Virtue Of Patience
Burial Beer Co.

 

 

Tap at Burial South Slope. Poured a clear, amber color with a small, khaki-colored head of foam. It left sudsy lacing. It smelled of toffee, caramel, vanilla, bourbon and dark chocolate. Sweet bourbon and toffee, vanilla, caramel and charred wood taste.

#1000. 16.9 fl oz bottle coming in at 14%, poured into a tulip glass. A deep mahogany brown, cola color, with a thin rim of lace. Aroma of fig, bourbon barrel, molasses and vanilla, maybe some dark berry. Taste is right in line, with a touch of heat and some cocoa powder. The feel is full, but not sticky, carbonation a scoche above medium which gives it some sizzle on the front of the tongue. Mellows some as the glass progresses. An interesting take on a BBABW.

BIG THANKS to CarolinaCardinals for this radiant gem. Sent as a Mysteyr Beer in our Barleywine/Stout BIF #1
Initial notes from blind tasting:
Deep mahogany colour.
Khaki head starts fluffy and drops off to a thin ring.
Nose definitely presents as barleywine. First off, a decadent melange of date, toffee, burnt brown sugar, and maybe a hint of whiskey barrel.
Flavor is warm, definitely sweet in the expected way for a barleywine. Again, dates, fig, toffee, charred caramel, hints of fruit that go in a mildly boozy direction: apple, apple brandy, and Bourbon.
Mouthfeel is on the slightly heftier side for a barleywine, but oh so good.
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After the reveal, more time sipping & pondering:
The flavors of date, fig, ad toffee really wash around. At times, a hint of toasted almond meets vanilla is also chiming in, but it really features the dark and sweet notes. The Bourbon barrel comes through in most nuanced, round, deep way. This is a glorious sipper.

Having this at cellar temperature. There is plenty of raisin and caramel but there just isn't a lot of sweetness to them. I'm getting an oatmeal raisin cookie and lightly spiced fig cake vibe. The barrel notes are warm, not hot, adding woody vanilla and soft bourbon. Really top notch, thanks so much for this Tom!

Thanks for sending this one, Tom! Poured at fridge temp. Pours a nice slightly murky dark brown with little head. The nose is brown sugar, molasses, Werther's caramel candy, vanilla. Stunning.

The taste is incredible. Werther's candy screams out from this one. I'm actually shocked how much this tastes like this. Getting notes of sweet bourbon, figs, plums, vanilla, slight boozy note, and brown sugar. Sweet, but not cloying. Just a really awesome caramel bomb and I LOVE it.

Picked up several bottles from the Burial South Slope location 3-8-23 for $18 each. Packaged in 2023; consumed 8-18-23.

Let this set at room temperature for an hour before opening.

Beer poured brownish red with an okay off-white head.

Nose is very nice, upon pouring notes of bourbon and dark fruits were very prominent.

Taste was very nice as well. The large malt base gave notes of dates and plums with brown sugar and toffee. The sleep in the barrel intones a light bourbon warming with a slight vanilla accent. Finishes a touch sweet but the barrel does a fine job balancing this.

Mouthfeel is medium bodied and smooth.

Overall a dangerously drinkable English Barleywine, glad i was able to try! I wish Burial would devote more cooperage to Barleywines!

Bottle. Not much head. Caramel brown color.

Nice classic english bw base. Caramel, toffee, vanilla, raisins, red apple skins. Good oak and bourbon integration. Well balanced and well done. Nothing over the top. Solid stuff here.

Pours a deep red walnut color like old fine dark furniture with a hint of red, small tan head made up of individual bigger bubbles doesn't last long and only leaves spotty lace.

Aroma is not as big as you would think rich caramel malts with vanilla notes, thicker toffee hints underneath, dark fruit, barrel notes and touches of chocolate.

Taste is bigger then the nose but similar, still lighter then you would expect given the abv. Big chewy caramel, toffee hints underneath, light chocolate notes, good vanilla, barrel notes all over. Good flavors nice beer not as many free floating sugars as many English styles sport but flavor in nice rich and multi layered.

Mouthfeel is medium leaning to the full side but not as full as you would expect this beer to be. A little bit of chewiness would work wonders.

Overall very favorable just lacking a little to make it wonderful , still very nice.

 

 

2023 Bottle -- poured light in color, but with some viscosity. Nose had toffee, leather, and barrel, with a hint of booze. Flavors stayed on the leather/tobacco/toffee and didn't stray into sugary territory. Finish was remarkably clean.

Tried a 2023 bottle in 2023.
Pours is deep burnt caramel color with a neat little head that is tan. Nose initially is straight up bourbon, but after letting the beer sit for a bit and breathe I smell toasted caramel and a nutty aroma. Taste is similar to nose, initially all bourbon but as the flavors meld across the palate toasted nuts, caramel and coconut flavors come through. There is a certain amount of burn that comes from the higher ABV, but not overwhelming.

 

 

 

500 mL bottle. Deep brown. Smells of bourbon and strong oak, deep earthy malts, and brown sugar. Tastes of caramel, bourbon, sweet dark fruits, nutty malts, and a hefty oak backdrop. Not all that heavy, sweet, or even boozy, except for the bourbon component. A part of me is happy it isn't outrageously sweet, but a part of me also misses the brown sugar flavor that so often dominates beers of its ilk.

 

Released 1/20/21; drank 2/7/21 @ the Yarchives. Aged 1 year in Willet barrels.

Opaque brown/orange rust appearance.

Oak, leather, acorn, bourbon & faint raspberry notes in the nose.

Creamy, thick mouthfeel.

Leather, oak & raisin flavors up front; mild bourbon heat & faint cream notes on the finish.

An absolute dream of a barrel aged barleywine. Huzzah, Burial!!