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2014 Mill Street Barley Wine
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 9:25 am
by spinrsx
Old news, but it was never really discussed here:
also worth noting, there still shows a ton of inventory on the lcbo web page. So the lcbo is not really doing anything about this?
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:21 am
by mahcinesquad
I was in a couple of different LCBOs this weekend and was surprised by all the Mill St Barley Wine still on the shelves. Like you said, I thought this was old news - certainly old enough that there shouldn't be stock on the shelf if they were really concerned about it.
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 5:01 pm
by jrenihan
I haven't tried this in a couple of years, but if this year is "not up to standard", I shudder to think how it tastes.
Ren
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 7:30 pm
by boney
So, fresh, the Mill St. Barley Wine is almost undrinkable. Hot and saccharine. However, I've found that aging it forever does wonders. Last week I cracked a 2007 (which, my old notes tell me, was gross fresh) which aged very, very nicely. Treacle, some raison, a curious but not uncomplimentary nuttiness and a cocoa-like flavour in the finish that wasn't unlike a well aged Thomas Hardy's. The Bourbon versions are too recent to tell what they'll turn out to be, but they might be worth waiting on.
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 2:17 pm
by El Pinguino
I haven't bought one of these in probably 3-4 years.
It does make me curious about what they think was wrong with the beer and what they'll change next year....
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 9:33 pm
by ErkLR
Hah, I had similar thoughts to jrenihan; it's usually a hot mess, so how awful must it be for them to want to pull it? There's still a lot around London, I'm kinda curious. The last one I bought was 2012, and it's still in the cellar.
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 5:31 pm
by midlife crisis
boney wrote:So, fresh, the Mill St. Barley Wine is almost undrinkable. Hot and saccharine. However, I've found that aging it forever does wonders. Last week I cracked a 2007 (which, my old notes tell me, was gross fresh) which aged very, very nicely. Treacle, some raison, a curious but not uncomplimentary nuttiness and a cocoa-like flavour in the finish that wasn't unlike a well aged Thomas Hardy's. The Bourbon versions are too recent to tell what they'll turn out to be, but they might be worth waiting on.
I still have (for some reason) a 2004 and a 2005. No 2007s though. I guess they're ready to drink!