When a friend tells you that you can grab anything from their fridge, you should take them up on it. First, always conduct a quick confirmation. “Anything?,” you ask. “Anything,” they reply. A quick scan of the icebox revealed a barleywine I’d never heard of before. So, out it came. Look, I didn’t grab the [...]
Great Divide Old Ruffian is an American Barleywine. The 2013 vintage is a winter seasonal and was available from January – March. The bottle date printed on this is a smeary mess, so I don’t know for sure how old it is. I know I have been holding onto it for at least 1 year though. [...]
Jailhouse Hard Time is an American Barleywine. This bottle has been aged about one year, no bottle date, I’m just guessing from when I bought it. This is a pretty solid barleywine, nothing out of the ordinary, but it was enjoyed by all at the table with dessert as the last round of the evening. A [...]
21st Amendment Lower De Boom is an American Barleywine. I have decided to do a four year experiment with this beer, since these little 8.4 oz cans should be easy to cellar. Originally canned in February of 2013 I drank the first can on April 1st 2013. I will drink one can each April’s Fools Day [...]
Firestone Walker §ucaba is an American Barleywine, this annual release is available in bottles and limited kegs in February. The number of cases of the 2012 vintage was 3000. §ucaba is aged in a combination of barrels (some wine, American spirits and retired barrels from their own Firestone Union) for 11 months before bottling. This bottle was [...]
Avery Hog Heaven is an American Barleywine. This is one of those year round barleywines with no bottle date so I can’t say for sure when this was bottled, but I am pretty sure I’ve been holding on to this for about a year. A good bit of sweet caramel malts are followed by a strong [...]
Southern Tier Back Burner is an American Barleywine, this bottle has been aged about 1 year. Nice sweet malty profile to start with rich caramel and dark fruit flavors of prunes and figs. The hops seem to have dulled enough to balance the sweetness without being overpowering. This is a solid barleywine, it’s not loaded with [...]
Swamp Head / Cigar City Brewing Roosevelt is an American Barleywine brewed with pecans. The two Florida breweries also collaborated on an English Barleywine called Church on a HIll (Churchill). The beer starts mostly just hoppy and boozy with a good bit of astringent bitterness. I am thinking some oxidation has already occurred, which is disappointing [...]
Mikkeller Big Worse is an American Barleywine, this variation is aged in red wine barrels. I am going to guess this is about 1 1/2 years old. (based totally on the first posted beeradvocate review) Earthy and sweet with a large dose of figs and raisins, some molasses and some oak/red wine notes on the [...]
Victory Old Horizontal is an American Barleywine checking in at about 11% ABV. I am not sure how long this has been aged, but since it’s a winter seasonal I would guess anywhere between 6 to 8 months. Nice caramel and dark fruit flavors are followed by classic Victory hops, big and spicy. The alcohol [...]
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