The Cowboy Double Barrel Barley Wine
The Cowboy Restaurant & Brewery
- From:
- The Cowboy Restaurant & Brewery
- Arizona, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.03 | pDev: 3.96%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 16, 2004
- Added:
- Jan 15, 2004
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Gusler from Arizona
2.91/5 rDev -4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.91/5 rDev -4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
The beer pours a bit hazy brown with a modest tan head that is semi-creamy in texture, the lace a fine concealing sheet. Nose has a phenol or if you prefer medicinal aroma, sweet malt dominates with hints of caramel and the start nicely malted, quite sweet with the top moderate in its feel. Finish is brisk in its carbonation and the hops pleasingly mild, somewhat dry aftertaste that lingers on and on, just a bit strange tasting, and I dont think it was infected, just odd as several of us noted while sampling this beer?
Feb 16, 2004
Reviewed by mickeymac from California
3.15/5 rDev +4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.15/5 rDev +4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Acquired from a neighbor who took a trip to Phoenix over the holidays. I used to visit the Cowboy every now and then when attending ASU, but it wasn't a brewpub at the time. Pitchers of Coors Light seemed to be the favorite at the time. It sounds like things have changed for the better.
Anyhow, it comes in a tiny green 187 ml bottle with a wax-covered cap and a length of twine wrapped around the neck 7 or 8 times and a little tag hanging from the twine. It's labeled a limitation edition 259/400. Perhaps more effort was put into the packaging than the brewing.
It pours copper with virtually no head. The little head that's present immediately after pouring lasts about 30 seconds before completely disappearing. It leaves absolutely no lace and carbonation level is close to nil. The smell is malty with very little hop presence. Hop bitterness is slightly more pronounced in the taste. Unfortunately, it also has a slight cidery flavor. Though it's aged in a bourbon barrel, I didn't notice any real bourbon smell or taste. The beer is surprisingly dry. The 9% is fairly well-hidden, making it nicely drinkable. Nothing really sets it apart.
Jan 15, 2004Anyhow, it comes in a tiny green 187 ml bottle with a wax-covered cap and a length of twine wrapped around the neck 7 or 8 times and a little tag hanging from the twine. It's labeled a limitation edition 259/400. Perhaps more effort was put into the packaging than the brewing.
It pours copper with virtually no head. The little head that's present immediately after pouring lasts about 30 seconds before completely disappearing. It leaves absolutely no lace and carbonation level is close to nil. The smell is malty with very little hop presence. Hop bitterness is slightly more pronounced in the taste. Unfortunately, it also has a slight cidery flavor. Though it's aged in a bourbon barrel, I didn't notice any real bourbon smell or taste. The beer is surprisingly dry. The 9% is fairly well-hidden, making it nicely drinkable. Nothing really sets it apart.
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