Convergence
Barreled Souls Brewing Company
- From:
- Barreled Souls Brewing Company
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 7.4%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.25 | pDev: 0.94%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 15, 2026
- Added:
- Oct 20, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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A blend of West Coast Pale Ale and American Barleywine dry hopped with Simcoe.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by LeRose from Massachusetts
4.28/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.28/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
The beer pours an opaque deep gold color with 3/4 inch of dense white foam. Superb retention and lots of sticking to the glass.
The smell opens with citrus and piney resin, earthy, some other vague fruitiness. It pretty much presents as a pale ale or WC IPA. Underneath is a little sweetness and a bit of malt.
The flavor is similar but the barleywine adds a lot of depth. Grapefruit, resin, maybe orange, light berry, earthy. Once all that's gone by the barleywine portion comes in with some sweet malt and some caramel. There's a bit of bitterness on the end and the aftertaste is very pleasant - there is a clear contribution from each part of the blend.
The feel is silky and smooth, moderate carbonation. Kinda neutral on the dryness.
This went down far easier than it should, and while it sounds a strange union, it works. It's damned tasty and reminds me of something like DFH 90 minute or even 120. If I didn't read the can I might say it's most like a DIPA. The flavors are excellent and the barleywine is like a bass boost rounding out the flavor by balancing out the hoppiness. There can't be much barleywine in there since it's only 7.4%, but the influence certainly shows.
Hard to rate to style - but whatever it is, it is a nicely conceived and executed beer.
Oct 21, 2025The smell opens with citrus and piney resin, earthy, some other vague fruitiness. It pretty much presents as a pale ale or WC IPA. Underneath is a little sweetness and a bit of malt.
The flavor is similar but the barleywine adds a lot of depth. Grapefruit, resin, maybe orange, light berry, earthy. Once all that's gone by the barleywine portion comes in with some sweet malt and some caramel. There's a bit of bitterness on the end and the aftertaste is very pleasant - there is a clear contribution from each part of the blend.
The feel is silky and smooth, moderate carbonation. Kinda neutral on the dryness.
This went down far easier than it should, and while it sounds a strange union, it works. It's damned tasty and reminds me of something like DFH 90 minute or even 120. If I didn't read the can I might say it's most like a DIPA. The flavors are excellent and the barleywine is like a bass boost rounding out the flavor by balancing out the hoppiness. There can't be much barleywine in there since it's only 7.4%, but the influence certainly shows.
Hard to rate to style - but whatever it is, it is a nicely conceived and executed beer.
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