bernerbrau
Well-Known Member
So the wife and I spent the weekend up in Chicago with my mom, sister, brother, and his wife. Around 9:00 mom cracks open a bottle of Southern Tier Backburner Barley Wine and we sort of share it. It's a decent, balanced beer, with a thick, sweet, roasty malt base and a nice hop aroma to complement it. Not too bitter, but not nonexistent either. After I've had some of it, she goes, "how do you like the barley wine?"
I say, "It's good. Nice and malty."
"MALTY?!" She practically screams. "It's not malty, it's hoppy!"
"Well there's definitely a hop character to it but it's definitely maltier in overall flavor. It's a barley wine, it's supposed to be malty."
"No, Derek. It's hoppy. I don't like malty beer."
And like that, the conversation was over. I wonder if there's any hope.
I say, "It's good. Nice and malty."
"MALTY?!" She practically screams. "It's not malty, it's hoppy!"
"Well there's definitely a hop character to it but it's definitely maltier in overall flavor. It's a barley wine, it's supposed to be malty."
"No, Derek. It's hoppy. I don't like malty beer."
And like that, the conversation was over. I wonder if there's any hope.