Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine

Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Munster, Indiana USA

yellow wax bottle - Pours dark amber with a one finger light tan head. It has an aroma of caramel malt, dark fruits, a little hops, and possibly a touch of oak. The flavor is at first sweet malt with some dark fruit notes, then the ample hops kicks in to provide balance and a moderately bitter finish. It’s not quite as full bodied as I expected. I didn’t find this one hot and it was actually surprisingly easy to drink. I had to slow myself down as I know how potent it is.

2007 (yellow wax) bomber into sniffer. Pours a hazy, caramel copper color with red notes and a big creamy off-white head that allows for great lacing. The head is very dense with tiny bubbles - perfect. I can actually smell this brew from my glass across the counter. It has an amazing and potent aroma that includes doughy and biscuity malt, grapefruit hops, and cherries beneath Christmas cake. Stunning. The flavor has a lot going on, lacks any flaw characteristics, and does not include nearly as much alcohol flavor as the abv. would suggest. And, the alcohol flavor is like that of a complex whiskey or red wine and exhibits a perfect warming characteristic. Other flavors include caramel, dough, hop bitterness on the front and juicy grapefruit hops on the finish. Unbelievable. The brew gets sweeter as it warms, bit still does not prove to be overly sweet - literally a perfect balance. Also, again, as it gets warmer, a refreshing pine hop character begins protrude through the other flavors. Brews only gets 5 for palate from me if they are very thick, full bodied, coating, and smooth, as this brew is. Overall: the name Behemoth is perfectly fitting because this is a monster of a brew. To me it represents a perfect example of the Barley Wine style. I would have probably given this brew a 5 if I could bring myself to give a beer a 5 out of 5. The price might scare you (16 dollars per bomber at a the store I bought it at, 22 dollars at the pub I work at), but it is worth every penny of that price, and more. A perfect brew experience.

Tasted at the Carolina Crew gathering, Greenville - thanks to Ethan for sharing this. This is one of the readily available FFF beers I haven’t tried. Yellow wax. Amber pour with nice thick head. Sweet malty aroma. Faded hops on the mouth-feel. Caramel malts and cardboard (maybe slightly oxidized). Dry finish

2007 release. Pours a really pretty bright hazy red orange. The head is thin and orange. The aroma is sweet, aged, hops are on the way out, citrusy, warm, caramel, lots of malt. The flavor is a tad oxidized, sweet, bitter, a bit thin, would like it to be a bit fresher. Waxy thick palate.

I tried this recently. I aged a bottle for a year or so. Yellow wax. Good stuff, kinda sweet. But very satisfying in the end. Very hoppy. Nice.

yellow wax. dark mahoghany pour with a fluffy beige head, with thick sticky lacing on my glass. Aroma has some nice citricy hops, but it goes very well with the thick bready caramel malts. Wow i could smell this all day. Some alcohol comes throgh with some nice earthy notes. Flavour is front loaded with caramel malts, with a nice hop bite in the finish that brings a nice bitterness, and goes well with the alcohol bite. Wow, outstanding american style barleywine. Just amazing.

purple wax, cognac colored with a slight wispy head, great pine, grapefruit, malty flavors with a very subtle sweet caramel hop finish, excellent beer

Yellow wax. Pours a foggystrawberry amber. The hops are still quite lively. A ton of fruit in the nose. The flavors are complex. Raisins, pine, citrus, strawberry and caramel. Slightly hot. This is 2 years old and has not mellowed out. I think the shelf life could be at least 20 years. Quite intense.