The Duck-Rabbit Barleywine

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

bottles from emacgee and gford217. Thanks! Pours a rich dark brownish with nice beige head. Smell is nutty, dates and dark fruity and pretty nice. Taste is of tart dates and cherry and some alcohol. Not harsh, but some booze is there. Interestingly tart, and acidic. Rich body and soft carbonation. Kind of a dull flavor, but not bad. Could be a bit less acidic, but not bad.

12-oz bottle received via trade with dchmela. Pours dark brown with an average, frothy, light brown head, somewhat lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (caramel, nutty, cookie), heavy hops (perfume, flowers), average yeast (leather, dough) with notes of heavy alcohol, dates, apples, prunes, and toffee. Full bodied, alcoholic texture, lively carbonation, and a bitter finish. Long duration, moderate sweetness, heavy acidity and bitterness. Tastes of cardboard; maybe it needs some time to mellow out. This Barley Wine is just not doing it for me.

Bottle courtesy of puzzl. 02/08 bottling. Deep amber hazy brew topped by a thick fast-fading tan head. Rich sweet malty aroma. Nice crystal malt/toffee aroma with a lovely cookie dough sweetness and some fruity US hops as well. Light prickly ethanol on the nose. It’s got nice balance of sweetness and hoppiness. Rich and sweet but not cloying at all. I’d heard bad things about this brew, but a few extra months of aging seems to have smoothed this out quite a bit. Silky palate, moderate bitterness. More like a UK-style in terms of bitterness, but with lots of US-type barleywine flavour.

Pours a dark amber with minimal head and carbonation. Flavors of caramels and fruit, with a slightly bitter aftertaste. This will knock you on your butt fast if you are not careful...

bottle thanks to jimbowood. deep ruby color that’s almost black with a twinkie colored head. sweet caramel malt scent with a slight hop punch in the back. very thick and malty on the palate with a sweetness that is very well balanced by the hops.

Bottle from Ibrew2or3, thanks Dave. Dark amber color. Decent head. Aroma of sweet malt and sugar. Taste is sweet malt, lots of sugar, dark fruits and a bitter sweet citrus after taste. The 11 percent is a little noticable. Texture is medium with average carbonation. Not a bad Barleywine. Thanks again Dave.

Bottle pours a muddy brown with a small beige but lacing head. Aroma is sweet, caramel, and malty with hints of hops. Taste is sweet, lots of malt and brown sugar hints of peach and pine with a hoppy finish.

Thanks Santa! Poured a brilliant red-mahogany color with a foaming beige head. I like this malt forward barleywine, with its huge caramelized lightly fruity malt nose and flavor. Hops are slightly resinous but are there for balance mainly, which I like in a barleywine (as opposed to some extra hoppy ones). The only thing detracting here is bites of peppery alcohol in the finish.