The Duck-Rabbit Barleywine

Brewed by The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Farmville, North Carolina USA

Bottle from markwise...thanks man!! Pours a mostly clear amber color with no real head to speak of. Aroma consists of toffee, madera wine, bread, yeast, floral hops and bitter orange peel. Flavor is really nice. Sweet with a great little hop bite. I get almonds, honey, orange peel, booze and some light brown sugar. This is a really good barleywine. DR does it again!

Barleywine’s aren’t a typical style I drink a lot, but I really enjoy them. And Duck Rabbit’s offering of one is outstanding. The beers a dark amber color with a tan head that leaves a good amount of lacing. The aroma is of bread, caramel malt and bright hops. The body is full and delicious, with more notes of bread, earth, caramel, hops and grass. There’s a bit of a hint of alcohol in the finish, along with some brighter notes of hops and citrus.

Sampled at another monday night football tasting over at scottyp’s. Sampled blind with 6 others. All poured a clear amber red. Good solid example of the style. Has a bready quality, with a background floral hop note.

bottle, thanks to birdiebeagle, dark amber golden, good foam, sweet hoppy malt aroma, flavor has a lot of good smokey caramel, earthy malt and orange peel, great lasting finish

Thanks ucusty! Pours a dark, muddy reddish brown with a rust colored head that disappears fast. Dark fruit aroma with alcohol and caramel. Very sweet flavor of fruit with a touch of burnt toast and molasses. Somewhat bitter finish. Pretty nice barleywine.

Really big beer, with a huge amount of malt, nuts and figs, sweet and drying at the end. The alcohol is well balanced. Though a bit harsh a really nice evening drink. No head and slightly cloudy golden dark amber.

This poured a darker brown color with an off white head. Aroma was piney hops, lots of sweet malts, dark fruit. Flavor was hops upfront, followed by a thick chewy malt presence, some sppices, dark fruit in there as well.

Bottle from City Beverage in Winston-Salem. Cloudy dark brown color with a beige head. Aroma is caramel malt, citrusy hops, and earth. Flavor is sweet with lots of caramel malt, toffee, hint of dark fruits, earth, and piney/grapefruity hops. Palate nice and fairly full, a little chewy. Average to above-average for the style.