A Deal With the Devil Quadruple Oaked (Batch #6)
Anchorage Brewing Company
- From:
- Anchorage Brewing Company
- Alaska, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 21.41%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.65 | pDev: 5.59%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 18, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 04, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Aged 32 months in a mix of Buffalo Trace, Cognac, Russel Reserve Bourbon, and Hemingway Rye Whiskey Barrels. Transferred to fresh barrels 4 times throughout the aging process.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by maximum12 from Minnesota
5/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Big thanks to StephenBechler for this gold-waxed 375ML bottle. This is my fifth "Deal" batch. The least of them has been fantastic, so expectations are Tyler Jay high.
The pour is darker than expected with only ruby-red highlights along the edges. Spare head. The nose is rich, boozy, & represents every barrel listed on the label. Promising.
A Deal with the Devil (Batch #6) is pure decadence. Like the triple, the booze slams into the palate like a firecracker-lit Ford Pinto. Barrels. Barrels everywhere. Cognac is prominent, rye is its usual sly, spice-induced self, with a level of bourbon holding both up. Caramel acts like liquid rebar holding everything together along with sticky molasses. Thick enough to blur the line between barleywine & stout, but so incredibly tasty that I'm glad it wasn't delivered in a larger container. Or am I?
This line of beer is a sickness. Priced like there is gold in the wort & tastes like the last thing I'd like to swig before the bombs dropped. Insanely overqualified. Is this perfect? Dear me. It is. The ninth perfect beer for me in sixteen years. I'm going to savor it. And regret it tomorrow.
Jul 01, 2025The pour is darker than expected with only ruby-red highlights along the edges. Spare head. The nose is rich, boozy, & represents every barrel listed on the label. Promising.
A Deal with the Devil (Batch #6) is pure decadence. Like the triple, the booze slams into the palate like a firecracker-lit Ford Pinto. Barrels. Barrels everywhere. Cognac is prominent, rye is its usual sly, spice-induced self, with a level of bourbon holding both up. Caramel acts like liquid rebar holding everything together along with sticky molasses. Thick enough to blur the line between barleywine & stout, but so incredibly tasty that I'm glad it wasn't delivered in a larger container. Or am I?
This line of beer is a sickness. Priced like there is gold in the wort & tastes like the last thing I'd like to swig before the bombs dropped. Insanely overqualified. Is this perfect? Dear me. It is. The ninth perfect beer for me in sixteen years. I'm going to savor it. And regret it tomorrow.
Reviewed by DIM from Pennsylvania
4.66/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.66/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
It was a cold a dreary day spent cleaning out the garage, seems like the right time to open this up.
This is a dark, murky brown and the head dissipated quickly but the sexy legs make up for it. The aroma is rich and boozy but I wouldn't say it's hot. Mostly brown liquor but there is a hint of grape. There is also strong caramel, raisin, and molasses. I think I get more oak than I recall from the triple barrel versions.
The taste is marvelous but falls just a tiny bit shy of the triples I've tried. The abundant layers of sweetness and booze that the smell suggest would be here are all here, though the cognac is a bit more prominent on the tongue. The mouthfeel is amazing, my entire mouth remains coated in sticky sweetness long after I swallow a sip.
Yeah these are stupid beers for stupid people, but they are such a decadent treat and I haven't found anything else out there like them.
Apr 13, 2025This is a dark, murky brown and the head dissipated quickly but the sexy legs make up for it. The aroma is rich and boozy but I wouldn't say it's hot. Mostly brown liquor but there is a hint of grape. There is also strong caramel, raisin, and molasses. I think I get more oak than I recall from the triple barrel versions.
The taste is marvelous but falls just a tiny bit shy of the triples I've tried. The abundant layers of sweetness and booze that the smell suggest would be here are all here, though the cognac is a bit more prominent on the tongue. The mouthfeel is amazing, my entire mouth remains coated in sticky sweetness long after I swallow a sip.
Yeah these are stupid beers for stupid people, but they are such a decadent treat and I haven't found anything else out there like them.
Reviewed by dafla67 from Pennsylvania
4.65/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.65/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Pours deep, dark brown. Aroma is wonderful intense sweet - caramel, molasses and booziness. Taste mimics nose - intense flavors of caramel, molasses, dark fruitiness and oak. Mouthfeel is full bodied and very smooth given the ABV. Very drinkable. Overall, an incredible barleywine.
Dec 21, 2024
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