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Off The Grid
Jekyll Brewing
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- From:
- Jekyll Brewing
- Georgia, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
- ABV:
- 10.8%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 3.99 | pDev: 9.27%
- Reviews:
- 8
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 04, 2018
- Added:
- Oct 11, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 4
Caramel, toffee and dark fruit flavors are what’s awaiting you inside this bottle. Barleywines are an intense experience, in both flavor and alcohol; one sip and you’ll wander Off The Grid… Drink fresh or cellar for an evolving experience.
IBU: 46
SRM: 18 L
IBU: 46
SRM: 18 L
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Ratings by ChainGangGuy:
Reviewed by ChainGangGuy from Georgia
3.68/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.68/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: Pours a hazy, mahogany-hued body with two full fingers worth of yellowy beige foam. Nice-lookin' legs, too.
Smell: A deep, rich toasted maltiness, thick with sweetish brown sugar and caramel topping. Estery fruitiness, though put me down for some traces of banana, to my surprise. Alcohol noted.
Taste: Toasted breadcrusts, gooey caramel and light brown sugar with a round though controlled sweetness to it. Figs, cherries, scant banana and a hint of orangey citrus. Moderately bitter. Fairly warming brew. Lightly earthy. Bittersweet, warming finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium-full body. Medium carbonation.
Overall: Solid enough. I will also take this time to lament barleywines being so few and far between.
Aug 28, 2016Smell: A deep, rich toasted maltiness, thick with sweetish brown sugar and caramel topping. Estery fruitiness, though put me down for some traces of banana, to my surprise. Alcohol noted.
Taste: Toasted breadcrusts, gooey caramel and light brown sugar with a round though controlled sweetness to it. Figs, cherries, scant banana and a hint of orangey citrus. Moderately bitter. Fairly warming brew. Lightly earthy. Bittersweet, warming finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium-full body. Medium carbonation.
Overall: Solid enough. I will also take this time to lament barleywines being so few and far between.
More User Ratings:
Rated by cultclassic89 from Texas
3.95/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Good caramel and toffee, could use chocolate and thickness.
Jun 01, 2016Reviewed by StraightNoChaser from Georgia
4.06/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: Clear copper. Sparse off white head. No lacing.
smell: Toffee and brown sugar. Not mega rich like some monster barleys but it's rich.
taste: Ditto for the taste. Toffee, hints of dark fruit. Needle is moved to Rich w/o quite breaking through to stellar status. Solid English.
Mar 17, 2016smell: Toffee and brown sugar. Not mega rich like some monster barleys but it's rich.
taste: Ditto for the taste. Toffee, hints of dark fruit. Needle is moved to Rich w/o quite breaking through to stellar status. Solid English.
Rated by beertrader504 from Georgia
4.7/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.7/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
This drinks like a Belgian Quad a complex Barleywine. Had this one aged a year. Tastes of Carmel, Candied Apple, Plums and Raisins. Well recommended!
Mar 13, 2016Reviewed by Zach136 from Georgia
4.34/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Bottle 1096 - Almost 11 months old
Appearance: Hazy chestnut brown, great lasting cap and lacing.
Aroma: Pralines - and other assorted sugary nutty treats.
Flavor: Medium+ sweetness bordering but not quite to the cloying stage. Touch of booze.
Mouthfeel: Full bodied, pretty sticky, same touch of booze.
Sep 01, 2015Appearance: Hazy chestnut brown, great lasting cap and lacing.
Aroma: Pralines - and other assorted sugary nutty treats.
Flavor: Medium+ sweetness bordering but not quite to the cloying stage. Touch of booze.
Mouthfeel: Full bodied, pretty sticky, same touch of booze.
Reviewed by GetTheYayo from Pennsylvania
4.04/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.25
4.04/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.25
Sugary candy, molasses, raisins, brown sugar, toffee, red apple, fruity, banana esthers. Very nice nose met with an underwhelming, way-too-thin mouthfeel, although I suspect it feels thin due to lack of carbonation. Virtually no head and hardly any carbonation, which is usually a good thing for this style. Alcohol is hidden well. Overlooking the thin mouthfeel, this is a very nicely done English barleywine. I'm just left wondering why a beer that's made barely 20 miles from where I bought it cost $15.99 for a bomber. This brew is just begging for a properly done bourbon barrel aged release.
Feb 07, 2015Reviewed by portia99 from Massachusetts
4/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
22oz bottle poured into a snifter.
A - Pours a mostly clear, deep brownish amber color with a finger of foamy tan head that slowly fizzles away leaving sparse lacing around the edge of the glass.
S - Sugary sweet up front, fruity esters, faint tartness, toffee, brown sugar, alcohol, traces of cola.
T - Mid level bittering hops give this much more balance than I expected from the aroma. Mildly metallic, still getting hints of cola and maybe root beer, brown sugar and toffee, raisins, alcohol, mild vanilla, fruity esters.
M - Medium bodied, mid-level carbonation that is a bit on the high side for the style, overall sweet but enough hops to keep this in check - still brown sugar, caramel and toffee character is dominant. Finishes with some root beer character, earthy hops and mild alcohol.
O - Good English style barleywine overall. One of those that doesn't really stand out as remarkable, but is solid all around. Flaws are more of a preference thing...carbonation is a bit high. High on esters, maybe lacking in complex variety of sugar in the profile. Doesn't quite match up with the best, but worth a try.
Feb 07, 2015A - Pours a mostly clear, deep brownish amber color with a finger of foamy tan head that slowly fizzles away leaving sparse lacing around the edge of the glass.
S - Sugary sweet up front, fruity esters, faint tartness, toffee, brown sugar, alcohol, traces of cola.
T - Mid level bittering hops give this much more balance than I expected from the aroma. Mildly metallic, still getting hints of cola and maybe root beer, brown sugar and toffee, raisins, alcohol, mild vanilla, fruity esters.
M - Medium bodied, mid-level carbonation that is a bit on the high side for the style, overall sweet but enough hops to keep this in check - still brown sugar, caramel and toffee character is dominant. Finishes with some root beer character, earthy hops and mild alcohol.
O - Good English style barleywine overall. One of those that doesn't really stand out as remarkable, but is solid all around. Flaws are more of a preference thing...carbonation is a bit high. High on esters, maybe lacking in complex variety of sugar in the profile. Doesn't quite match up with the best, but worth a try.
Off The Grid from Jekyll Brewing
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
34 ratings
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