The Duck-Rabbit Barleywine

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

Big thanks to emacgee for this one. bottle. Aroma has notes of caramel, alcohol, spice, brandy, some herbal hops, and bread. Nice dark amber hue with a small off-white head that almost fully diminished and left virtually no lace. Flavor is caramel, herbs, alcohol, with some sherry, red wine, brandy/cognac, and over ripe dark fruit hiding near the finish. Palate is medium-full bodied and soft. Not a bad barley wine by any means but is still kind of young. Bottle says best taste in 12/08 so I’ll see then if it’s aged well. There is something in the nose and flavor that’s a little off. Kind of a metal, vagina, or herbal note that I’m hoping will diminish with age. A good one none the less and I’m hoping a year will bring out more of that lovely sherry/port flavor I detected.

Darkish amber color. Smell of malt, hops, copper, metal, nuts, spice and alcohol. Taste of hops, nuts, malt, spice and copper. Some caramel and dark fruits dance around at the end. Its good but not that special.

Crazy intense beer! I was pretty excited about this beer but was a little let down about how intense it was!! Its an alright barley wine though if you looking for some....intense

12 ozz bottle. Pours a dark amber with a creamish beige head. Aroma of hops and a lot of them. Sweet and bitter. Compared to a big foot this is not very well balanced

12oz bottle courtesy of ucusty. Aroma of barley standsout along with some alcohol. Amber bodywith tan head and a halo of lacing left on glass after pour. The alcohol presence in aroma was not really reflected in the flavor. Thick chewy caramel flavor along with some licorice. Mild caramel swetness lingers on palate. Good Brew.

Poured a dark copper was a decent sized head. Plenty of lacing . Aroma of sweet malt and fruit. Taste is nicely balanced with fruit, malt, spice, and hops. Finish has a fair amout of alcohol burn with some dryness. Overall, a nice fresh barleywine.

Bottle thanks to shp555. Pours a deep red-brown with a thin white head. The aroma is mostly dark fruit and hops. The taste is really fruity with some cherries and sour aspects. The hops do stand out, but are not really too bitter. A small alcohol warmth, and some nutty taste. I enjoyed this one. A good BW, quite easy to drink and smooth.

From bottle : Pours clear dark amber color, with a foamy off white head, that has big sticky lacing. Alcohol smell, and grapes, i smell the grapes too. Sweet taste, with malts and only a tad bit of alcohol on the end. Thin to medium palate and very smooth. Goes down easy for the high alcohol content. I agree with the other reviews, that it lacks any real complexity. Maybe some age will help.