Panic Switch Barrel Aged Rye Barleywine
Platform Beer Co.

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From:
Platform Beer Co.
 
Ohio, United States
Style:
American Barleywine
ABV:
11%
Score:
+7 ratings needed
Avg:
4.08 | pDev: 4.41%
Ratings:
3 | reviews: 3
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 11, 2021
Added:
Oct 22, 2020
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Barrel Aged Panic Switch: The next offering in our Barrel-Aged Program. With a luxurious slumber for nearly 12 months in Cognac barrels this Rye Wine finally reawakens. It’s opening act gives you the comfort and familiarity of an old friend with aromas of plum and caramel yet the more you pay attention you’ll find more intriguing and exciting notes of vanilla, peach, and golden raisins. Its swan song will leave you with the comforting warmth of a relaxing fireside chat.
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Recent ratings and reviews.
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Reviewed by bluejacket74 from Ohio

4.21/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
16 ounce can, canning date is smudged but I can tell it was canned sometime in 2020. Thanks to Brutaltruth for this one! Served in a snifter, the beer pours a cloudy burnt orange/brown color with not quite an inch light tan head. Head retention and lacing are both good. I like the aroma, it's a bit sweet and smells like cognac, rye, oak, vanilla, dark fruit and some herbalness. Taste is similar to the aroma, but there's also some caramel, raisin and stone fruit flavors. No one flavor really stands out here, everything seems to work well together. It's sweeter tasting but not close to being overpowering. Mouthfeel/body is medium, it's a bit slick with a low/moderate amount of carbonation. I thought it was a good overall cognac barrel aged brew, worth a try if you get the chance!
Oct 11, 2021
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Reviewed by Brutaltruth from Ohio

4.2/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
From the 16oz can in a snifter. This solid little brew
pours a murky brown with a nice head of off white
foam that sizzles to a thin ring, thin faint layer, and
sports some light lacing. Nose of cognac, oak, vanilla,
spicy rye, caramel, and pine / herbal hops. Flavors hit
the note with pine hops dancing about vinous cognac
with oak, leather, caramel, and herbal hops with touches
of vanilla, and warming booze. Nice mouth feel; medium
body, smooth, warming, light carbonation, lightly coating,
and finishing warm and lightly dry.

Overall, a fantastic brew in flavor----just ain't pretty to
look at.

Cheers
Nov 29, 2020
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Reviewed by DIM from Pennsylvania

3.83/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 2 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Aged in cognac barrels.

This is not a pretty beer. It's a dark, muddy brown with lots of floating particulate. Not to worry, going to enjoy this one in the dark.

On the sweet side but there are enough layers here to keep it from being one dimensional. Brown sugar and raisin come to mind first. The cognac is subtle but satisfying. The woody tingle and gentle, floral alcoholic heat at the finish helps blunt the sweetness a bit. This is a bit on the still side. Worth trying for sure.
Nov 10, 2020