cake, dried fruit, bourbon - vanilla - cake. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, dark malt, cake, alcohol, dried fruit, sweet malt, bourbon - vanilla - alcohol - cake. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20180511]
8-3-8-4-16
W aromacie beczka, bourbon, drewno, parkiet, nieco alkoholu. Z wyglądu brąz wpadający w czerń, piany praktycznie brak. W smaku słodkie, wyczuwalne nuty drewniane, beczkowe, melasa, kandyzowane owoce, orzechy, trochę parkietowe. Degustacyjne, aksamitne, rozgrzewające. Ogólnie bardzo smaczny, przyjemny barley wine
Medium brown color with short lived mocha head. Aroma has intense caramel, dried fruits like raisins and dates, toffee and bourbon. Taste starts sweet with dried fig notes, burnt sugar, lots of bourbon, dark fruits, toffee and a bittersweet woody finish. Syrupy body, drinks quite smoothly. A great bourbon and toffee bomb of a barleywine.
Virtual/Skype tasting with Nordcore!
Appearance: Very dark brown, seems clear. Small, dark tan head.
Aroma: Dark ripe fruits, prunes, slight wood barrels.
Taste: Dark fruits, prunes, good sweetness. Some barrel.
Bought: Boxbeers.com, 330 ml, €11.97
Info: 31/12-2018, BB: 30/10-2027
18/20 huge boozy chocolate taste with the rum taste really coming through on the aftertaste
Bottle 33cl.
Black with minimal white head. Aroma of wooden barrels, dried fruit and chocolate sense. Sweet with a warm wooden barrels end.
Shared on net with CH-303, 31.12.18