The Duck-Rabbit Barleywine

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

A decent barley wine. Aroma was heavy on the malt with thick caramel and burnt malt dominating. Pour was a nice deep dark brown with a one finger off white head with plenty of swirling small bubbles after the pour. Taste hid the alcohol extremely well. Hard to believe this is 11%. The burnt caramel malt flavor is overpowering but the aftertaste of dark fruit, brown sugar and and earth do come out more as it warms. LIttle carbonation, but not flat which was pleasing.

Bottle many thanks to jrob21. A very malty barleywine. Dark brown/red pour, thin off-white head. Dark fruit, dark malts, some roastiness, brown sugar, hints of caramel. Slightly bitter, and tabacco. Pretty good, and a little bit different than I thought it was going to be.

One 5oz sample of a 6 beer sampler at 3 son’s in Wexford, nice place. Poured from a 12 oz bottle. Supposedly by the DR owner. Smell is a little fruity but not volatile like most BWs. Looks somewhat like tea with a frothy head. No visible carbonation. Though you can tell this is a high alky brew, it does hide the 11% rather well. A little more polished than most BW’s. Some constant fruit in the background. This stuff is what it is; an on style barleywine. Perhaps a little more enjoyable than others. Seems to be a little more refined than most American barley and wheat wines I’ve had. Comes across like the grey area between euro and American BW styles. Leaves a mild alky warming sensation on the finish. DR barleyWS5L3F1T306

12oz bottle via trade at DLD. pours a dark, reddish copper color with a thin, white head and a thin ring of lace. aroma is very nice with dark, caramel malts, toffee, roast, a bit of booze, and hints of pine and citrus hops. flavor is very good as well with roasted, malty sweetness, toffee, nuts, spice, a hint of apple, and a tart, red fruit presence balancing the sweetness well. finish is bittersweet with a bit of boozy warmth. mouthfeel is medium bodied and slightly sticky with good carbonation. overall, a very solid barleywine.

[Draft @ Capones] 2007 Poured a lightly hazy red brown color with a small, off white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of pine, citrus, some floral hops, light oxidation, brown sugar, and some caramel. Taste of caramel malts, citrus fruits, dried fruits, tobacco, and a lightly bitter, and strong finish.

Draught at Capone’s (2007 Keg): Aroma of hops, pine, malts, slight brown sugar, slight alcohol, alight caramel, and slight soy sauce. Poured deep orange/brown/deep amber in color with a small tan head that lasted around the edges. Slightly hazy. Sparkling. Flavor is medium sweet and medium bitter. Tastes of malts, soy sauce, slight hops, pine, caramel, slight dark ripe fruits, and tobacco. Medium body. Slightly dry texture. Average carbonation. Bitter hops and malt finish.

Thanks ucusty. Pours a clear but dark amber, garnet highlights in the glass, abundant foamy head, tan to yellow, nice retention, generous lacing. Aroma is initially vinous with dark fruits, the caramel and alcohol coming to the fore as the beer opens up. Flavor begins quite nutty with a bitter hops edge. Malt backbone is bittersweet and caramelized, a bit of molasses here, while the alcohol takes on a decidedly floral tone, rose, lemon zest. Full bodied, penetrating, cooling on the palate.

It’s been a while since I got this one ( best by date 12/07) so I don’t remember who sent it but thanks. My bottle poured into a snifter produced a big off white fluffy head I got a little gush from the bottle when opened so Lets see what happens. The body is a clear burgandy to brown and the head is still around for quite sometime Big malty aromas coming from my dogfish head snifter. Just a ton of sugar is coming thru no hops left in this at all. Maybe some oxidation in here as well A nice sweet barleywine is what I got here. Really caramel sweet and none of the alcohol hotness left at all. Some fruitiness comes thru with the flavor as well. A nice barleywine not super but good I could easily drink this again, and would not turn it down. It gets much better as it warms and the head lasted the whole time. I have not been disappointed with one of their brews. I would love to see them move closer or distribute in the area