Barrel Aged Soul of Time
River North Brewery
- From:
- River North Brewery
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 19.6%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.19 | pDev: 0.24%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 30, 2025
- Added:
- Jun 01, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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River North's big boozy Soul of Time Barleywine gets a barrel treatment!
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
4.18/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.18/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
2025-12-29
375ml bottle served in a big snifter. Vicennial series: VII, Vintage: 2025, Release No: 1, Barrel: Colorado Bourbon.
Pours dark burnt caramel color, very little head that fades to almost nothing, leaves a dark cola looking liquid with a few spotty islands of bubbles. Smell is intense booze and concentrated molasses, vanilla, cola, charred wood.
Taste doubles down on the booze and cola, vanilla almost subsumed by the molasses and charred wood. Bourbon character is quite distinct.
Mouthfeel is thick, smooth, still. Overall, interesting and good, a bit on the boozy side, looking forward to it warming up further as I drink it, though the booze will probably come out stronger.
Dec 30, 2025375ml bottle served in a big snifter. Vicennial series: VII, Vintage: 2025, Release No: 1, Barrel: Colorado Bourbon.
Pours dark burnt caramel color, very little head that fades to almost nothing, leaves a dark cola looking liquid with a few spotty islands of bubbles. Smell is intense booze and concentrated molasses, vanilla, cola, charred wood.
Taste doubles down on the booze and cola, vanilla almost subsumed by the molasses and charred wood. Bourbon character is quite distinct.
Mouthfeel is thick, smooth, still. Overall, interesting and good, a bit on the boozy side, looking forward to it warming up further as I drink it, though the booze will probably come out stronger.
Reviewed by Falcon91Wolvrn03 from California
4.2/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
4.2/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
2025 vintage.
Look - Pours a clear dark ruby color with a medium head that quickly disappears.
Smell - Bourbon, whiskey, and oak. Light hints of dark fruit like figs, and cherry.
Taste - Bourbon, whiskey, and oak, with light notes of dark fruit. I'm not tasting the toffee or caramel that others seem to notice.
Feel - A super easy-drinking barleywine for 19.6%ABV.
Overall - This is a decent barleywine, though it lacked some of the flavors I've gotten used to from other barleywines; it's predominately bourbon flavored. But I have to say, it's super easy-drinking for 19.6%ABV.
Jul 10, 2025Look - Pours a clear dark ruby color with a medium head that quickly disappears.
Smell - Bourbon, whiskey, and oak. Light hints of dark fruit like figs, and cherry.
Taste - Bourbon, whiskey, and oak, with light notes of dark fruit. I'm not tasting the toffee or caramel that others seem to notice.
Feel - A super easy-drinking barleywine for 19.6%ABV.
Overall - This is a decent barleywine, though it lacked some of the flavors I've gotten used to from other barleywines; it's predominately bourbon flavored. But I have to say, it's super easy-drinking for 19.6%ABV.
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