Bluegrass Bearded Pats Barleywine Style Ale

Brewed by Bluegrass Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Louisville, Kentucky USA

First had during a blind tasting. Decent idea of what was in the fridge with surprises, but no idea what was being poured. Lots of styles were available. Anyways, popped another one to sit down and rerate. This beer is great!

06 bottle. Pours a reddish brown with a decent sized off white head. Aroma is caramel, toffee, hops, just a tad bit of citrus. Flavor is toffee, dried fruit, caramel, wood, chocolate, hops. Finishes bittersweet, great mouthfeel, lasting bitterness.

One of the highlights of the blind tasting night. Glad I had another bottle to do a full on rating. Oh, and look like I’m at number 300 already! Thanks for both of these wj94.

12oz. btl. pours dark hazy brown with a creamy tan head. aroma is of sweet malt, brown sugar, candied fruit. mouthful is a bit sweet with nice caramel and candied fruit. a little bitter finnish with a nice linger. very nice barley wine!

Surprisingly tasted more of roasted malt. Had subtle aromas of plum and licorice. Flavor was pretty nice with that malt, then a little bit of milk chocolate. Neither of which I expect in my bw’s but it was nice. Very smooth for 10.5%. Bottle again from Eithcubes. Poured a maroon and brown color.

quite a unique flavor that I just cant quite put my finger on. The taste is highly caramel, fruit, grassy and malt goodness. An interesting expirence. worth a try.

The aroma has caramel, lightly toasted malt, citrus hops, bourbon, and figs. The appearance is hazy amber with an average head. The flavor is like the aroma with a bitter finish. The palate is smooth. Overall it’s good.

Bottle. Pours a clear, deep, dark burgundy with a velvety beige head. The aroma has dry bread notes with caramel, toffee, brown sugar, bourbon, and very slight hints of coffee and cocoa. The flavour is extremely sweet and quite viscous. It’s a little too sweet for my tastes, though. However, it’s quite flavourful. As soon as the brew hits the tongue, there is an intense burst of caramelized brown sugar sweetness. Burbon quickly becomes a defining character with some light citric notes. As the brew passes, the bourbon flavour intensifies quickly then starts to subdues soon after. Slight earthy notes arise. Extremely subtle hints of coffee and not-as-subtle hints of cocoa, and toffee become apparent. This is an enjoyable beverage. However, I can only take it one sip at a time. It’s just too sweet for my taste buds.

12oz bottle. Poured a medium to deeper and cloudy brownish color with a larger sized off white head. Aromas of toffee, nuts, caramel, and citrus. Tastes of caramel, some dark fruits, citrus, chocolate, and brown sugar sweetness. Alcohol content hidden. Nice lacing left on the glass.

Pours a murky brown in color with some reddish highlights. Smell is huge malts and some hops. Taste is huge caramel malts. Over the top malts. A little bit of hops again in the back end. Medium body on the mouthfeel. Alcohol is barely noticeable. Pretty good barleywine.