Big And Tall No. 3: Barleywine Aged In Red Wine Barrels
Blue Pants Brewery
- From:
- Blue Pants Brewery
- Alabama, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
- ABV:
- 13%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.52 | pDev: 15.06%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 24, 2016
- Added:
- Aug 11, 2014
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
No description / notes.
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Rated by Thirstygoat from Illinois
2.83/5 rDev -19.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.83/5 rDev -19.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Way too much wine. No noticeable wood.
Jan 18, 2015
Reviewed by JohnnyHopps from Indiana
3.72/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.72/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Appearance - The beer was a blackish brown color with no head noted.
Smell - The wine really makes an impression like a dry wine.
Taste - The beer was grapey, slightly nutty, and cherries with a slightly warming after. As far as barleywines go, the taste is unique. I really would have trouble with more than about 4 oz of this one as it begins to develop a medicinal quality.
Mouthfeel - The barleywine demonstrated low carbonation, which allowed the taste to stick.
Overall - I brought this to a bottle share with the charred barrel version. The carbernet version was the winner.
Jan 06, 2015Smell - The wine really makes an impression like a dry wine.
Taste - The beer was grapey, slightly nutty, and cherries with a slightly warming after. As far as barleywines go, the taste is unique. I really would have trouble with more than about 4 oz of this one as it begins to develop a medicinal quality.
Mouthfeel - The barleywine demonstrated low carbonation, which allowed the taste to stick.
Overall - I brought this to a bottle share with the charred barrel version. The carbernet version was the winner.
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
4.01/5 rDev +13.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +13.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Large shared bottle poured hazy, reddish-brown with a weak head.
Fairly rich and moderately complex flavor. Lightly bitter: more so in the aftertaste. Pronounced influence of the red wine barrel in both the aroma and the flavor. So much so that this tastes somewhat like a (good) red wine.
Feel: Light carbonation with a full body.
O: highly recommended for beer geeks who are fans of red wine
Jan 04, 2015Fairly rich and moderately complex flavor. Lightly bitter: more so in the aftertaste. Pronounced influence of the red wine barrel in both the aroma and the flavor. So much so that this tastes somewhat like a (good) red wine.
Feel: Light carbonation with a full body.
O: highly recommended for beer geeks who are fans of red wine
Reviewed by cvm4 from Mississippi
3.32/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.32/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
L - Pours a nice caramel/hazy color with little to not khaki head.
S - Definite sweet caramel and bready malts followed with pleasant red wine characteristics. Really intense on the nose.
T - First impression, is like an English barleywine and fresh red wine mixed together. The red wine is a little too fresh tasting for my liking. The base beer doesn't really shine through as much as the tannic, bitter red wine does. It's unique, just doesn't meld well.
F - Light bodied and little to not carbonation with a wet finish. A bit more carbonation and I think that would help out the mouthfeel.
O - This beer has highs & lows. The lows just outweigh the highs.
Dec 02, 2014S - Definite sweet caramel and bready malts followed with pleasant red wine characteristics. Really intense on the nose.
T - First impression, is like an English barleywine and fresh red wine mixed together. The red wine is a little too fresh tasting for my liking. The base beer doesn't really shine through as much as the tannic, bitter red wine does. It's unique, just doesn't meld well.
F - Light bodied and little to not carbonation with a wet finish. A bit more carbonation and I think that would help out the mouthfeel.
O - This beer has highs & lows. The lows just outweigh the highs.
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