KingBrianI
Well-Known Member
Warrior's 999
Thanks for the reviews, guys! Man, y'all really got into it!
TL
Thank YOU for brewing such an awesome beer! If you couldn't tell, we really enjoyed it!
To Warrior and Doog - I think your reviews from me definitely would have been better if we did yours first. Tex Law's BW was super hoppy and I think it really made the others taste a bit sweet. Also, my personal preference for American BW has lots of floral piny hops. I think both of yours just lacked the hoppiness of an American style and the malt complexity and richness of an English style. I'm not sure what the recipes looked like, but I think they could have really benefited from collecting extra wort and doing a nice long boil for complexity, if you were going for something on the sweeter side. I really enjoyed the chance to try out all these home brews.
That was a seriously great beer. I would really like to see how it would age. If you don't mind sharing, I am really curious to know what your hop schedule was for that.
Thanks for the review. Any suggestions as to how to get "more" maltier and complex? Any tips are appreciated.
Overall: very pleasant but sweet from start to finish. The hops are not coming through for me. Clean fermentation, great body/mouthfeel, just lacking in hops.
Don't worry I have thick skin. I brewed this leaning more towards an english version than an american as the recipe called for. Coming out very flat definately changes the flavor but IMHO you hit it fairly hard. Yes it was out of the american style of Barleywine but to put it in the 20's? I do need to get back to force carbing as that would solve the bottle conditioning I was trying to do. Anyways great idea and swaps, now to get my brewery ready for the 10-10-10.Warrior's 999
While I am a big fan of barleywines, I found these beers including my own to be underwhelming. I'm not going to sugarcoat it. If I brew this again I'm going to have to add a **** ton of hops to come up with something remotely close to fitting the needs of my palate. Nothing personal here.
Don't get me wrong, these beers are well made, the taste of this recipe just not bag.
King Brian I
A: Great clarity, pours with little head, dissipates quickly, doesn't have legs, cream colored head while it lasted
A: good maltyness with dark fruits, some sourness , alcohol as well, no hops
T. good sherry like notes, some astringency, good alcohol warmth, some bitterness detected
M. Much thinner than I'd expected of a BW, drier
O good though not as much malt/sweet as I'd like from a BW
I'm going to try the other bottle sometime and re-review, seeing the other reviews from this BW make me think I may have gotten an off bottle.
I found someone's non 999 beer. Very clear. Any guesses?
Hmm, did you not taste the smoke at all? Can you remember if it had a plain golden cap with "999" written on it?
If I'm looking at this thread correctly, we're still missing a LOT of reviews here...I know it hasn't been that long, but lets not drag this out for months again...it's time to start thinking about 111111 right?
I only received 2 of my 3 999's.
I'm glad you liked that beer so much, Couevas. If I can brag on it a bit, it just won a gold medal at Dixie Cup.
I'm glad you liked that beer so much, Couevas. If I can brag on it a bit, it just won a gold medal at Dixie Cup.
TL
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