Thr3e
The Bruery

Clear brown body with a khaki head. Big barley and general nuttiness, light toasted caramel, golden raisin, with oak forward bourbon barrel backing in nose. Taste combines the barley and the tannins in a beautiful way, that has a little snarl to it! Bourbon, booze with again nuttiness, yet this time with anise and toasted earth. Feel is actually lighter, but get plenty of barrel, barley, and booziness. Excellent at having the base barleywine and the barrels shine through powerfully

A fun beer. It’s a thick, syrupy, high octane, big bodied stout with an assertive barrel aged Barleywine flavor profile. Best of both worlds, a sweet and bold beer with some strong flavors. Yum!

 

 

Thr3e pours a very dark brown, almost black, with a small, lacing head. The aroma is vibrant, with burnt caramel, dark pit fruit, and leather. The flavor is rich, dark fruit, dry, leather, and then finished with oak. Good feel. Overall, a very strong barleywine with lots of flavors, leather and oak, gives it a very fancy feel.

Dark, brown color with a big, beige head. Toasted malt.chocolate, figs, dried fruits, and bourbon in the aroma. Malty, rich taste with warming alcohol at the end.

this is wonderful, a stout and barleywine blend that presents to be like black barleywine, unsurprising, but the right amount of stout brings roast and earthen depth to this and keeps the sweetness from running away with it, a really nice blend that warms up well and despite being boozy also doesnt hit quite as strong as it really is, absolutely top quality and a fun one to kick off some holiday time off, woohoo! not quite as dark as i think i thought it would look, the stout does not take over this, chestnut red in the light, and way more fizzy and heady than this sort of thing ever really is, a khaki airy half inch. the nose is woody and hits at anise and nutmeg and raisin, enough bourbon nuance to take it places, still some coffee and smoke and general age to it too, wood and vanilla, molasses and fig, some fusel alcohol but in a sort of comforting way, long boiled grain intensity of all persuasions, pungent and unique to my senses. the flavor follows, subtle tobacco, black licorice, and espresso beans give way to more of the barleywine aspects, hearty bread, toffee, brown sugar, and even a rum thing, raw sugar cane and its juice but this isnt overly sweet, very light leather and oxidation, things like old amish furniture and dusty books, caramel and maple, cooked red apple and palm sugar, warming alcohol, then the roast kind of comes in, makes it balanced with some low end bitterness, and to me there is more wood than whiskey here, vanilla and even white floral character somehow comes through all this at the very end, and the aftertaste is as long as the actual flavor journey when its in my mouth, wild! lighter in body than expected, also way more carbonated too, but this works in its favor. lovely complexity, killer barrel profile, really good winter beer! im sure this will age extremely well too, hope to find a bottle for the cellar...

750 ml bottle into a snifter. Bottled 11/24/21, had 9/29/23.

Pours a very dark ruby in the light, mostly opaque, with a quarter inch foamy head and light foamy lacing. Aromas of bourbon, caramel, figs, tobacco, oak, vanilla, light brown sugar and oak. Flavors of bourbon, figs, caramel, plum, malt, vanilla, brown sugar, some tobacco. A touch sweet. Smooth, a very good medium body, appropriately carbonated.

A solid effort. Has a big barrel presence with lots of great and distinct aromas and flavors. Well worth a purchase.

750ml bottle poured into a snifter

A- pours brown in color with a one-finger foamy off-white head that has short retention

S- boozy and malty sweet on the nose with notes of caramel, toffee, brown sugar and chocolate leading the way. Plenty of barrel on the nose, which gives oaky bourbon, vanilla & tobacco. Undertones of figs, prunes & a hint of black cherry.

T- very sweet, but not cloying, caramel up front is quickly complimented by chocolate, toffee, brown sugar & molasses. Black cherries, figs, prunes and raisins mid-palate give way to plenty of barrel that adds sharp barrel juice, oak, vanilla & an enhancing caramel note. The finish gives more caramel and toffee, with a linger of bourbon, booze and caramel

M- medium-heavy body with moderate carbonation leads to a foamy mouthfeel that turns slightly creamy into a warming, velvety finish

Black in color with no light penetration. There's a fingernail of brown around the rim. The aroma is of vanilla, bourbon, and dark malt. I'm tasting loads of sweet malt, bourbon, vanilla, and caramel. The mouth is sticky and chewy.

750ml foiled and capped bottle into a BBT snifter. Shared with schen9303.

Pours a deep, dark, brown. 0.5 finger head dissipates quickly. Thin oily legs coat the glass. Nose is booze, raisin, molasses, pruines, and brown sugar. Sticky, hot, and very aromatic. Beer opens molasses, brown sugar, and dried dark fruit. The slightest touch of roast, and heaping load of booze, and molasses and tobacco in the middle. Prunes, brown sugar, and syrup at the finish. Brown sugar and dried fruit in the aftertaste. Body is full with low carbonation. Chewy, hot, with a touch of bubbles on the palate. Goes down rich, heavy, and hot with a lingering aftertaste.

This one's done extremely well. A really well integrated and balanced barelywine.

2021 bottle
Oh damn, soooo much marvelously decadent caramel. Caramel for days. I review a lot of barleywines so "caramel" is a descriptor I (over)use a bunch. It's never been more apt, I've never meant it more than I do here. I don't even want to hunt for anything else, I just want to enjoy the hell out of that caramel. After a while I did begin to notice hints of plums and dates, plus brown sugar and hints of charred cacao. The bourbon is strong and primarily tied in with the caramel, not the other elements. As it warms, I also get some Belgian chocolate. A wonderfully, absurdly over the top, extremely potent barleywine in an absurdly oversized 750ml bottle. Love it!

 

Big 750ml bottle, opened at fridge temp but allowed to warm over a while. Pours very dark brown - borderline black. Thin layer of light brown head. The nose immediately indicates that this is from the Bruery. Loud screams of toffee, thick bourbon, chocolate, molasses, huge dark malts, brown sugar, and lots of dark fruit. Figs, plums, raisins, blackberries. Very nice!

The taste is fantastic. Definitely sweet, but it seems to mellow a bit with each subsequent sip. Loads of toffee, bourbon, dark chocolate, figs, plums, brown sugar, vanilla, maple, and sweet candy. A nutty note emerges - along the lines of walnuts and maybe pecans.

Mouthfeel is medium to thick bodied. The aftertaste is definitely on the sweet side. Overall, a great beer. If you drink this, let it warm up a bit!

750 ml bottle, 2021 vintage, bottled on 11/24/21. Served in a snifter, the beer pours a very dark brown color with about an inch tan head. Head retention is good and there's a small amount of lacing. Aroma is nice, the brew smells like caramel, toffee, vanilla, raisins and bourbon. Taste is similar to the aroma, but with the addition of some brown sugar, oak, figs and some dark bready flavors. Definitely a sweeter tasting brew, I like it but it's almost too sweet tasting for me. Luckily as it warmed the sweetness eased up somewhat, either that or I just got used to it. Mouthfeel/body is medium/full, it's slick, smooth and a bit creamy with a moderate amount of carbonation. Doesn't seem like it's 16.1% ABV but it catches up to you later. I thought this was good, but I'd recommend it more to those who like sweeter tasting barleywines and brews in general.

 

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Pours a very dark brown that looks black when held out of a direct light source. Head is a couple fingers of caramel colored foam. Aroma is caramel, brown sugar, fig, toffee, and raisins in a hearty, old school candy blend. Caramel and toasty malts land behind, with bits and pieces of bourbon and barrel and resiny hops behind. It carries a big weight in the aroma, but doesn't smell hot. Flavor profile is fig, raisins, toffee, molasses, brown sugar, dates, and plums. Plums are light, but the rest of the profile sing. Toasty, bready, and caramely malts form the support structure, with heavy bourbon and barrel behind. It swells at the end, building complexity and steam, but refrains from breaking off into unbalanced or overly hot. Dark fruits remain central throughout each sip. Mouth feel is medium-thick with a boiled-still effervescence. There is just a hint of silty grit to the texture, but is otherwise smooth. Overall, big, hearty dark fruits accent this one alongside bourbon. It certainly drinks big, but doesn't feel unwieldy.

Served in a 15.5oz Spiegelau tulip from a 750mL bottle.

Poured from bottle. Mild head; moderate lacing. Burnt sugar and tobacco on nose. Flavor is a sugar bomb. Way too sweet. Medium bodied. Maybe with time it will dull down a bit.