Flossmoor Station Wooden Hell

Brewed by Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Flossmoor, Illinois USA

FOBAB ’07...appearance: dark caramel brown topped off with a thin off-white head.....aroma: an evenly symbiotic nose of caramel and bourbon. simple but just so nicely done....taste: very subdued and not as in your face as others tried on this day which was perfect for this brew. very buttery and creamy. bourbony accompanied by vanilla and caramel notes. very smooth......let me have some more of this right here.

tap at the FoBAB. possibly my pick of the day. all i wrote down was "fucking awesome. toffee bourbon aroma. smooth and hot." it was indeed really smooth, and despite english barleywine’s often sucking this one was top notch. had this again at the brewery in november 08. very good, and confirms all from prior rating.

On tap at the FoBAB 2007. This was definitely one of my favorites of the day. I really enjoyed this in the past and this seemed even better. Brown with red hints and a beige head. Doughy nose. Oak, caramels, toffee, fruit, and brown sugar. Abundant and balanced well. Caramel toffee rich flavors. Red fruit, bourbon, oak. Light bitterness from the oak. The gorgeous balance makes this beer so drinkable. I love this beer.

FoBAB 2007. Hazy dark brown with a thin tan head. Big caramel sweetness. A little oaky tannin. A little alcohol. Balanced sweetness with oak and alcohol. Rather thick on the tongue, low carbonation. Not quite syrupy. Sweet alcoholic barleywine with strong oak character. This is so woody it mellows the malt. A lovely merging of extreme flavors. Lingering caramel (leather too?) gives way to alcohol and a decidedly oaky tannic finish. This is the oakiest beer that I think I’ve enjoyed this much.

on tap at FoBAB V: pours brown with no head. nose has lots of bourbon, oak, vanilla. flavor is big bourbony, oaky, vanilla, cherries, tar, wow awesome stuff.

Date: 04/28/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

dark with ruby edges, fine whispy brown head, sweet bourbon aroma, rich bourbon flavor on a dark malt base,
-------- /> Date: 04/27/2007
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
Score: 4.2 to 4.4

all sweet bourbon and vanilla flavor, lots of oak, chocolate comes crawling out beneith the bourbon and adds great character, sweet winey character keeps reasserting itself,

Aroma: 9/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 9/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 18/20
Rating: 4.4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Very dark brown with a tan head. Very dark brown with a tan head. Complex aroma, bourbon, dark fruits, brown sugar. Tha flavor follows the aroma. Equal to the Barrel-Aged Behemoth that I had just before this one.

A dark dark brown pour with a light white head. A sharp dried fruity aroma with abv just barely letting you know it’s there. A sharp fruity flavor that reminds me of cherries it is sweet sweet malt and closes with abv. A silky smooth palate taht is just a tad foamy which is 10 times better than fizzy. A very rich complex full flavor that just blasts your taste buds.