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Description
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Barley Wines are strong beers, often between 7%-10% in strength, which require considerable time to mature and become drinkable. Although unusual to find them in pubs due to their strength, a few brewers have kept the barley wine tradition alive over the years, often as a Christmas Ale, and many small brewers now produce their own interpretation of the style.
Barley Wines are strong in flavour as well as alcohol, with massive sweet malt, ripe fruit, pear drop, orange and lemon flavours. If darker malts are used, dark fruit, chocolate and coffee flavours are present to enjoy. Hops are also generously used in barley wines, producing bitterness and peppery, grassy and floral notes.
There’s only one Barley Wine available at this festival (Swannay’s Old Norway), so don’t miss your chance to become acquainted with this style.
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