Rudyard's Rare (Barrel Aged)
Hale's Ales Brewery & Pub

Beer Geek Stats
From:
Hale's Ales Brewery & Pub
 
Washington, United States
Style:
English Barleywine
ABV:
Not listed
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
4.25 | pDev: 9.41%
Reviews:
1
Ratings:
4
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 05, 2013
Added:
Aug 16, 2013
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  0
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 4 by jmccraney from Washington

Dec 05, 2013
 
Rated: 4.75 by William85 from Washington

Dec 02, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by SeaAle from Oregon

Sep 21, 2013
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Reviewed by barleywinefiend from Washington

3.75/5  rDev -11.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
A: Poured a crimsonish color with garnett highlights a little white head struggles to appear and stay...no dice. The little fizzy white head faded fast leaving a quiet beer with no bubbles or lacing

S: Shot of bourbon anyone? Yup, bourbon soaked fruitcake and more of it, big vanilla nose, nice oakiness. It was hefty.

T: Initial blast is boozey, probably 15% boozey. Sharp and oungent alcohol really slams the taste buds. A big vanilla note is noted and it hangs around. The dominant flavors for me were a mix of bourbon soaked fruitcake and chocolate covered dark fruits. A big underlying sweetness on this. The finish is hot, sweet, sticky.

M: Medium-ful to full bodied. Not really hearty and filling per se, carbonation was low which is ok for the style and expected but I believe the lack of carbonation only accenuated the heat of this beer. It felt sticky sas well. Don't get me wrong, it's not like HoTD flat, it still had a little zip to it

O: In your face barleywine. In five years this thing would be money, now, hot damn, its dangeous. All of that booze and sugar....watch out. I sought this out because I love bwines and like Rudyards Rare. This is a first sighting for me. I hope they bottle this. A little less time on the barrel would have been nice.
Aug 16, 2013
Rudyard's Rare (Barrel Aged) from Hale's Ales Brewery & Pub
Beer rating: 4.25 out of 5 with 4 ratings