Schooners Olde Woody Barleywine

Brewed by Schooners Grille & Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Antioch, California USA

(bottle of ’06) Excellent aroma of wood and bourbon w/ hints of black cherry and vanilla. Light tan head rapidly diminishes leaving a beautiful, clear mahogany. Wood and bourbon carry through accentuated by caramel and malt. Medium body is full of rich creaminess that hangs on w/ a slightly spicy finish reminiscent of mincemeat! Definitely worth sipping slowly! Limited availability is this beers only downside!

(Bottle) Sampled at Oakes 2007 Christmas party. Dried fruit with high alcohol nose. Flavour is very fruity, chewy. Good malt base.

Sampled at the second annual Bistro’s West Coast Barrel Aged Beer Fest: Transparent copper bronze pour has a nicely-lacing off-white wispy head. Sweet dark caramely malty nose has some good fresh oaky complexity and a touch of light fruity esters. Starts with a good caramely malty sweetness and some earthy bittering hop presence with big fresh earthy woody complexity and warmth toward the finish.
Earlier Rating: 5/5/2007 Total Score: 3.7
2004 bottle sampled on 2/26/07: Pours a transparent copper orange with a thin, wispy ring of light tan head. Aroma of big, fresh earthy wood with some piny peppery spice notes. Body starts with a fresh peppery, piny oaky flavor with lots of earthy caramel and toffee flavors toward a slightly warming finish. A pretty decent brew that seems to have aged fairly well.

Bottle shared by sliffy. Murky orange pour with a yellowed tan head. Aroma of bready malt, spice, booze and coconut. Flavors of booze, bready malt, and caramel. Thick body sweet/woody with a boozey finish.

Earthily malty, sharp woodiness, lots of forestiness, cookies. Lot of vanilla in body, chewy malts, fair amount of pleasant ethanol presence, almost reminiscent of a liqueur. Quite good.

(so this was the overall winner @ the ba bistro fest)orange bdy with no head.strong vanilla,oak,and and whiskey aroma and flavor.along with some citurs.pretty nice but heavy on the barrel aging.

Name: Old Woody
Date: February 26, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Vintage: 2004
Appearance: clear dark amber, frothy off white head
Aroma: sweet dark caramel malt aroma with lots of oak
Body: thick body
Flavor: big sweet dark caramel malt flavor, touch of liquorice, oak character is well balanced with everything else, hint of alcohol

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Name: Olde Woody
Date: July 10, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: RBSG Dinner
Vintage: 2006
Appearance: clear dark red, fine beige head, streaks of lace
Aroma: sweet and fruity aroma, ripe plum, vanilla, oak, touch of winey sweetness
Overall: big sweet vanilla and oak, dark caramel, ripe dark fruits, earthyness along with growing oak, touch of peppery alcohol

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***4

2005 Bottle with a big thanks to stoutlover72, thanks Garrett: Poured a nice mahogany with an off white head. Aroma, caramel, oak, vanilla, some earthy notes. Flavor, smooth oaky caramel, vanilla, spicy alcoholic notes. Pretty damn good.