Hellshire I | Oakshire Brewing
Brewed by:
Oakshire Brewing
Oregon, United States
oakbrew.com
Style: American Barleywine
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 10.00%
Availability: Limited (brewed once)
Notes / Commercial Description:
"A bourbon barrel aged barleywine. It is 10% abv and spent 10 months in Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrels."
Released May 2011
Added by jsanford on 03-15-2011
This beer is retired; no longer brewed.
Ratings: 104 | Reviews: 57
3.24/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
1/5 rDev -70.2%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Undrinkable. I had to spit it out.
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look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Undrinkable. I had to spit it out.
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3.28/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.59/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.46/5 rDev +3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Thanks to robbrandes for the bottle.
Appearance: Ruddy copper reddish brown. Small off-white head drops to a tiny collar almost immediately. Crazy smooth pour with moderate carbonation off the bat.
Smell: Malts for days. Caramel, toffee, hints of molasses, vanilla, coconut, and a solid punch of oak. A slight hint of oxidation adds some sherry and an hint of raisin. Alcohol and caramelized malt sweetness. Some nice roasted malts as well. Complex sugars. A hint of dirt and damp wood thrown in for good measure.
Taste: Oak soaked caramel shortbread cookies. Biscuits, slightly buttery, and oxidized. Sherry coupled with alcohol spice and heat. Cooked and caramelized malts. Hits the full gamut of malt sweetness: sugar, caramel, toffee, a hint of molasses and brown sugar. Oak is heavy, but works to compliment the sweetness. Woody with some dirt and earth thrown in for good measure. Warming drops mega oak bombs.
Mouthfeel: Medium body with a moderate carbonation. Ends up on the clean side. A bit more snap than expected.
Overall: Significantly better than a visit from Pinhead.
It's a big oaky bourbon barleywine. Hits hard on the oak, and it wears a bit too much by the end, but it's not a certified oak bomb.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Thanks to robbrandes for the bottle.
Appearance: Ruddy copper reddish brown. Small off-white head drops to a tiny collar almost immediately. Crazy smooth pour with moderate carbonation off the bat.
Smell: Malts for days. Caramel, toffee, hints of molasses, vanilla, coconut, and a solid punch of oak. A slight hint of oxidation adds some sherry and an hint of raisin. Alcohol and caramelized malt sweetness. Some nice roasted malts as well. Complex sugars. A hint of dirt and damp wood thrown in for good measure.
Taste: Oak soaked caramel shortbread cookies. Biscuits, slightly buttery, and oxidized. Sherry coupled with alcohol spice and heat. Cooked and caramelized malts. Hits the full gamut of malt sweetness: sugar, caramel, toffee, a hint of molasses and brown sugar. Oak is heavy, but works to compliment the sweetness. Woody with some dirt and earth thrown in for good measure. Warming drops mega oak bombs.
Mouthfeel: Medium body with a moderate carbonation. Ends up on the clean side. A bit more snap than expected.
Overall: Significantly better than a visit from Pinhead.
It's a big oaky bourbon barleywine. Hits hard on the oak, and it wears a bit too much by the end, but it's not a certified oak bomb.
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3.24/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Cheers to Goblinmunkey7 for sharing this
Consumed 10/12/13
Appearance: Somewhere between medium brown and dark amber - cloudy and hazy - pours with a small, off-white head, fades to just a few wisps of a cap, leaves some nice spots of lacing
Smell: Big, cooked caramel malts, and some booze - very cooked, very caramelized, with a touch of straight-up malt extract - some substantial graininess - lots of oak, with some vanilla - a load of booze as well, some whiskey, mostly just alcohol
Taste: Boozeshire? - yes, the big malts from the aroma are here, but the alcohol seems to be the very core of the flavor profile - so, so much alcohol - some whiskey, but it's more like vodka - tons of wood - earthy - extremely cooked malts, dark caramel, molasses, and some general roastiness - did I mention this is boozy?
Mouthfeel: On the full side of medium, smooth, hot with a lot of hot booze
Overall: Just tasting this drunk makes me feel beer
The aroma suggests that this barleywine has some potential. But the actual taste is so boozy. I'm not necessarily opposed to booze, but this is a bit much. I would say this might need more time, but it's already kind of old. Interesting regardless.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Cheers to Goblinmunkey7 for sharing this
Consumed 10/12/13
Appearance: Somewhere between medium brown and dark amber - cloudy and hazy - pours with a small, off-white head, fades to just a few wisps of a cap, leaves some nice spots of lacing
Smell: Big, cooked caramel malts, and some booze - very cooked, very caramelized, with a touch of straight-up malt extract - some substantial graininess - lots of oak, with some vanilla - a load of booze as well, some whiskey, mostly just alcohol
Taste: Boozeshire? - yes, the big malts from the aroma are here, but the alcohol seems to be the very core of the flavor profile - so, so much alcohol - some whiskey, but it's more like vodka - tons of wood - earthy - extremely cooked malts, dark caramel, molasses, and some general roastiness - did I mention this is boozy?
Mouthfeel: On the full side of medium, smooth, hot with a lot of hot booze
Overall: Just tasting this drunk makes me feel beer
The aroma suggests that this barleywine has some potential. But the actual taste is so boozy. I'm not necessarily opposed to booze, but this is a bit much. I would say this might need more time, but it's already kind of old. Interesting regardless.
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3.86/5 rDev +14.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Big thanks to BA steakem for this bottle had it over a year now !... Appearance very dark brown with a nice tan head
Smell- is awesome loads of bourbon and vanilla with a hint of pine and citrus
Taste -loads of vanilla and bourbon with hints of coconut and at the back of the throat good amount of alcohol
Mouthfeel-very chewy and slick alot of alcohol in the back of the throat that makes of dry at the end
Overall- this is one hell of a barleywine I really like the warming affect I get from the alcohol and love the vanilla and coconut flavor
I get this really suprised
Me cause I just heard awful things about it
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Big thanks to BA steakem for this bottle had it over a year now !... Appearance very dark brown with a nice tan head
Smell- is awesome loads of bourbon and vanilla with a hint of pine and citrus
Taste -loads of vanilla and bourbon with hints of coconut and at the back of the throat good amount of alcohol
Mouthfeel-very chewy and slick alot of alcohol in the back of the throat that makes of dry at the end
Overall- this is one hell of a barleywine I really like the warming affect I get from the alcohol and love the vanilla and coconut flavor
I get this really suprised
Me cause I just heard awful things about it
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Hellshire I from Oakshire Brewing
3.36
out of 5
based on 104 ratings.
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4