Sunday (2023)
Cycle Brewing

Pours a clear, dark brown color; animated fizzy head, tan colored, quickly fades to nothing. Fantastic smell of toasted coconut and roasted malt grains; tentative note of booziness. The taste presents a rich, chocolatey character; milk chocolate, licorice and leather; nice blend of coconut sweetness adds depth to the flavor. Heavy body; smooth and silky on the palate.

As usual with Cycle, there is no listing for the ABV. I'd hazard a guess of somewhere around 10-11%. Other than the pour head retention, the rest of the sensory experience for this beer is pretty decent. There is plenty of dark sweetness throughout with the coconut enriching the experience. Another fine dark beer offering from this Florida brewery.

ABV: unknown; pouring temperature: 51 °F; bottling info: 2023
Source: Tavour

 

 

 

Nice aroma and flavor is great but it’s beyond too sweet. Coconut added that butter perfect mouthfeel. Overall it’s a great pastry, but so darn sweet only really enjoyed in a small oz serving.

Smudgy dark brown pour, tan ring. Nose is laced with bourbon and molasses, supporting coconut, caramel, vanilla and barley in that order. Taste is boozy first and foremost, then the barrel candy phase sets in with notes of bourbon soaked oak backing molasses, coconut, vanilla, toasted caramel, and raisin. Feel is warm, with sharp barrel felt more than booze, otherwise thick and smooth. A heavy dessert barleywine with a boozy edge that demands you sip slowly but has a sneaky depth to it

 

A - Pours dark brown with a one fizzy tan head. The heads fades extremely fast leaving some light oily lacing.

S - Aroma is coconut, brown sugar, toffee and borubon.

T - The taste is caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, coconut and a warming bourbon finish.

M - Full body with medium carbonation. Soft mouthfeel with a slick dry finish.

O - Really well done barleywine. The coconut is present, but not overpowering. Dig it.

This right here is a straight up barrel aged mounds barwine. I get strong chocolate covered caramel alongside lots of raw and deeply toasted coconut. Saturating this liquid candy bar are immensely satisfying brownest of the brown liquor notes and a hint of vanilla. The body is wonderfully sticky with gentle carbonation. This is intensely sweet, lacking subtlety or sophistication but damn is it good.

Very different from last year's and not quite as enjoyable to me but definitely worth trying.

 

poured from a 22oz bomber into a TG DBA tumbler. pours like muddied puddle water with some light coconut flecks on top. no foam or head. some bubbles to go along with the flecks that fizz and then fizzle away. bourbon, oak, toffee, caramel and coconut on the nose. more chocolate in the taste than on the nose but man is there barrel galore on this bad boy. full, thick, sticky mouthfeel. pleasantly surprised with this one. not sure why as i love cycle but barleywine is an inherently sweet beer to begin with, so add coconut and that just amplified the sweetness. however, the barrel not only cuts through but also adds layers of complexity. overall, this rocked.

This one is awesome. Sweet, but not overly so with the coconut. Strong booze presence, but the burn is mild on the back end. Clean, not thick but a bit syrupy. I love their daily beers, and this one is no exception.