Tyranena Bourbon Barrel Spank Me Baby! Barley Wine

Brewed by Tyranena Brewing
Style: Barley Wine
Lake Mills, Wisconsin USA

On tap at brewery. Pours a dark reddish brown. Little white head that dissipates quickly. Mild lacing. Aroma is caramel and bourbon in the forefront. Hints of raisins, dates, and other dark fruits. Flavor. is similar, very complex. Starts sweet and caramel, moving to fruits and bourbon sneaking in, finishing strong with a silky bourbon flavor. The Palate is medium, warm, silky and smooth. Finishes with a good warming dry bourbon aftertaste. Warms you all the way through. Great for Wisconsin winter! Excellent example of a barley wine.

On tap at the brewery. Pours a dark reddish brown color with a small white head. Aromas of raspberries, dark fruits roasted malts and bourbon. Flavor is nicely complex. Flavors of caramel and sweet dark fruits that are mixed in perfectly with a smooth as silk bourbon flavor. Leaves you with a nice warm feeling! What a wonderful brew!

2006 vintage on tap at Tyranena’s 10th anniversary party - This beer was the reason I made it out to Lake Mills, and it didn’t disappoint. Poured deep brown with nary a head. Smell is sweet bourbon, caramel, vanilla, and raisins. It’s pretty straightforward, but smooth as hell and without any of the booziness that the original had. Taste is more of the same, but all the rough edges have been smoothed out, and all that’s left is dangerously easy-drinking sweetness. It’s not over the top though--it doesn’t feel too sweet or syrupy, just very rich. Definitely a sipper both because of taste and the 13%, but this was everything I thought it would be. Stupendous.

2006 vintage on tap at Tyranena’s 10th anniversary party. Pours a murky red brown with a thin head that quickly fades. Aroma is caramel, dark fruits, brown sugar and bourbon. Flavor. is similar, very complex. Starts sweet and caramel, moving to fruits and bourbon sneaking in, finishing very smooth with no burn at all. The ageing only made this one better. This is the main reason that I went to the party, and it did not disappoint!

On tap at brewery. Pours a dark amber with a large tan head. Aroma of dark fruit, bourbon, caramel. Nice balanced flavor. Excellent.

On tap at the Brewery. Served in a shaker for $4. Wow I was surprised to see this on tap. The brewer said they found this one in a back cooler and also it was limited to two glasses a day. I see why. Pours a murky red brown with a thin head that quickly fades. Nose is dominated by aged malts and fruits. Toffee, caramel, dark fruits, cherries, bourbon, brown sugar, and lots of plums. Smooth slightly creamy palate. The brown sugars and aged malts are the first flavors with a balancing act of the plums, cherries, dark fruit, bourbon, and toffee. Some alcohol and vanilla warms around the edges. Really tasty and really drinkable. Everything I like about an aged barleywine. Well done.

On draught at the brewery’s taproom in Lake Mills, Wisconsin. Pours a hazy amber brew with a fast dissolving creamy beige head that quickly dissipates to a thin off-white head with some film swirl top. Aroma is quite complex of powdered caramel malt, sweet bourbon, dark pitted fruits, some raisins, brown sugar and a touch of coconut. Taste is extraordinary smooth and creamy, medium bodied with hardly no carbonation. Flavors is just as complex as its aroma with more chalky caramel flavors, vanilla, plenty of bourbon, brown sugar and even a little molasses. Finish has an alcohol warmness that is refreshing and enjoyable. Happy to have the chance to try this one fresh at the brewery.

Aroma of bourbon touched caramel and dark fruit,the aging has definitely supressed the esters a little, taste is soft bourbon laced caramel cake,molasses, brown sugar, vanilla, and a little hop bitterness in the finish. Amazing how smooth and rich the aging did on this brew