Barley Wine

A Barley Wine is a strong, top-fermenting ale, with an alcohol contents of at least 9% and up to 13% (or more) by volume. Hops may be hardly noticeable at all or very noticeable. Sip them out of the special glass, that will concentrate the aroma. They are excellent with cigars or with dessert.

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		score	count
1	Hair of the Dog Dave R	4.33	76
2	Lost Abbey The Angels Share (Bourbon Barrel)	4.20	401
3	Midnight Sun M R	4.18	94
4	North Coast Old Stock Cellar Reserve Brandy Barrel R	4.16	180
5	AleSmith Barrel Aged Old Numbskull	4.14	403
6	Lost Abbey The Angels Share	4.10	521
7	Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine	4.08	720
8	Hair of the Dog Fred from the Wood	4.07	487
9	Kuhnhenn Bourbon Barrel Barley Wine	4.07	93
10	Bells Batch 6000 Ale R	4.05	395
11	Fish Tale Leviathan Barleywine (Barrel Aged) R	4.04	261
12	Victory Old Horizontal	4.04	1225
13	AleSmith Old Numbskull	4.03	760
14	Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws (2003-)	4.02	586
15	Heavyweight Barrel Aged Old Salty R	4.02	222
16	Flossmoor Station Wooden Hell	4.00	102
17	Marin Old Dipsea Bourbon Barrel Aged Barleywine Style Ale	4.00	46
18	Pelican The Perfect Storm	3.99	41
19	Barley Johns Barrel-Aged Rosies Ale (Batch 2)	3.98	78
20	Midnight Sun Arctic Devil Barley Wine	3.98	275
21	Third Coast Old Ale	3.97	1014
22	Stone Old Guardian (Vintages through 2003) R	3.97	285
23	Three Floyds Bourbon Behemoth	3.97	66
24	Goose Island Batch 2000 Barleywine R	3.97	48
25	Iron Hill Oak Aged Old Tom R	3.96	59
26	Stone Bourbon Barrel Old Guardian Barley Wine	3.96	34
27	Free State Old Backus Barleywine	3.96	144
28	Hair of the Dog Fred	3.95	942
29	Eldridge Pope Thomas Hardys Ale (all vintages to 1999) R	3.95	306
30	Drakes Barley Wine Brandy Barrel R	3.95	155
31	Rock Bottom Chicago Sub Zero Barrel-Aged Barleywine R	3.94	30
32	Tun Tavern Freedom Ale R	3.94	21
33	Barley Johns Barrel-Aged Rosies Ale (Batch 1) R	3.93	59
34	Samuel Adams Utopias	3.93	444
35	Kuhnhenn Extraneous Ale	3.93	29
36	Goose Island Brandywine R	3.93	12
37	Tröegs The Flying Mouflan	3.93	188
38	Oggis 1701 Tricentennial Barleywine R	3.92	25
39	Great Divide Old Ruffian	3.91	872
40	OHanlons Thomas Hardys Ale (vintage 2003 and later)	3.91	851
41	Great Divide Barrel Aged Old Ruffian	3.91	87
42	StoneWall Ale R	3.91	62
43	General Lafayette The Phantom R	3.90	20
44	Hakusekikan Vintage Ale R	3.90	10
45	J.W. Lees Harvest Ale	3.90	730
46	North Coast Old Stock Ale	3.89	1260
47	Dominion Millennium Oak Aged	3.89	240
48	Sierra Nevada Bigfoot	3.88	2031
49	Schooners Olde Woody Barleywine	3.88	45
50	Central Waters Bourbon Barrel Kosmyk Charlies Y2K Catastrophe Ale	3.87	136

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