Jack Hammer
The Brew Kettle Taproom & Smokehouse / Production Works
- From:
- The Brew Kettle Taproom & Smokehouse / Production Works
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
Ranked #223 - ABV:
- 12.5%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #14,986 - Avg:
- 4.01 | pDev: 11.72%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 9
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 15, 2022
- Added:
- Jun 01, 2010
- Wants:
- 11
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
The biggest beer we brew! This beer is all about malt and it dominates the flavor with just enough hops to keep this malty beast in check.
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Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado
3.79/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Dark copper color with tinges of orange color; relatively thick head; sticky rings of foam encircle the glass. Big malt aroma; toasted grain; brown sugar with a dab of anise; leather. Rich malt flavor; boozy; light brown sugar and roasted nuts; bitter. Heavy body; rich and slick; lots of alcohol heat working against the residual sugars.
This beer exudes the malt-forward character of an English-style barleywine yet the whole suffers with the overbearing alcohol taste and heat.
Pouring temperature: 44 °F; canning info: unknown
Jun 15, 2022This beer exudes the malt-forward character of an English-style barleywine yet the whole suffers with the overbearing alcohol taste and heat.
Pouring temperature: 44 °F; canning info: unknown
Reviewed by Brutaltruth from Ohio
4.34/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From the growler via Jungle Jim's Eastgate; 2013 vintage in a snifter.
This mighty beast pours a lightly murky red tinged mahogany with
a decent head of white foam that subsides to a thick ring, thin wafting
layer, and shows subtle light lacing. Nose of white raisins, moderately strong
astringent booze, subtle apricot, grapes, light toffee, and light cherry notes
with heavy honey malts. Flavors hit a perfect accord for the style in the
American sense and outside the English style for the purists out there.
That said it is excellent, especially aged. Raisins, figs, dates, grapes,
honey, toffee, moderately astringent grain touched booze, light peach
and subtle tart cherry and some assertive herbal and pine tinged hops
to round it all together. Excellent mouth feel; medium body, slick, smooth,
coating, warming, low carbonation, a touch dry on the finish, and ending
with a hop and malt balance.
Very good and worth a try---just lay it down for a few years and let it
mellow a touch. A solid little brew.
Cheers
Nov 03, 2018This mighty beast pours a lightly murky red tinged mahogany with
a decent head of white foam that subsides to a thick ring, thin wafting
layer, and shows subtle light lacing. Nose of white raisins, moderately strong
astringent booze, subtle apricot, grapes, light toffee, and light cherry notes
with heavy honey malts. Flavors hit a perfect accord for the style in the
American sense and outside the English style for the purists out there.
That said it is excellent, especially aged. Raisins, figs, dates, grapes,
honey, toffee, moderately astringent grain touched booze, light peach
and subtle tart cherry and some assertive herbal and pine tinged hops
to round it all together. Excellent mouth feel; medium body, slick, smooth,
coating, warming, low carbonation, a touch dry on the finish, and ending
with a hop and malt balance.
Very good and worth a try---just lay it down for a few years and let it
mellow a touch. A solid little brew.
Cheers
Reviewed by SomethingClever from Ohio
4.42/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
12 Oz bottle poured into tulip.
A: Very small khaki colored head that settles to a film. Body is beautiful clearea caramel in color until the sediment at the bottle turned ito murky.
S: lots of toffee, raisins, figs, burnt sugars, and honey.
T: plums strike you first then alcohol soaked raisins, nice toasty sweet malts, honey,
M: medium body. Finishes smooth and very clean for a barleywine not cloying at all.
O: very impressed with this beer this is a solid barleywine that is not barrel-aged you're going to enjoy sipping this for a while and you're going to enjoy the flavors of figs raisins coffee burnt sugars just well-rounded barleywine.
Nov 13, 2016A: Very small khaki colored head that settles to a film. Body is beautiful clearea caramel in color until the sediment at the bottle turned ito murky.
S: lots of toffee, raisins, figs, burnt sugars, and honey.
T: plums strike you first then alcohol soaked raisins, nice toasty sweet malts, honey,
M: medium body. Finishes smooth and very clean for a barleywine not cloying at all.
O: very impressed with this beer this is a solid barleywine that is not barrel-aged you're going to enjoy sipping this for a while and you're going to enjoy the flavors of figs raisins coffee burnt sugars just well-rounded barleywine.
Rated by ohiobeer29 from Ohio
1.88/5 rDev -53.1%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
1.88/5 rDev -53.1%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Basic barely wine a little flavor that's about it
Mar 22, 2015
Reviewed by Stinkypuss from Pennsylvania
4.16/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.16/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a deep amber with a white head and lacing. Perfect clarity and a good looking brew. Great malty aroma that also has some fig and plum. The taste is very close to that, raisin, fig jelly, brown sugar and really just a juicy malt bomb. Just enough hop bitterness to keep things interesting and balanced. Full, lush body with ample carbonation. Quite a beer. This brewery has continued to impress me over the years.
Mar 07, 2015
Reviewed by ONUMello from Ohio
4.15/5 rDev +3.5%
4.15/5 rDev +3.5%
22oz bottle poured into a pint glass
A: Hazy light brown with a 1/2-finger head
S: Caramel, raisin, sweet malts... think a nice bread pudding
T: Matches the nose, adding brown sugar and cherries
M: A big beer, fairly balanced overall, just a hint of alcohol
O: A really good example of the style. I find many barleywines to be out of balance whether too sweet or too boozy, this one is not at all
Sep 11, 2014A: Hazy light brown with a 1/2-finger head
S: Caramel, raisin, sweet malts... think a nice bread pudding
T: Matches the nose, adding brown sugar and cherries
M: A big beer, fairly balanced overall, just a hint of alcohol
O: A really good example of the style. I find many barleywines to be out of balance whether too sweet or too boozy, this one is not at all
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