Mendocino Imperial Barley Wine
This Imperial Barley Wine Style Ale has a rich amber color with a full, robust body. This Barley Wine Style Ale has a traditional warming malt flavor with a delightful hop finish, While exceptionally drinkable now, it will continue to improve with age - taking on subtle flavors of dark fruit, sherry and anise. Hop flavors and aromas will become more rounded and luscious caramel malt notes will become more intense. Brewed with an astonishing original gravity of 24 Plato and finishing at 11.0% alcohol by volume, this Imperial Barley Wine Ale is not for the faint of heart, though it will reward the adventurous drinker with an unparalleled taste experience.
3.3
198 reviews
Ukiah, United States
Community reviews
From Voldby, Dk.
Bottled, 011113.
Brown with beige head. Aroma of malt and spices. Flavor with alcohol and caramel.
Bottle at TSODRSG 13 . Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is alcohol.malt, hop, caramel. Flavour is alcohol, malt, hop, caramel. Full body. Nice beer.
It does have a sherry aroma with roasted malts. It is ruby brown in color with a fluffy, light brown head. It has a strong sherry tasted with other malts and a bit overpowering alcoholic flavor. It definitely has a fruitfulness to it as well. It has a rich texture that is slightly creamy.
Bottle @ Danish Summer Gathering, 2013. Hazy dark amber body with a small offwhite head. Caramel, dark fruits, light alcohol notes. Lively carbonation.
This is a pretty good barleywine. It is dominated by caramel, but with hints of toffee and plum.
For me: maybe? Good for variety or for others who aren't wanting too much bitterness. Pretty floral/fruity, sweet malty-ness, but still nice amber color and tones.
Bottle @ Danish Summer Gathering, 2013. Pours ruby amber with a small white head. Caramel, toffee and nuts. No depth really. Full bodied. Ok
Bottle at Yespr’s - Thanks. Clear red/brown - offwhite head. Barley, sweetness, roasted, licorice, nice bitterness, roasted malts, light ryebread, raisins, ok.
Bottle @ yespr. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruit malty spicy dark fruit aroma. Sweetish malty spicy hoppy bitter caramel and dark fruit flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter dark fruit and caramel finish.
Sampled @ RB Danish Summer Gathering 2013 day 2, Ulfborg. Bottle. Clear amber to reddish color, small off - white head. Smell and taste malts, caramel, sweetness, strongly alcohol. Medium body, medium to full carbonation. A bit over the top I would say.
Bottle. Dark amber with small tan head. Aroma is malt, caramel, toasted and a little toffee. Flavour is malt, caramel, toasted, medium sweet, toffee and notes of alcohol.
Bottle @ TSODRBSG13, Ulfborg. Clear dark amber with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and dried fruit. Flavor is very sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 310813
Bottle @ Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are fruits, candy sugar, caramel, malt and hops. Sweet finish.
Reddish brown color, moderate head with decent lacing and retention. Sweet caramel aroma with notes of orange, grapefruit, citrus, somewhat fruity. Full bodied, chewy mouthfeel, finishes sweet.
Bottle @ Jesperhus camping. Pours dark amber with a offwhite head, loads of floaties. Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, wood, dried fruit, light hops, little alcohol. Flavor is rather dry and bitter with malts, caramel, wood, hops, dried fruit, light boozy. Medium body, average carbonation. Dry and very bitter finish with some alcohol warmt. 090813
Bottled. Dark amber coloured. Unclear. Dense light beige head. ARoma: Ripe fruits, spice, sweetness, light alcohol. Flavour: ripe fruits, sweetness, spice, light caramel, herbs. Medium bodied. Ends fruity and with a sopy bitter touch.
Bottle at yespr.
Clear orange coloured with a medium sized off-white head.
Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel and dried fruits.
Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel and dried fruits with notes of hops.
Hoppy finish.
Bottled. A red beer with an orangey head. The aroma has notes of butterscotch, malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of butterscotch, alcohol, malt, and caramel, leading to a bitter finish.
clear malty , small white head.
aroma is malty, tofffee, caramel.flavor is malty, toffee.
12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty, caramelish and alcohol. Bitter and toasted malty caramelish. Dry and bitter. Bone dry finish.
Pure dark amber coloured and clear. Has a white head, diminishing. Sweet aroma, dark fruits, vanilla, dish-washer soap. Flavor is heavy sweet, faint caramel and honey. Creamy, syrupy texture.
heavy caramel, bread, dark amber, clear, minimal head, light sweetness, lightly bitter, light body, oily feel, soft carbonation, nice light sweet finish.
Flaske: Ravfarvet brun klar øl med et stort skumhoved. Duften er portvinsagtig med tørret frugt men med en god del amerikansk humle. Smagen er velintegreret og klassisk amerikansk BW. God øl.
Bottle, bought @ YNWA Beershop, Kolding. Pours clear copper with a medium, frothy, off-white head. Aroma has sweet caramel, toasted, raisins, light vinious. Medium to low carbonation, fine dry and creamy mouthfeel. Flavour has good caramel, chocolate, mild toasted, soft vinious, liqourice.
Bottle. Creamy off-white good fully lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Long moderate bitter finish. nice vinius but slightly alcoholic.
Poured a finger of head on a dark red colored body.
The aroma is a mashed up of grapes, barley and apple juice.
The taste is nice. A little boozy, ripe apple, sweet malt with a moderate bitter finish.
The texture is crisper with moderate carbonation.
It’s aroma was lacking, but the rest was fine.
Pours a medium amber with light red hues with a boozy head. Aromas of caramel, fruity hops, candy/dark fruit, cherry, and just a faint hint of alcohol. Flavors of caramel, dark fruits, slight alcohol (not to strong), slight cherry, slight pine hops, slight bread, and slight prune. Leaves a strong bitter aftertaste. Medium sweet. Alcohol hinders (slightly) the other flavors.
8 bucks or 4 bottles, not bad. Pour was dark red with slightly off white head, aroma brought lots of red fruits, caramel, toffee, slight caramel, toffee, earthy tones as well. Taste is a mix of dark caramel, toffee, slight bread, earth, spice notes, more red fruits, finishing sweet, cloying unfortunately, slightly dry. Eh, the alcohol is definitely present, but the sugars in excess cover it up.
Have had this a few times over the years, usually in Trinity County. Light bodied but still flavorful BW.
A - Pours a copper brown with a light tan head that sinks into a thin cap of micro bubbles.
S - Heavily roasted toffee, sorghum, brown bread, a mix of dark fruit, raisins, prunes, coffee grinds, alcohol, heavy minerals.
T - Scorched brown sugar, molasses, fusel alcohol, prune juice, some bitter hops, rough mineral finish.
M - Medium body, slick, boozy.
The burnt sugar mixed with hot alcohol creates an unpleasant astringency. This is a miss for me.
Serving type: bottle
09-16-2011