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3rd Year Beer
Revolution Brewing
- From:
- Revolution Brewing
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Wheatwine
- ABV:
- 11.2%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.08 | pDev: 7.84%
- Reviews:
- 26
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 13, 2018
- Added:
- Feb 03, 2013
- Wants:
- 25
- Gots:
- 29
To commemorate our 3rd year anniversary we brewed this hearty wheat barley wine with piloncillo sugar and aged it for 4 months in Appleton rum casks. The result is something special; layers of caramel, molasses, toasted malt, oak and warmth. Cheers!
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Reviewed by Rimbimhoot from Illinois
4.31/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Smell is sweet, dark fruit, light spice, rum, caramel
Taste is tons of dark fruit, light pineapple, caramel, rum, spice
Overall I wish I didn't pass on this when it was first released.
Jan 21, 2016Taste is tons of dark fruit, light pineapple, caramel, rum, spice
Overall I wish I didn't pass on this when it was first released.
Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina
4.24/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Pours a clear chestnut color with a frothy tan head; dots and streaks of lacing lacing around
Smell: Toast, caramel, Rum, figs, pear, brown sugar, molasses and a hint of banana
Taste: Caramel, brown sugar, fig, pear and building Rum tones; in the mid-palate, molasses, toast and banana flavors arrive; a complex blend through the finish
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with low to moderate carbonation; warmth in the gullet
Overall: A couple of years in the bottle really benefited this beer as the flavors have merged in an interesting fashion; we need more Wheat Wines like this
Thanks, Eziel, for the opportunity
Nov 06, 2015Smell: Toast, caramel, Rum, figs, pear, brown sugar, molasses and a hint of banana
Taste: Caramel, brown sugar, fig, pear and building Rum tones; in the mid-palate, molasses, toast and banana flavors arrive; a complex blend through the finish
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with low to moderate carbonation; warmth in the gullet
Overall: A couple of years in the bottle really benefited this beer as the flavors have merged in an interesting fashion; we need more Wheat Wines like this
Thanks, Eziel, for the opportunity
Reviewed by StoneTSR from Colorado
4.46/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pulled from notes taken on Dec. 6, 2013
APPEARANCE: Barleywine mahogany in color with a quick flash of a half-finger of head as it pours. Wisps of foam rest on top, no lacing.
SMELL: Rum, sugar cane, oak, brown sugar, molasses, figs, dates, maybe a little raisin in there as well. Boozy notes.
TASTE: Sweet and delicious. Molasses, brown sugar, oak and cherry. Dark fruit, some banana and clove once it warms. The booziness from the nose is not present in the taste at all. Also, a little chocolate as it warms.
MOUTHFEEL: Lighter in body than a Barleywine. Sweet, but not cloying. Very smooth, goes down easy.
OVERALL: Still have not had a bad beer from these guys. I was surprised how Barleywine-like it was in many ways, but really did lighten up in the mouthfeel.
May 10, 2015APPEARANCE: Barleywine mahogany in color with a quick flash of a half-finger of head as it pours. Wisps of foam rest on top, no lacing.
SMELL: Rum, sugar cane, oak, brown sugar, molasses, figs, dates, maybe a little raisin in there as well. Boozy notes.
TASTE: Sweet and delicious. Molasses, brown sugar, oak and cherry. Dark fruit, some banana and clove once it warms. The booziness from the nose is not present in the taste at all. Also, a little chocolate as it warms.
MOUTHFEEL: Lighter in body than a Barleywine. Sweet, but not cloying. Very smooth, goes down easy.
OVERALL: Still have not had a bad beer from these guys. I was surprised how Barleywine-like it was in many ways, but really did lighten up in the mouthfeel.
Reviewed by Davepoolesque from Massachusetts
4.06/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Molasses, dark fruit, cinnamon, vanilla, oak. Not very sweet, dry finish, and medium mouth feel. A bit earthy. This is great. Not sure if this is the same base as Straight Jacket or not, but I feel the bourbon barrel goes a tiny bit better with it.
Jan 12, 2015
3rd Year Beer from Revolution Brewing
Beer rating:
91 out of
100 with
158 ratings
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