THE Barley Connoisseur
Evil Twin Brewing
- From:
- Evil Twin Brewing
- New York, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
- ABV:
- 11.5%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.64 | pDev: 9.07%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 14, 2026
- Added:
- Jul 06, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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An English-style Barleywine with prominent tasting notes of melted caramel & ending with accents of rich toffee.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
3.61/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.61/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Orangey brown murky body, shortlived tan head that settles into a wispy collar. Big toffee and dark fruit in the nose, minor barley and earth in the background. Taste has the toffee, plum, and date right away, then watery malts with toffee tones, then the barley snaps into place before a very sweet and thin finish with a hint of orange peel. Feel is thin and watery outside of the 2 action moments in the sip previously mentioned.
Jan 14, 2026
Reviewed by DraftMonger from Denmark
3.95/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Copenhagen 12/10 2025. 47,3 cl can from Kihoskh, Sønder Boulevard, Kbh. V. Cupped hands holding barley grains on the can.
Pours unclear murky, dark amber with a small white head. A bit bubbly. Settles as a thin rim of foam running along the side of the glass. No lacing to speak of.
Aroma is fairly intense with a sugary sweet, malty odor. Brown sugar, toffee and caramel. Dark fruits. Raisins and marinated plums. Dark alcohol.
Low carbonation. Thick, oily, soft, viscous, fat, almost flat texture.
Flavor is intense with a heavy sweetness followed by a moderately strong bitterness. Aftertaste is lightly bitter with a strong sweet, looming undertone. Finish is vinous like port wine.
Potent cup of barley wine, Strong and sweet as hell - or heaven.
Oct 12, 2025Pours unclear murky, dark amber with a small white head. A bit bubbly. Settles as a thin rim of foam running along the side of the glass. No lacing to speak of.
Aroma is fairly intense with a sugary sweet, malty odor. Brown sugar, toffee and caramel. Dark fruits. Raisins and marinated plums. Dark alcohol.
Low carbonation. Thick, oily, soft, viscous, fat, almost flat texture.
Flavor is intense with a heavy sweetness followed by a moderately strong bitterness. Aftertaste is lightly bitter with a strong sweet, looming undertone. Finish is vinous like port wine.
Potent cup of barley wine, Strong and sweet as hell - or heaven.
Reviewed by maximum12 from Minnesota
3.03/5 rDev -16.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.03/5 rDev -16.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Brewers: bring us more barleywines! I promise I’ll buy them. This one arrives in a 16 oz. can.
The pour is toasted amber mixed with hazed orange. The nose is soft toffee, sparse.
The Barley Connoisseur: so this what one tastes like without a barrel! I swear the sub-species is growing rarer by the fortnight. Toffee; but thin. That’s the review.
Not much going on here. It’s a basic bitch barleywine; just fine.
Nov 07, 2024The pour is toasted amber mixed with hazed orange. The nose is soft toffee, sparse.
The Barley Connoisseur: so this what one tastes like without a barrel! I swear the sub-species is growing rarer by the fortnight. Toffee; but thin. That’s the review.
Not much going on here. It’s a basic bitch barleywine; just fine.
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