Sweyn Forkbeard - Sherry Barrel Release

Barleywine - American

Our “Danish Imperial Series” is an ever expanding series of imperial strength beers, each honoring a different individual from Denmark’s long imperial history. You hold in your hand a special variant of the fourth beer in our Danish Imperials Series: “King Sweyn Forkbeard”. Brewed with British malts and a generous dose of Citra, Cascade, and Green Bullet hops, this release of “Sweyn” then spent several months resting in Pedro Ximenez sherry barrels, imparting additional characteristics of oak, rich molasses, figs, and caramel.

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11.3

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Trine Sigurdson

Bitter på den forkerte måde 😬 Dufter dejligt.

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Adam Ö.

Plums and black cherries in wood barrels, toasted bread, sherry.

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Thorbjørn Jacobsen

Ok men ikke prangende. Tyvstart på barleywember

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Klaus Petersen

Glimrende barley-bajer, men havde forventet mere til prisen (90). Tørre noter af sherry, eg, karamel men ret sprit-skarp.

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Soren Mikkelsen

Lmanglende vinøsitet, og lidt for dominerende træfad smag

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Brian Andersen

Way to heavy on the sherry barrel, leaving little room for the base beer. Some dry wooden notes, dark dried fruits. I expected better.

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Morten Ejgod Nielsen

BL 3.65! The sherry character from the barrel is actually quite nice, but I suspect a lingering dryness also comes partly from the barrel, which maybe is underlined by the American style hop character.. In my opinion that doesn’t quite suit a barleywine..

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J@n B ★☆★

EB - Bottle 500ml. @ [ Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡🇩🇰 [20220402]. Aroma (7) Appearance (3) Flavor (8) Mouthfeel (4) Overall (15)

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Andreas Kilden

Tænk at skulle skrive om en barley wine, at den mangler sødme. Den er syrlig, rødvinsvinøs og spiritus- end sherryfad. En underlig skæv, stilmæssigt hjemløs øl. Jeg har svært ved at beslutte mig for, om det er virkelig ringe eller ok. Den ryger ind midt i

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Michael Larsen

En rigtig lækker og meget nuanceret øl. Massere af go dyb smag fra Sherry fadene uden at blive voldsom. En lille snært af blomme sødme. Ellers ganske fin afbalanceret

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Fróđi í Dali

The sherry killed it for me. 😑

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Lasse Hansen

Knald på Sherry smagen, lidt til den sprittede side. Kunne nok have godt af et år eller 2 på hylden. Ellers meget amerikansk (humlet) og en oplevelse med knald på smagene!

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Guðmundur Björgvin Gylfason

Vantar eitthvað....mikið sherrybragð en lítið annað....

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tho rup

Hazy golden orange small offwhite head. Sweet, malty caramel light burnt caramel sweet dark fruit sherry some alcohol. Medium body average carbonation light sweet finish with some warming alcohol. 120322

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Lars Fischer

The sherry barrel - plenty wood, fig - lifts this one. Base is boozy, caramel, bit harsh. Lots going on, spicy, solid.

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Thomas Jensen

Blød barleywine med en go smag af sherry 👍

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Andreas Werenfeldt

Fanø for faen. Bedre med sherry, men mangler staaaadig dybde.

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Ulrik Olsen

Nose is overripe apple and a little mold. Taste is sweet, mostly dried fruits, fig, date and sultanas. Warming and not too complex afterburn.

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Brian Lund

wood, sheery wine aftertaste, caramel, nicely fruity, well bitter, long aftertaste, dates, belgian esters, orange peel,

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Alexander Eeg Jensen

" ... British malts and a generous dose of Citra, Cascade, and Green Bullet hops, this release of “Sweyn” then spent several months resting in Pedro Ximenez sherry barrels, imparting additional characteristics of oak, rich molasses, figs, and caramel ..."

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Per Stouby

Rødorange m beige hoved. Sød mørk frugt, syre fra fade, nogen bitterhed. Medium krop, fin skjult alkohol.

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kristian

Apple, light sweet alc, fig, caramel, med body, earth, Cedar, apple, cereal, caramel flavours that eventually touches down a bit dry. Comfy, warm progression

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Frederik Lunde

Måske er det sommerhushyggen, men overraskende god barley wine. ikke for sød, ret bitter, men en smule boozy. Og så dansk endda. Der er måske noget om snakken om fanø bryghus.

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Kasper Mosekjaer

Ikke den vildeste barley wine. Måske den lige skal ligge et par år først. Men dejlig det er den, trods den lidt “milde” smag.

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