Grow Old With You - Double Oaked Cognac (2021)
Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project
- From:
- Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 14.2%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.28 | pDev: 3.27%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 18, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 12, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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English-style barleywine aged in The Axe and Oak bourbon barrels. Then re-aged on staves from Cognac barrels. 2021 FoBAB Silver Medal
Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by stortore from Illinois
4.25/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
fobab 2021.
Mar 02, 2023
Reviewed by Wasatch from Colorado
4.46/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
16oz. Can
2021 Series
This is an English Style Barley Wine.
Poured into a chalice a pretty nice kinda translucent brownish color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy/quick/fizzy one-finger light tan head, which also leaves a nice medium size oil slick and some nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is hoppy, malty, with a pretty nice dark fruit complex (cherries, raisins, figs, dates, grapes, stone fruit), toffee, vanilla, pretty nice cognac/rye whiskey notes, pretty nice oakyness. The taste is very nice, hoppy, malty, with a very nice dark fruit complex (cherries, raisins, figs, dates, grapes, stone fruit), vanilla, toffee, very nice cognac/rye whiskey notes, pretty nice oakyness, pretty nice sweetness. Full Body, ABV hidden very well, a pretty nice complex brew, definitely a sipper. Overall, a very tasty brew. A pretty nice take on the style. Glad I got a chance to try this.
Jan 03, 20222021 Series
This is an English Style Barley Wine.
Poured into a chalice a pretty nice kinda translucent brownish color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy/quick/fizzy one-finger light tan head, which also leaves a nice medium size oil slick and some nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is hoppy, malty, with a pretty nice dark fruit complex (cherries, raisins, figs, dates, grapes, stone fruit), toffee, vanilla, pretty nice cognac/rye whiskey notes, pretty nice oakyness. The taste is very nice, hoppy, malty, with a very nice dark fruit complex (cherries, raisins, figs, dates, grapes, stone fruit), vanilla, toffee, very nice cognac/rye whiskey notes, pretty nice oakyness, pretty nice sweetness. Full Body, ABV hidden very well, a pretty nice complex brew, definitely a sipper. Overall, a very tasty brew. A pretty nice take on the style. Glad I got a chance to try this.
Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado
4.08/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Brown body with a mahogany red tinge, nearly opaque; thin, creamy, light tan head. Red courant and maraschino cherry aroma. Big, brown ale-like flavor with a hefty presence of raw oak; cognac undertones although the rye whiskey barrel aging is more forward; boozy but not overpowering; a bit phenolic. Heavy body; soft and mellow; strong alcohol warmth; fine residual sugar softness.
Saying this high ABV beer is easy drinking doesn't accurately describe what's happening when you quaff this beer, but it is softer, rounder than many other beers approaching this level of alcohol intensity. The rye whiskey and cognac barrel aging are nicely done and greatly add to the complexity of this barleywine. Big and intriguing in a wonderful way.
Pouring temperature: 47 °F; canning data: unknown
Dec 13, 2021Saying this high ABV beer is easy drinking doesn't accurately describe what's happening when you quaff this beer, but it is softer, rounder than many other beers approaching this level of alcohol intensity. The rye whiskey and cognac barrel aging are nicely done and greatly add to the complexity of this barleywine. Big and intriguing in a wonderful way.
Pouring temperature: 47 °F; canning data: unknown
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