Schlafly Barleywine

Brewed by Saint Louis Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Maplewood, Missouri USA

Delicious sweet nutty flavor, amber color, strong ale. This is an amazing beer! Sweet and bready.

Copper color, full body, thick sweet syrupy mouthfeel, sweet malty aroma, very malty with a nice hop bite, balanced with more hops. It gets alot better after aging for at least a year.

This is the first time I’ve seen the non-oaked version in a couple of years. Not only is it non-oaked, but it is cask and dry hopped. This was amazing and better than any version of the Schlafly Barleywine I’ve ever tasted. Pours bronze / copper with a dense off-white head that is quite sturdy and delivers a kick ass aroma the whole way through. The aroma has tropical fruits (especially pineapple), grapefruit, hearty malt that is sweet and noticeable, but the hops are way in front. Full body that is very smooth and lush with extremely soft carbonation. The flavor starts with amazing hops that definitely has simcoe involved as well as floral and tropical fruits traits. There is also some nectar fruits, swet malt, caramel and toasty malt. This far more balanced than expected letting both aspects shine though. The finish has more of a barleywine flavor, but still a ton of hops. Quite amazing and quite possibly the best beer I’ve had from my favorite local brewery.

One of the finest Barleywines I have sampled. Very floral in the hop department with a hidden sweetness that manifests itself more after the swallow. Really alcoholic, one just about bowled me over.

A murky medium brown body and a thick tan lacy head.Smels of caramel and citrus with some dark fruits in there as well. The aroma is strong but not overpowering kind of similar to a Belgian strong dark ale.Sweet tasting like caramel with a bitter grapefruit taste. The alcohol taste is also very strong.Creamy with a good alcohol burn.

Pours a big reddish brown, thn head. Aroma is extremely sweet, honey, molasses, and some hops sneaking in there. Flavor is huge, very sweet, a strong bready flavor, chocolate, dark fruits, a tart, almost sour sensation, very bitter hop climax, and a long, grassy and dry finish. I’lll be drinking a whole growler tonight, and I just know tommorow’s going to hurt.

2006 Vintage

Pours a thin, and whisky-like deep amber with noticable viscosity. Huge, deep, sweet caramel aroma with chocolate covered orange. Full, fluffy mouth. Sticky, yet carbonation can still be felt. Sugary, bitter... quite all over the place which is actually rather nice. Tea bitters, mild sour grassy hops. Barreled characteristics are subdued until late. My notes conclude with: "Rate Soon", "Find Again", & "Gorgeous".

<font size=-4>Sampled at the <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Events-Detail.asp?Eve 2007 Chicago Group Gathering (Yes, I know I’m a little behind in my ratings...)</font>