Barrel Aged Barley Wine
Hale's Ales Brewery & Pub

Barrel Aged Barley WineBarrel Aged Barley Wine
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From:
Hale's Ales Brewery & Pub
 
Washington, United States
Style:
American Barleywine
ABV:
Not listed
Score:
86
Avg:
3.74 | pDev: 9.09%
Reviews:
4
Ratings:
13
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 27, 2020
Added:
Jan 03, 2014
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Gots:
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.25/5  rDev -13.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Consumed March 6, 2016. Another bottle acquired from elrogish's trade winning streak. I think he got a Lamborghini from me for this bottle.

Has the dark amber to auburn coloring scheme going for it, lil bit of red towards the light. Thin beige head 1/5". Toffee and bitter hop notes more than whatever the barrel was for this.

Taste notes reveal this was firmly in the American Barleywine camp, but also that the nose was correct, there was more bitterness than there was barrel, despite the commercial tug job about Jim Beam barrels for a year. Seemed less than that, and I'm a guy who prefers his barrel aging on the lighter side, but this was more like Stone's minimal barreling in the taste profile levels. They blend fresh barleywine into the barrel aged, so perhaps this is more like Deschutes used to do (a mere % of barrel aging). Tastes/mouth feel about 10% abv.

As far as barrel aged barleywines go, its on par for what I expect from Hale's.
May 27, 2020
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.84 by Drknight from Virginia

Jan 14, 2017
 
Rated: 3.93 by JoeBond from Oregon

Nov 01, 2015
 
Rated: 4.32 by beerinmybelly from California

Jul 04, 2015
 
Rated: 3.54 by johnnyboy76 from Oregon

Jun 20, 2015
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Reviewed by LiquidAmber from Washington

3.79/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Poured into a Fremont small snifter. Pours a hazy medium to dark orange-brown amber with a thin light khaki head with good retention and lots of lacing. Foamed a little bit on opening, but poured and developed a head nicely. Aroma of caramel malt, light toffee, fresh and dried dark fruit, light bourbon; the aroma leaning towards an English style barleywine. Flavor follows, with nicely melded caramel malt, dark fruit and light toffee. Bourbon is present, but subsumed into the other flavors. Finishes with a bit of an alcohol burn, caramel malt and a nice light touch of hop bitterness; unlike the aroma, the flavor is traditional American barleywine. Medium bodied, a bit thinner than typical for a ba barleywine. Hits all the proper barleywine flavor points I want, but is a bit subdued. The barrel aging is noticeable, but not could have a bit more bourbon flavor. Nothing stands out, but a good, balanced barleywine that satisfied on a winter's evening. Hale's needs to put a vintage date on the bottle and an ABV. They are a good brewer and it's odd not to have this information on a ageable beer like this one.
Jan 14, 2015
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Reviewed by everythingiszen from Virginia

4/5  rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Tried this during a visit to Seattle alongside many other barleywine and barrel-aged offerings.It was OK, but not my favorite. Thick body, sweet and fruity with a peaking bitterness in the middle. Could have had stronger barrel/bourbon notes in it for my taste. For a bourbon-aged barleywine, I prefered Laurelwood's Santa's Woody.
Dec 29, 2014
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Reviewed by lighthabit from Oregon

3.5/5  rDev -6.4%
growler from growl movement in south salem, oregom. appearance is ok, minimal rim of foam, not much head at all, tho this style usually doesn't do much there anyway. color is nice, like a mix of copper/pear color. nose is a bit weak, and reminiscent of old fruit, i like my bw's a tad fresher and sweet in the nose. taste is heavy ripe fruits, like it should be, imho, tho this has a faint old quality that's throwing me off a bit. hides its abv pretty well, but half way into the glass and you can tell it's 10% is true. disappointed it's pretty much missing any hint of a barrel, which i look forward to in a bw since i think it helps cut the bw sweetness. decent effort, just age it more next time :)
Oct 14, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by sharpski from Canada (BC)

Jul 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by akang from California

Mar 19, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by SocalKicks from California

Mar 19, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by CoolEthan from California

Mar 19, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Seattle_Suds from Washington

Feb 21, 2014
Barrel Aged Barley Wine from Hale's Ales Brewery & Pub
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 13 ratings