Chocorua's Curse - Barrel Aged
Hobbs Brewing Co. - Taproom
- From:
- Hobbs Brewing Co. - Taproom
- New Hampshire, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.07 | pDev: 4.18%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 26, 2025
- Added:
- Aug 10, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Aged for 15 months in bourbon barrels, this is a big, smooth barleywine with a touch of spice and pine from the Chinook hops and rye malt. Sweet caramel and toffee on the nose and a delicate balance between the malt and hops make this a deceptively warming brew.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by asouth12 from Massachusetts
4.09/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.09/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a bottle. Has a tan head that retains lacing on the glass. Smells of sweet toffee and brown sugar.
The taste brings a very small hint of bourbon with big notes of toasted malt and bread with a fresh, floral hop bitterness.
Sep 26, 2025The taste brings a very small hint of bourbon with big notes of toasted malt and bread with a fresh, floral hop bitterness.
Reviewed by Bierman9 from New Hampshire
4.19/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Picked up a 0.5l bottle yesterday at The Beer Store in Nashua for $13. Label sticker says it's from 2020.
Poured into a sniftah, it's a clear but dark chestnut color. It's topped by a 1/2" layer of light tan foam, ebbing back to a covering layer, with nice lacing left behind. Aroma presents dark fruit and brown bread, nicely semisweet with hints of bourbon. Body is medium-plus with minimal prickle on the tongue.
Flavor comes forth with more semisweet action, malty and flavorful. Has caramel and toffee, brown bread and subtle bourbon notes. Finish comes in with a bit of earthy, floral hopping. Quite solid, though finding it closer to an English Barleywine than an American version. Cheers!!
4.19/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
2485
Jun 21, 2025Poured into a sniftah, it's a clear but dark chestnut color. It's topped by a 1/2" layer of light tan foam, ebbing back to a covering layer, with nice lacing left behind. Aroma presents dark fruit and brown bread, nicely semisweet with hints of bourbon. Body is medium-plus with minimal prickle on the tongue.
Flavor comes forth with more semisweet action, malty and flavorful. Has caramel and toffee, brown bread and subtle bourbon notes. Finish comes in with a bit of earthy, floral hopping. Quite solid, though finding it closer to an English Barleywine than an American version. Cheers!!
4.19/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
2485
Reviewed by brewandbbq from New Hampshire
4.25/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Bottle from 2024.
Pours clear amber with a half-inch head of off-white. Moderate retention and lacing. Plump malt, dark fruit, toffee, mild bourbon in the nose. Full bodied with a tacky, chewy mouthfeel. Plenty of malt on the palate with a nicely balanced bourbon barrel character. Finishes with minimal bitterness, chewy malt, and bourbon.
Jan 06, 2025Pours clear amber with a half-inch head of off-white. Moderate retention and lacing. Plump malt, dark fruit, toffee, mild bourbon in the nose. Full bodied with a tacky, chewy mouthfeel. Plenty of malt on the palate with a nicely balanced bourbon barrel character. Finishes with minimal bitterness, chewy malt, and bourbon.
Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania
3.77/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
on draft at the brewpub
cloudy, dark rust color, with cream colored head. Bourbon, dark caramel, a little earthy pine. okay flavor, but a bit disjointed. medium bodied, sticky.
Aug 10, 2024cloudy, dark rust color, with cream colored head. Bourbon, dark caramel, a little earthy pine. okay flavor, but a bit disjointed. medium bodied, sticky.
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