 ElGaucho (1730), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Oct 25, 2008
Bottle under the guise of ’’Bourbon Barrel Barleywine 2008’’. Wonderful aroma; sweet, butterscotch and plenty of strength. Hazy reddish amber color with light tan, tight bubble head that lasts. This brew is outstanding. Silky smooth caramel butter slides from the front to the back of the tongue, igniting the palate like a spark ignites a pilot light. The alcohol zaps your tongue on the finish and is considerably warming. It’s not every day that you have a barrel aged barleywine, so it doesn’t remind me of many other barleywines, although it does fit the style with its palpable malt bill and high gravity profile. I picked this brew up along with the bourbon barrel cherry stout, at Woodman’s in Madison expecting very good beers, but not necessarily world class beers. I paid $3.19 a piece for 12 oz bottles. I’m quite impressed. I remember 5-6 years ago attending a bottle only beer fest in Wisconsin Rapids with about 20 brewers represented and Central Waters’ offerings clearly best of show. There’s talent in that house beyond the bourbon barrel stout, which I see is only 1 point ahead of this brew in average rating. I dig this brew and perhaps it’s enough to pull me out of my rating hiatus?
Ungstrup (15428), Frederiksberg, Denmark
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 28, 2009 Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma has notes of alcohol, caramel, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel, alchol, malt, and bourbon. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.
5000 (2634), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 21, 2009 Bottle: Deep dirty caramel, thick, hazy, head is off-white, moderate, foamy, with clingy lacing. That nose is so delicious, sweet malty goodness, Bourbon, Vanilla, and hints of caramel and brown sugar. &bnsp Fiery on the tongue, big Bourbon. When they said this is barrel aged, they weren’t kidding. &bnsp Huge Bourbon and Vanilla flavors on the backside. Full bodied, good mouthfeel, a little sticky and heavy. Finishes with lingering Bourbon and Vanilla. This was solid... great stuff! Wish I had more to put down for a bit. Thanks Bob for the bottle!
tokyogoat (576), San Diego, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 20, 2009 Pours a deep copper with thin head.
Nose is heavy with bourbon, toffee, and caramel.
Taste is fruity, raisin, peach, bourbon, toffee, caramel, lots of alcohol heat and sweetness.
scrizzz (1335), kirkland, Washington, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 20, 2009 Thanks bvc! Stinging aroma but I go back for more. Deep wood, floral and velvet. Tawny caramel, thin. Great wood on the palate, strong toasted hazelnut, classy.
after4ever (2828), Brier, Washington, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 18, 2009 12 oz. pours a slightly hazy ebony with caramel at the edges. no head or lace. big bourbon, wood, roast, and vanilla nose. creamy, somewhat sticky thick body. nuts, cola, earth, tobacco, and heaping helpings of bourbon and wood on the mid palate. some tannic bite. long oaky bourbon finish.
bvc (347), Kenmore, Washington, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 18, 2009 12oz bottle labled ’2009 Bourbon Barrel Barleywine’ from Ughsmash. Sticky sweet bun rolls, vanilla, prune...really bready and sweet. Brown sugar, raisins, prunes, tons wood...that has a toasted/charred taste. Also showing some oxidation already with a bit of tobacco-port as well. Super sweet and big...up my alley. Thanks Jason for this one.
beernbourbon (316), chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 13, 2009 Bottle for rating #300. Pour is dark reddish brown with a medium tan head. aroma is rich toffee malt, vanilla, caramel, light bourbon, very faint hop, and a pleasing subtle coconut flavor. My goodness, this smells amazing. Flavor is rich toffee, slightly more hop presence than expected, nice vanilla bourbon flavor, rich creamy malt, light wood, and light butterscotch. This is a sleeper. I did not expect it to b bad, but I did not think it would be this good. The aroma is slightly better than the flavor, but it’s great.
nimbleprop (947), SouthWest, Washington, Washington DC, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 3, 2009 Bottle shared at the DC Local tasting. Bottle number 71193. Pours a translucent copper, amber with a cloudy tan head. Nose has coconut, tropical fruits, a little bourbon, a little wood. Flavor is sweet, caramel, sticky fruits, wood, vanilla, lots and lots of sweetness. Very full bodied, slightly astringent, slightly salty.
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