September 15, 2005 - #68 of 365
Brewer: J.W. Lees (Manchester, England)
Beer: Harvest Ale (1998)
Style: Barley Wine
abv: 11.5%
Background: 9.6 ounce bottle from the Vintage Cellar. Let’s see how the past seven years have treated this one.
Appearance: Pours deep reddish-brown with a small off-white head. There are floating bits in there, so that from the side it looks like a time-lapse video of a brown night sky.
Aroma: Molasses, butter, banana, raisins, and I swear I smell a hint of bleach.
Flavor: Intensely sweet. Figs, brown sugar, maple syrup, and anise are the star players, with bready malts, alcohol, tobacco, and firearms sitting the bench. I’m kidding about the firearms. (Actually, there is a slight cordite taste.) It has that dry tobacco finish of the Lagavulin-aged sample, but it’s not as pronounced.
Notes: Drink slowly, and you shall reap the flowers of a thousand meadows. That’s what happens when you let Li Po write your notes.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Beer: Harvest Ale (1998)
Style: Barley Wine
abv: 11.5%
Background: 9.6 ounce bottle from the Vintage Cellar. Let’s see how the past seven years have treated this one.
Appearance: Pours deep reddish-brown with a small off-white head. There are floating bits in there, so that from the side it looks like a time-lapse video of a brown night sky.
Aroma: Molasses, butter, banana, raisins, and I swear I smell a hint of bleach.
Flavor: Intensely sweet. Figs, brown sugar, maple syrup, and anise are the star players, with bready malts, alcohol, tobacco, and firearms sitting the bench. I’m kidding about the firearms. (Actually, there is a slight cordite taste.) It has that dry tobacco finish of the Lagavulin-aged sample, but it’s not as pronounced.
Notes: Drink slowly, and you shall reap the flowers of a thousand meadows. That’s what happens when you let Li Po write your notes.
Rating: 4 out of 5
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