Wild Barrels Project No. 7 Barrel-Aged Barleywine
Lost Forty Brewing
- From:
- Lost Forty Brewing
- Arkansas, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
- ABV:
- 10.4%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.1 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 03, 2018
- Added:
- May 02, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Description from the label: Wild Barrels Project No. 7 is a Barleywine aged in a single Red Wine Barrel with Brettanomyces claussenii for 6 months and bottle conditioned for an additional 6 months.
Project No. 7 was aged and bottled in the fashion of a traditional English Stock Ale from which the yeast Brettanomyces ("British funus" in greek) was discovered and named.
Aromas + Flavors: smooth and robust toffee, burnt caramel, plum, raisin, citrus, and deep toasted bread with hints of earth and oak. Finish: moderately sweet and spicy with a chewy body.
Project No. 7 was aged and bottled in the fashion of a traditional English Stock Ale from which the yeast Brettanomyces ("British funus" in greek) was discovered and named.
Aromas + Flavors: smooth and robust toffee, burnt caramel, plum, raisin, citrus, and deep toasted bread with hints of earth and oak. Finish: moderately sweet and spicy with a chewy body.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by BlunderfulGuy from Nebraska
4.1/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Burgundy color with lighter maroon highlights, almost like roasted chestnuts. Finger of head that quickly retreats to the walls of the glass with an island of larger bubbles staying in the center, not much lacing.
Interesting mixture of aromas with tart pomegranate and red wine barrel. Not quite a barleywine or stock ale here, though I went into it expecting it wouldn't exactly smell like one. There's a little bit of musty kiwi or something, not sure if I like it or not, either way it's hidden by the more pleasant tart red fruits.
Much more like a red wine barrel aged barleywine in the taste. More caramels than the aroma, a little more barrel character, bitterness and sour fruitiness (non-descript hops and pineapple). Burnt walnuts or candied pecans towards the finish that gets replaced by nice lingering caramel chews and hop bitterness.
Good mouthfeel.
Interesting and a little goofy in a good way to me, maybe because I've been craving a beer like this for a while. Although, I don't know that I would recommended it to barleywine or strong ale lovers unless they're also sour beer fans. Would be interesting to see how it changes after a couple years and if the tart character or the caramel/toffee takes over.
May 03, 2018Interesting mixture of aromas with tart pomegranate and red wine barrel. Not quite a barleywine or stock ale here, though I went into it expecting it wouldn't exactly smell like one. There's a little bit of musty kiwi or something, not sure if I like it or not, either way it's hidden by the more pleasant tart red fruits.
Much more like a red wine barrel aged barleywine in the taste. More caramels than the aroma, a little more barrel character, bitterness and sour fruitiness (non-descript hops and pineapple). Burnt walnuts or candied pecans towards the finish that gets replaced by nice lingering caramel chews and hop bitterness.
Good mouthfeel.
Interesting and a little goofy in a good way to me, maybe because I've been craving a beer like this for a while. Although, I don't know that I would recommended it to barleywine or strong ale lovers unless they're also sour beer fans. Would be interesting to see how it changes after a couple years and if the tart character or the caramel/toffee takes over.
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