Double Double Cask (2022)
Kane Brewing Company

 

Poured cola brown and was capped with a 1 cm light brown head which left no lacing.
The taste was toffee and leather and figs and vanilla, sugar but not sweet. A little oak flavor rounds it out and the bourbon is more felt than tasted.
The feel is actually much lighter than expected, but that just made it easier to quaff. The taste was so appealing I wanted to gulp it but knowing the ABV I took my time.
OA, I may just have to make it a habit of drinking a barleywine on Sundays. Mostly I drink stouts, so once a week something different is good.

 

 

Thanks to @Roguer for kicking of the NBW thread and thanks to the Veterans for your self sacrifices! This beer is courtesy of @Mikexw as part of the Barleywine/Stout BIF#1 crazy train i have been part of for the past month! Mike has sent two mystery beers for the Barleywine and Stout styles, one being canned and one in a bottle. I have selected the can for today. Onto the review...

Upon popping the can that has been sitting in 69 degree room temps for the past two hours, i immediately got BBA Barleywine on the nose.

Beer poured murky brown with a nice tan head with the original pour - 4.25.
Nose is giving me notes of brown sugar, vanilla, and of course bourbon - 4.25.
Taste is a very large malt base that is giving notes of brown sugar, carmelized malts, some figs, vanilla, and of course a large dose of bourbon barrel treatment. Finishes with a citrusy hop bite and a belly warming with each sip that suggests i am dealing with a very strong beer here. This is incredibly well balanced - 4.5.
Mouthfeel comes across as medium to large bodied and very smooth - 4.25
Overall i really like this aggressively hopped and fresh barrel American Barleywine - 4.25!

 

 

 

 

 

Pours dark brown color with a one finger cocoa color silky head. Aroma is smooth and winy with leather and cherry notes. The flavor is so rich and complex- just amazing really. Up front you get the more fruit-forward notes of cherry and prune. By midtaste there are smooth chocolate notes that blend fantastically, mellow put in the finish. Wow! Mouthfeel is a bit boozy up front - nothing like a 15% beer, which is cool. Very soft and creamy that fades into a somewhat effervescent. I can see why this is a 100 rating beer. I will contribute to that

Pouring this into a tulip as the snifter is dirty... pours a dark brown with a very nice two fingers of mocha head. It has a sweet, molasses smell, raisins and chewy things. The taste follows the nose, a pleasant combination of fruit and barrel. Lots of things you could throw in there - chocolate, raisin cookies, maple, etc. Warming but not overwhelming. It's pretty full and smooth with little carbonation. Bit of a cherry or figgy finish. A shame you won't find this on shelves.