Barleywine
Riggs Beer Company
- From:
- Riggs Beer Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 8.9%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.75 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Dec 30, 2018
- Added:
- Dec 30, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Barleywine is the strongest beer style that we ever make here at Riggs. We brew this beer exclusively with malted barely that was grown in a single field on the Riggs Family Farm. Due to the varying local weather conditions from year to year, each year’s Barleywine is unique. This year’s version has a delicate aroma of honey and toast, with a hint of white grapes. Barleywine‘s flavor is deep and layered. Dark bread blends into malty sweetness. The finish is clean, except for some lingering alcohol warmth…. just enough to remind you that this beer is nearly 9% alcohol.
IBU: 52
Grain: 3 types of Riggs Grown barley malt: Pale, Choko, and Crystal (malted by Mammoth Malt in Thawville, IL)
Hops: Magnum, Cascade
IBU: 52
Grain: 3 types of Riggs Grown barley malt: Pale, Choko, and Crystal (malted by Mammoth Malt in Thawville, IL)
Hops: Magnum, Cascade
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by champ103 from Texas
3.75/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A: Pours a dark reddish/brown color. A two finger beige head forms at first, but recedes to a ring quickly. Light lace is left behind.
S: A bit of alcohol in the nose, dark fruits and caramelized sugars. Cherries, raisins, and banana esters.
T: Like the nose, plenty of alcohol heat is noticeable. Toasted malts, caramelized sugars, and sweetness. Dark fruits like cherries, plums and raisins. Some banana like esters as well. Lingering spicy/hoppy bitterness.
M/O: Moderate to full body. High carbonation that is very crisp for the style, which might make this appear to be a bit thin. A bit of alcohol heat, that makes this a slow sipper of coarse.
Not my favorite example of the style. Though still very enjoyable to sip on at the brewery. Something I will look forward to trying again when I get another chance to visit, but doesn't hit the sweet spot as well as some of their more traditional German Offerings. Which is what they do best. Nice to see them expand and try something else, even if it is not as much of a homerun as some other offerings they make.
Dec 30, 2018S: A bit of alcohol in the nose, dark fruits and caramelized sugars. Cherries, raisins, and banana esters.
T: Like the nose, plenty of alcohol heat is noticeable. Toasted malts, caramelized sugars, and sweetness. Dark fruits like cherries, plums and raisins. Some banana like esters as well. Lingering spicy/hoppy bitterness.
M/O: Moderate to full body. High carbonation that is very crisp for the style, which might make this appear to be a bit thin. A bit of alcohol heat, that makes this a slow sipper of coarse.
Not my favorite example of the style. Though still very enjoyable to sip on at the brewery. Something I will look forward to trying again when I get another chance to visit, but doesn't hit the sweet spot as well as some of their more traditional German Offerings. Which is what they do best. Nice to see them expand and try something else, even if it is not as much of a homerun as some other offerings they make.
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