All Possible Futures
Urban Roots Brewing & Smokehouse

All Possible FuturesAll Possible Futures
Beer Geek Stats
From:
Urban Roots Brewing & Smokehouse
 
California, United States
Style:
English Barleywine
ABV:
13%
Score:
+2 ratings needed
Avg:
4.4 | pDev: 2.05%
Ratings:
8 | reviews: 3
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 25, 2025
Added:
Nov 06, 2022
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
We brewed All Possible Futures using a double mash for extra concentrated malt flavor and aroma. The resulting beer is just packed full of intense caramel, toffee, and biscuity bready rich malt from 100% Simpsons Maris Otter & Crystal malt. The beer was put into Stagg Jr bourbon barrels in April of 2022 and aged for two years further intensifying the caramel notes and imparting intense bourbon, vanilla, and mild oak. Between the age and the barrels, the beer developed brown sugar like sweetness swirling with all the intense toffee and bourbon barrel character with a mild chocolatey finish. It's a truly special beer that was just over two years in the making that we are so excited about in the brewery.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 4.4 by kjkinsey from Texas

Jul 25, 2025
 
Rated: 4.5 by Mikexw from New York

Jul 11, 2025
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Reviewed by LiquidAmber from Washington

4.46/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Poured into a Fremont small snifter. 2024 vintage. Pours a very dark mahogany brown, appearing nearly opaque in the glass with a half finger dark khaki head with great retention and nice lacing. Aroma of dark toasted malt,Pours a Pours a very dark mahogany brown, appearing nearly opaque in the glass with a fine, half finger khaki head with great retention and slippery lacing. Aroma of dry caramel malt, brown bread, dates, dried plums and toffee. Flavor is caramel malt, dried plums, bourbon, dates, raisins and toffee. Medium bodied with light to moderate creaminess. A fine English style barley wine, still a bit hot, but not too bad for a nearly 15% big ale. Nice caramel and excellent dark dried fruit. Good bourbon barrel character. Very dark for the style. Rich and flavorful. Nicely done. This years comes in at 14.5%, but the malt handles it well. Looks, smells and tastes great.
Jun 04, 2025
 
Rated: 4.41 by brewskis from Indiana

Nov 26, 2024
 
Rated: 4.25 by westcoastbeerlvr from California

Nov 04, 2023
 
Rated: 4.25 by BabaBeer from California

Aug 20, 2023
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Reviewed by mothman from Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Likely 2023 @ 10.7%. On tap.

Dark caramel brown color. Tan head.

Brown sugar, plums, caramel, molasses, toffee, bakers spice, red apple skins, wet oak, vanilla. Touch of butterscotch. Warming bourbon. This has it all going on. A bit sweet, great barrels, excellent base beer. What’s not to like?
Jul 10, 2023
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Reviewed by lucius10 from California

4.4/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2023 Batch at 10.7% ABV! Sweet caramel-toffee, hint of butterscotch, faint hint of dark fruits, and a bourbon barrel boozy nose on this one! Really good aromatics for a Barleywine. Taste follows with a tasty, medium-bodied, caramel-toffee, and balanced bourbon barrel boozy finish. As it warms, a hint of hoppiness appears. At 10.7 % ABV, it packs a lot of flavor in a lighter ABV barrel-aged package. Good stuff!
Apr 27, 2023