Char No. 4
Whiskey Hill Brewing Company
- From:
- Whiskey Hill Brewing Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
- ABV:
- 16%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.3 | pDev: 3.95%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 02, 2023
- Added:
- Mar 14, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Over a year of aging has melded a massive grain bill consisting of maris otter, caramel, and light wheat with heavily charred New Riff and Jeppson’s Bourbon barrels to create a flavor profile consisting of walnut, toffee, lingering oak, and a warming bourbon finish.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by DIM from Pennsylvania
4.54/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.54/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Damn, this is one big brazen beast of a barleywine! I've never tasted anything like this one.
It doesn't pour with much of a head, but the body is wonderfully leggy and lip smackingly sticky. I get a strong black walnut note, deeply roasted and liberally dusted with brown sugar. I also taste faint raisin and cherry, plus a big dose of dark buckwheat honey. It took me most of the glass to put words to that last descriptor. The struggle was driving me nuts, it is such a familiar flavor and a wonderfully integral part of this beer and I just could not come up with it! I can't say I've ever noted a specific type of honey in a review before so that's pretty cool to me.
The barrels are NOT shy, tons smooth brown booze, plenty of charred oak, and woody vanilla. This just comes together magnificently, a great drink that was a helluva lot of fun to review!
Jun 23, 2023It doesn't pour with much of a head, but the body is wonderfully leggy and lip smackingly sticky. I get a strong black walnut note, deeply roasted and liberally dusted with brown sugar. I also taste faint raisin and cherry, plus a big dose of dark buckwheat honey. It took me most of the glass to put words to that last descriptor. The struggle was driving me nuts, it is such a familiar flavor and a wonderfully integral part of this beer and I just could not come up with it! I can't say I've ever noted a specific type of honey in a review before so that's pretty cool to me.
The barrels are NOT shy, tons smooth brown booze, plenty of charred oak, and woody vanilla. This just comes together magnificently, a great drink that was a helluva lot of fun to review!
Reviewed by IMFletcher from Kentucky
4.46/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Bottle pour - poured darker than expected, but no matter. Nose had wisps of toffee and dark fruits. Flavors were layered and plentiful, body was hefty and finish didn't linger too long.
Jun 18, 2023
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