10 & 2 Bourbon Barrel Aged
Fifty West Brewing Co

Look - thick brown dirt with great rim and lacing
Smell - candied dark fruit a little woody
Taste - boozy sweet vanilla caramel candied dark fruit slight roast taste in the back with some barrel
Feel - pretty thick with a slight carb
Overall - really incredible

 

 

 

A: The beer is very hazy brown in color - too hazy to see if there is any visible carbonation. It poured with a short white head that left large wisps of bubbles on the surface and a narrow collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of oaky vanilla are present in the nose.
T: The taste has flavors of oaky vanilla from the bourbon along with hints of dark fruits.
M: It feels medium- to full-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation. There is some warming from the alcohol in the finish.
O: The bourbon barrel aging lends some complexity to this barleywine and also helps to "soften" things up a bit. While pleasant to sip, it isn't overly difficult to drink because it does a good job at hiding a good portion of the alcohol from the taste.

Serving type: bottle

 

Look: Dark chocolate brown, completely opaque. Half a finger of off-white head that quickly dissipates to a thin ring.

Smell: Dried fruit, cherries, brown sugar, milk chocolate. Very sweet.

Taste: Sweet dried fruit and brown sugar, with a lightly roasted chocolate malt backbone. Extremely low bitterness.

Mouthfeel: Thick and creamy, with mild carbonation.

Overall: An unfortunately rather cloying barleywine that could use a bit less sugar in the tank.

Overall an excellent barleywine, and I normally don't even like this style. It's dark cherry, oak, vanilla and bourbon all the way, with a candied nuttiness on the end. Love!

Thanks to the moose3285 for this gold-waxed 12 oz. bottle. Evidently he goes around randomly handing things like this off to people he barely knows.

I thought this was a stout, because I’m an idiot, so the muddly brown pours sans head was a bit disconcerting. Nose is intense: wood, bourbon, vanilla, toffee. I approve of all those things.

Remus’ Revenge 10 & 2 brings a bourbon gun to a knife fight. Sinus-clearing bourbon lays like a lead brick across the body of a toffee, caramel-laced barleywine. Powdered sugar sweetness, rich vanilla, & hint of grain alcohol siphoned straight out of the gas tank round out the experience. Heavy, thick, & flat, though it doesn’t really detract. A bottle like this would be good for splitting.

Mostly this tastes like a hangover – big, brawling, unrepentant, like Rick Grimes distilled into a glass. Good beer; thanks Mike.

Appearance is a murky dark copper with a thin beige head that recedes quickly leaving minimal lacing. Aroma is boozy and fruity. Taste is slightly sweet burnt sugar and vanilla with a healthy dose of bourbon. Medium bodied and slightly hot.

Appearance – Brown and hazy with a half finger head that dies to a thin ring.

Aroma – Rich malt, oak, molasses, brown sugar, alcohol, and vanilla.

Taste – Strong malt and strong alcohol. Light oak. Very boozy. As it warms the flavor intensity went down.

Mouthfeel – Surprisingly thin for a barleywine. No heft to the body.

Overall – Not a bad beer but not a good example of a barleywine, in my opinion.

This is almost a 5. It's damn good. It looks just about like bourbon only much more opaque. A mild aroma of caramel and whiskey. The taste is frickin' sensational. Caramel, vanilla. a shot of bourbon, a well balanced sweetness that melds perfectly with the boozy barrel aging. A boozy toffee dessert. This is a real treat. Not much in the way of carbonation. The bottle says 12.5% ABV ad you can certainly taste the alcohol yet it still so smooth! One of the best things I've ever tasted!