# Beer Review: Estes Park Barley Wine

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/beer-review-estes-park-barley-wine/
- Published: 2015-07-20T15:00:05-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

One of the beers I went out on a limb to try in Colorado was the Barley Wine at 
[Estes Park Brewery](http://www.epbrewery.net/). They didn’t have it to sample while
I was there, so I grabbed a bottle to bring back home.

**Style:** English Barley Wine
 **ABV:** 10.00% **Offering:** 12 oz Bottle

**Appearance:** The beer poured a hazy, deep copper color into the pint glass (I
didn’t have a snifter available). There was less than a finger of head, which it
didn’t retain, and left little lacing.

**Smell:** The primary smell is the sweet malt, but it’s followed by fruit (citrus,
pears). There is a hint of hops in the smell and caramel.

**Taste:** All of the smells are in the taste. Roasted malts, fruit, caramel. It’s
a very complex taste since there is so much going on.

**Mouth:** This leans a little heavier than most beers, but it’s not overwhelming.
The finish is dry and the carbonation is low. Also the alcohol is hidden pretty 
well.

**Overall:** I should have grabbed more of this; I drank it pretty quickly after
purchase (within a month), but I would like to see how this ages, after a year or
2. It’s got me wanting to try some other barley wines.

The [Beer Advocate](http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/905/10914/) score is
84, Good; no score from the Bros either.

The Untappd app has 169 ratings with an average of 3.19.

**My Score:** 4.5 out of 5
 [⌊4.5⌉](https://i0.wp.com/www.nyrdcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/4.5.png?ssl=1)

(The new scoring…an empty pint glass is a good thing. Since this beer received a
4.50 out of 5, there are 4.50 empty pint glasses to represent that. The more full
glasses, the worse the beer is.)

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