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Valley Brew Bourbon Barrel Old Inventory Barley Wine


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Brewed by Valley Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine

Stockton, California USA

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94.02/5.03.51/5.0Special12%49.9Snifter

Commercial Description:
Our Old Inventory Barley Wine aged in a Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrel.
 bu11zeye (5430), Frisco, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 30, 2009  
(Growler, courtesy of KrausenJockey) Pours an amber-brown body with a small beige head. Aroma of vanilla, cherry, caramel, bourbon, and toffee. Flavor of caramel, roastiness, toffee, vanilla, and bourbon with some oak on the finish. Good stuff!


 badlizard (2325), Berkeley, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 22, 2009  
Tasted from the barrel at brewery. Thanks, Steve. A nice copper reddish brown with a big nose of bourbon and vanilla. Tastes of caramel, vanilla, toffee, and oak. Quite nice.


 iowaherkeye (1832), Bakersfield, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 7, 2009  
Thank you Steve (KrausenJockey) for the bottle. Clear copper with a small off-white head. Flavor has bourbon, lotsa caramel and sweet toffee notes, raisins, faint cherries and spice--cinnamon? Aroma was much the same, though it was a little fruitier and had less barrel character. Semi-dry with some alcohol showing up, bitterness at a 2-3. Low carbonation with a full body. No surprise--another winner from Steve @ Valley!


 bhensonb (4187), Woodland, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 29, 2009  
Tap at the California State Fair. Pours really dark amber. A slight off-white head. Dark caramel aroma. Full bodied with mild carbonation. Flavor is really caramel. Sturdy flavor. Woody. Finishes with diminishing sweet and advancing bitter. Damn good stuff.


 fidel (886), Livermore, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 16, 2009  
Poured hazy dark amber, molasses, bourbon, dark fruits, wood, vanilla, little herbal.


 Papsoe (14642), Frederiksberg, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/103/517/20
Aug 15, 2009  
Growler. Hazy dark brown with a tiny off-white head. Aroma of overripe fruit, dried fruit, licorice allsorts and an extreme alcohol. Very, very full-bodied, a little low in carbonation with notes of overripe fruit, wood and sweet licorice. Distinct alcohol burn in the finish. 110709


 yespr (11645), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Jul 27, 2009  
From growler, RBSG2009. Pours clear and golden with a small off-white head. Smooth bourbon barley roasted malty aroma. fruity and yeasty flavoured. Roasted and malty flavoured. Sweet and slight wooden flavoured finish. Smooth.


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Jul 19, 2009  

Name: Bourbon Barrel Old English Barrlwine
Date: July 11, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: RBSG 2009
Appearance: clear dark amber, headless
Aroma: sweet caramel candy aroma, lots of vanilla sweetness
Flavor: sweet vanilla and caramel flavor, light bourbon, touch of hot caramel, lig oak and earthyness for balance
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **4



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