Old Double Bagger
Oskar Blues Grill & Brew

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From:
Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
American Barleywine
ABV:
13.2%
Score:
88
Avg:
3.93 | pDev: 16.28%
Reviews:
23
Ratings:
52
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jan 23, 2019
Added:
Feb 09, 2010
Wants:
  10
Gots:
  4
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Ratings by mctizzz:
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Rated by mctizzz from California

3.75/5  rDev -4.6%

Mar 28, 2014
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.5/5  rDev -10.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Knocking out the barleywine reviews this morning. Another one consumed for the first time at Toronado's 2010 Barleywine festival.

Pours a ruby chesnut brown auburn amalgamation. A bigger tan head than most that day, this one swelled up to almost 1/3". Aroma of a malty roast not quite reaching a turnt burnt stout like aspect.

Tastes like one of those baltic porter/russian imperial stout kind of barleywines, the dark fruit, the bitterness. Mahogany. No signs of the female wrestler ODB here. Underneath that bitterness is a lesser amount of residual sweetness that doesn't rise to the level of balance. This is a big powerful bruiser without a lot of deft touches. Not an intro level barleywine. This is just as much a barleywine as it is a big ol triple ipa with boatloads of crystal and maris otter. I dunno, it was decent but I wouldn't call it very good.
Jan 23, 2019
 
Rated: 3.52 by Vulture3 from Oklahoma

Nov 07, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by griffiam03 from Indiana

Aug 06, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by 100200300 from Georgia

Jun 25, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by jriggins6 from Colorado

Jun 24, 2014
 
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Reviewed by martyl1000 from Wisconsin

4.73/5  rDev +20.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Wow! I'm totally impressed.

A dark, hazy brown pour into a goblet at Tipsy Cow, Madison. Rusty-brown fluid, with an off-white head that plasters the most perma-lacing on the glass I've ever seen on any beer.

The aroma is booze-laden fig and fruit cake. There's an earthiness that comes from burnt butter and waterlogged wood.

I'm amazed at this. The flavor in the mouth far outstrips what's hinted at in the aroma. Way sweeter on the front of the tongue than was to be expected from the nose, however, in the best way possible. Toffee and raisin, the molasses of dark rum, nice wood, a bit of astringent tannin, then a clarifying booze punch. Exceedingly well-balanced, on the back end you get hop oil and resin bitterness to do battle with the front-end sweetness.

Carbonation is perfectly reserved. Full-bodied creaminess delights in the mouthfeel.

It's useful to note I'm not a fan of Oskar Blues, in general. Their brews are overly bittered for my taste, without even the basic balance I look for in bitter beers. I feel incredibly lucky to get this one during Mad Craft Beer Week. I don't ever expect to see this on store shelves or in local bars outside of an event like this.
May 11, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by Kataco16 from Massachusetts

Mar 24, 2014
 
Rated: 2.75 by hikeeba from Rhode Island

Mar 22, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by teamwiggum from Wisconsin

Feb 23, 2014
 
Rated: 3.9 by rkarimi from Colorado

Feb 15, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by iatethecloudsfor from Vermont

Dec 29, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by jaydoc from Kansas

Dec 28, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by crowbar540 from Tennessee

Dec 19, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by WOLFGANG from South Carolina

Jul 19, 2013
 
Rated: 1.5 by DonFrap from Massachusetts

Jul 09, 2013
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Reviewed by MacQ32 from South Carolina

4.24/5  rDev +7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
This is a 2010 bottle (from a tap)

A - pours an amber mahogany with a small ivory head, little retention and lacing.

S - big boozy figs raisins prunes and wood chips. Dark fruits smell amazing

T - Exactky as it smells with ample dark fruits, mild bitterness. Not much else though, slightly maple syrupy sweet

m - medium with decent carb

O - good huge flavor of dark fruits and sweetness, quite drinkable for the abv
Jul 04, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by mikeincharleston from North Carolina

May 26, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by Kegatron from Pennsylvania

Apr 05, 2013
Old Double Bagger from Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 52 ratings