Barrel Aged Behemoth
3 Floyds Brewing Co.

 

Thanks to @Whyteboar for this one! (Barleywine/Stout BIF #1 - 2023)

Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a Triple C brewing snifter

The beer pours a deep murky brown with a small off-white head that recedes quickly leaving behind a moderate amount of sticky lacing.

The aroma is malty and boozy with a nice barrel character. notes of vanilla, toffee, raisins, licorice, and a nice hop bitterness

The taste follows the nose with notes of vanilla, toffee, licorice, dark fruits, and a hoppy bitterness. medium bodied and low carbonation. Chewy mouthfeel. inviting in all the right ways

Overall a very nice beer! I am a huge fan of Three Floyds, and this beer is no exception to their stellar track record with me. Would love to try this beer again with some age on it

Pours a light, murky, brown color, looks dark brown in the glass; thin, light tan head. Malty, musty aroma; a bit of roasted malt; barrel wood. Moderately sweet taste with a boozy edge; caramel and nougat; light brown sugar; bourbon; phenol bitterness. Heavy mouthfeel; rich and silky on the palate; alcohol warmth percolating through the residual sugar heft.

The looks and smell are decent enough, but the taste is the highlight. For a high ABV beer, it's remarkably drinkable and balanced.

Pouring temperature: 43 °F; bottling info: BOTTLED 2023
Source: @DIM

 

Pours a dark brown color with a minimal head that lasts quite a while. Aroma of dark fruits and vanilla. Taste is sweet dark fruits. Slight alcohol warmth at the finish and no hoppy bitterness.

 

8/16/23
Pour is a murky brown/deep ruby. half finger of lightly khaki foam dissipates quickly to ring around the glass.
Nose is caramel, toffee, bourbon
Taste is bourbon, citrus, orange, vanilla, oak, toffee, caramel, solid bitterness. definitely not overly sweet.
Will likely benefit from some extended aging. Good beer.

4pk

 

 

 

 

 

 

At least 2.5 years old. Great barleywine overall, but the barrel is muted. Not getting much more than the standard here.

 

Received in a trade with DIM 3-8-23. Consumed for review 3-9-23. 2023 edition.

Beer poured dark brown with a very nice off-white head.

Nose is very nice as the bourbon barrel forward extended aging is lending notes of vanilla along with citrus.

Taste follows the nose as the malt base emits notes of figs and plums, the barrel lends a touch of vanilla, and the generous hopping lends some orange overtones. Finishes nicely balanced between the bourbon and the citrus hops with some residual heat from the barrel.

Mouthfeel is medium to large bodied, very smooth and chewy.

Overall a very nice beer that i am thankful for the opportunity to try! I am not a huge believer in aging beers given my mature palate but i suspect if this rested a year or so the flavors would integrate nicely!

 

Another big ups to Nick for breaking this out in the backyard, May 2022.

Pours dark brown. 1/4" beige head at its peak. Lower carbonation possibly. The aroma was decent, but revealed more of the clash to come. Bittering hops, bourbon, oak, vanilla, maris. Its all there, and its not totally disjointed, but doesn't really hit that Beatles like note of "come together."

Taste, yeah, see, this just kind of tastes like an imperial of their barleywine. Rather than the smoothness of a bourbon barrel, you get amplified heat and bitterness. The 100ibu level of the base is just ramped up here. Like, I like American Barleywines, its my biggest complaint about BIL and their English barleywine kink. But this beer is evidence for their claims, not mine. I guess I just think one version is better barreled versus not barreled. The vanilla didn't pan out here. Weird, I preferred their adjunct barleywine to this. Can't win 'em all. I'd still buy a 4 pack because I think these would be pretty good a decade from now. Just not now as much.

Single bottle from Jungle Jim's