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Wax Wings Brewing Company
- From:
- Wax Wings Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
- ABV:
- 14.5%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.25 | pDev: 4%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 21, 2026
- Added:
- Oct 25, 2022
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Barleywine aged for 18 months in a select Heaven Hill bourbon barrels. Notes of spirited oak and chocolate from the barrel swirl with rich presence of fig, candied-raisin and hints of caramel in the base.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by jzeilinger from Pennsylvania
4.26/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.26/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
A - Dark raison colored pour with light lacing.
S - Toasted caramel toffee, brown sugar, Bourbon, and booze-soaked raison.
T - Toasted caramel / toffee, raison, some dark fruit, brown sugar, all drenched in a Bourbon coating.
M - Big viscous, silky, light syrupy texture that coats the lips with sticky sugar and warms the back of the throat.
O - A pretty fantastic beer, IMO.
Jan 21, 2026S - Toasted caramel toffee, brown sugar, Bourbon, and booze-soaked raison.
T - Toasted caramel / toffee, raison, some dark fruit, brown sugar, all drenched in a Bourbon coating.
M - Big viscous, silky, light syrupy texture that coats the lips with sticky sugar and warms the back of the throat.
O - A pretty fantastic beer, IMO.
Reviewed by TreyIsWilson from Michigan
4.49/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.49/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A - Pours a deep brown with a very thin off white head.
S - Aroma is toffee, caramel, dates and bourbon.
T - The taste is raisins, figs, toffee, brown sugar, vanilla, oak and a nice bourbon warmth in the finish.
M - Full bodied with low carbonation. Syrupy mouthfeel with a slick drying finish.
O - Top notch. Wax Wings doesn’t miss on barleywines.
Apr 06, 2025S - Aroma is toffee, caramel, dates and bourbon.
T - The taste is raisins, figs, toffee, brown sugar, vanilla, oak and a nice bourbon warmth in the finish.
M - Full bodied with low carbonation. Syrupy mouthfeel with a slick drying finish.
O - Top notch. Wax Wings doesn’t miss on barleywines.
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