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Barleys Barley Wine


 Percentile 
95
overall
Brewed by Barleys Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine

Columbus, Ohio USA

bottling
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
403.86/5.03.71/5.0Winter11%72.5Snifter
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Commercial Description:
American Barleywine. First brewed to celebrate the end of strong beer prohibition in Ohio (thanks, ex-Governor Taft!) We use more malt and more hops to create our strongest, most full-bodied flavorful ale. 11% ABV and 107 IBUs! ...low beer warning...
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 JaBier (1130), Capital City, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
May 4, 2009  
Sampled at Barley’s 7th Annual Mini Real Ale Fest. Opaque copper color with a thin off-white head. Grassy hop aroma with a caramel malt balance. Malty flavor up front with a bitter hop finish. Nicely balanced.


 Tmoney99 (4653), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
May 3, 2009  
Draft sample at MRAF 2009. Poured hazy reddish copper color with a moderate frothy off-white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate fruity and small malty aroma. Medium to full body with a sticky texture and flat carbonation. Moderate to heavy fruity bittersweet flavor with a medium to heavy bittersweet finish of moderate to long duration. This is a complex standout beer.


 iowaherkeye (1832), Bakersfield, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 2, 2009  
22oz bomber, hand bottled by moejuck--thank you Joe. Cloudy orange caramel with a one finger creamy yellowish white head, good retention. Good job hand bottling, Joe! Pineapple and citrus hops atop a big sweet caramel malt backbone. I can only pick up on a small amount of spicy alcohol. Flavor is again pretty sweet with caramel malts and a fair amount of grainy malts. The alcohol is more apparent as well. The hops are present, but seem to take a bit of a backseat to the malts. Bitterness peaks around a 3-4 in the semi-dry finish. Low carbonation with a big fat full body. If it was just a little less sweet it’d make me happier--but then again BW are not my most favorite. As it is, it’s pretty good.


 kiefdog (1539), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Feb 1, 2009  
Bottle courtesy of Ibrew2or3. Pours a hazy orange golden color with a thin white head. Aroma is sweet and floral with notes of grapefruit, citrus, honey, caramel, dark fruit. Flavor is sweet and floral with notes of hops, grapefruit, citrus, honey, caramel and some hints of ripe dark fruit. Generally medium body with a sweet and floral finish.


 Ibrew2or3 (2714), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 30, 2009  
Courtesy of moejuck. Thanks buddy. Pours with copper core and gold edges with off white head. The aroma is full of hard orange candy, pine resin and a hint of dark fruity esters in the background. The taste is smooth and yummy with citrus orange to pine resiny goodness. It quickly moves toward mildly sweet grape jam, a hint of raisins and prunes. The dark fruity esters are much lighter in flavor than are the bittering hops. Very nice American style barleywine. Yum.


 sebletitje (1880), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jan 28, 2009  
courtesy of ibrew2or3 pours brown Aroma has a good note of the floral hops and caramel malts. taste is malty and sugary with good balance of the hops - floral - finish is lightly bitter. Not bad.


 gunhaver (1024), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 28, 2009  
Bottle, courtesy IBrew2or3. Hazy cloudy mango pour, thick head and lacing. Nose has big hops, caramel, some banana and clove. Big caramel flavors, piney hops, some brown sugar. Bitter finish, creamy body, smooth and drinkable.


 minch25 (346), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jan 24, 2009  
Murky copperish orange, creamy nitro-head. Solid barley wine, bright flavored. Full bodied, creamy. Some sweetness, but for the most part this is a hop bomb, especially towards the end. A good example although I like my barley wines on the hotter and maltier side.



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