Life Is A Barleywine
Mikerphone Brewing

- From:
- Mikerphone Brewing
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
- ABV:
- 11.55%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.75 | pDev: 13.87%
- Reviews:
- 2
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 17, 2020
- Added:
- Sep 21, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
English barleywine aged first in used barrels that held Imperial Smells Like Bean Spirit for 14 months, then aged an additional 4 months in freshly dumped Willet bourbon whiskey barrels.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
3.99/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Had on tap. Dark copper semi-clear body with a tan ring. Smells of toasted toffee, whiskey, wood, barley, and malt. Taste has more booze to it, and the presence of maple and slight earth can be detected as well, but mostly whiskey and barley, wood fades compared to smell, which left me wanting more of it, still got a lot going on to enjoy. Body starts heavy and thins in a hurry, maybe a little too thin, with decent dryness contrasting the booze. Interesting, but not sure I need to have again.
Nov 07, 2019Reviewed by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois
3.95/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Nice barleywine taste, though I don't get a ton of barrel which is a bit disappointing since that's what's advertised. A bit thin, not necessarily detrimentally so though.
Sep 30, 2019Rated by 4DAloveofSTOUT from Illinois
2.52/5 rDev -32.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.52/5 rDev -32.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
green apples noted in the flavor. pretty obvious this one is infected.
Sep 29, 2019
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