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Hellbender Barleywine
Pisgah Brewing Co.
- From:
- Pisgah Brewing Co.
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
- ABV:
- 9.8%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 3.99 | pDev: 7.52%
- Reviews:
- 62
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 03, 2017
- Added:
- Mar 12, 2006
- Wants:
- 90
- Gots:
- 7
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Ratings by pwoods:
Reviewed by pwoods from Ohio
4.45/5 rDev +11.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.45/5 rDev +11.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
750ml corked and caged brown bottle poured into a chalice. Notes.
A: Great ruby mohagony pour, glowing and opaque. About a finger and a half of tight, creamy head forms and holds nicely. Good lacing.
S: Pungent citrus fruits sopping with great, complex alcohol. Sweet malts blend nicely with the alcohol, caramelly and full of deep, dark fruits.
T/M; Damn fine alcohol line in this one. Plays through all the flavors. Pungent and astringent citrus. Controlled bitterness. Sweet, rich malts and dark fruitiness. Caramel, toffee, maybe a bit of tobacco in the back. medium full body but not heavy. Smooth carbonation that is just lively enough.
D: Great, great sipper. And only 8% >:)
Oct 29, 2009A: Great ruby mohagony pour, glowing and opaque. About a finger and a half of tight, creamy head forms and holds nicely. Good lacing.
S: Pungent citrus fruits sopping with great, complex alcohol. Sweet malts blend nicely with the alcohol, caramelly and full of deep, dark fruits.
T/M; Damn fine alcohol line in this one. Plays through all the flavors. Pungent and astringent citrus. Controlled bitterness. Sweet, rich malts and dark fruitiness. Caramel, toffee, maybe a bit of tobacco in the back. medium full body but not heavy. Smooth carbonation that is just lively enough.
D: Great, great sipper. And only 8% >:)
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by darktronica from Indiana
4.36/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.36/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Winter 2016 bottling, pours a murky brown with little head or lacing. Sweet but fruity on the aroma, with black plums, brown sugar, candied orange, green tobacco, and floral hops. The flavors introduce a bit of assam tea, more prominent brown sugar, and vanilla. Velvety texture that makes this disappear dangerously quickly.
Apr 03, 2017Reviewed by Smakawhat from Maryland
3.97/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from the bottle into a large snifter glass.
Dark burnt chestnut brown, slightly red for the body color as well. Milky out of the bottle from the pour, hitting with minimal head creation. Faint tan, small collar, and a little pit of a sheen and tanned top.
Solid aroma. Muted and small brown sugar and sense of dates. Slightly fig fruit flavored with far less sweetness than say raisins. Solid dark fruit angle on the nose.
Palate doesn't bring too many new surprises to the table. Light brown sugars, and slight molasses in flavor on the first sip. Definitely more molasses in the mid palate with a nice sticky coating. Finishes slightly warm, but also with little flavor left to ponder, leaving all the exploring in the front and middle of the palate. Hints a little bit at creamy mouthfeel but washes quickly down the throat.
A decent barleywine.
Aug 13, 2016Dark burnt chestnut brown, slightly red for the body color as well. Milky out of the bottle from the pour, hitting with minimal head creation. Faint tan, small collar, and a little pit of a sheen and tanned top.
Solid aroma. Muted and small brown sugar and sense of dates. Slightly fig fruit flavored with far less sweetness than say raisins. Solid dark fruit angle on the nose.
Palate doesn't bring too many new surprises to the table. Light brown sugars, and slight molasses in flavor on the first sip. Definitely more molasses in the mid palate with a nice sticky coating. Finishes slightly warm, but also with little flavor left to ponder, leaving all the exploring in the front and middle of the palate. Hints a little bit at creamy mouthfeel but washes quickly down the throat.
A decent barleywine.
Reviewed by stakem from Pennsylvania
3.78/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.78/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bomber poured into a teku. The brew appears a clear mahogany color with really no head formation, just a couple large bubbles hang on the surface. A swirl produces of legs of alcohol clinging to the glass.
The aroma is malty sweet with caramel/molasses before getting fruity in nature from a combination of hops and alcohol. A bit of herbal and earthy feel towards the back of the nose.
The taste is sweet with a grainy aspect like biscuit malt. Contrasting that sweetness is an earthy herbal hop inclusion. It is fruity almost like apple and raison mixing with a mild oxidation aspect towards the finish.
This is a medium bodied brew with a low level of carbonation. It has a creeping alcohol warmth and overall is well made. Not the best nor worst barleywine ive had. Worth trying if you get the chance.
Aug 07, 2014The aroma is malty sweet with caramel/molasses before getting fruity in nature from a combination of hops and alcohol. A bit of herbal and earthy feel towards the back of the nose.
The taste is sweet with a grainy aspect like biscuit malt. Contrasting that sweetness is an earthy herbal hop inclusion. It is fruity almost like apple and raison mixing with a mild oxidation aspect towards the finish.
This is a medium bodied brew with a low level of carbonation. It has a creeping alcohol warmth and overall is well made. Not the best nor worst barleywine ive had. Worth trying if you get the chance.
Reviewed by GeezLynn from Colorado
4.24/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.24/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
2009 bottle (22oz) purchased from City Beverage (Raleigh) .
A: Body is light brown and shows a pretty strawberry hue under the light. Produces a scant white head with decent retention.
S: Caramel, brown sugar, toffee. Also a bit buttery and likely to be very sweet – not expecting much in the way of hops or alcohol at this age.
T: Has become quite fruity at this point – dates, marmalade, lots of brown sugar and a bit of stale bread. Surprisingly, still enough bitterness to cut the sweetness. Finishes with raisin bread, vanilla, pine needle bitterness and has hung onto a slight ethanol bite.
M: Medium body – a bit tannic and dry, and surprisingly, a decent amount of carbonation.
Figured it was getting risky to ignore this any longer, but if you enjoy smooth/sweet aged barleywines, this could have gone longer. Didn’t notice much in the way of oxidation and the carbonation was still adequate. Nice beer.
Jun 25, 2014A: Body is light brown and shows a pretty strawberry hue under the light. Produces a scant white head with decent retention.
S: Caramel, brown sugar, toffee. Also a bit buttery and likely to be very sweet – not expecting much in the way of hops or alcohol at this age.
T: Has become quite fruity at this point – dates, marmalade, lots of brown sugar and a bit of stale bread. Surprisingly, still enough bitterness to cut the sweetness. Finishes with raisin bread, vanilla, pine needle bitterness and has hung onto a slight ethanol bite.
M: Medium body – a bit tannic and dry, and surprisingly, a decent amount of carbonation.
Figured it was getting risky to ignore this any longer, but if you enjoy smooth/sweet aged barleywines, this could have gone longer. Didn’t notice much in the way of oxidation and the carbonation was still adequate. Nice beer.
Hellbender Barleywine from Pisgah Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
107 ratings
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