Old Backus Whiskeywine
Free State Brewing Co.

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From:
Free State Brewing Co.
 
Kansas, United States
Style:
American Barleywine
ABV:
10%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
3.57 | pDev: 10.08%
Reviews:
1
Ratings:
2
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Mar 11, 2018
Added:
Feb 20, 2017
Wants:
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2014 Old Backus Barleywine aged in a Cody Road Bourbon barrel.
Recent ratings and reviews.
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Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado

3.21/5  rDev -10.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
On-draught @ The Anchor, Wichita, Kansas. $7.89 USD per 12 oz pour.

"Cody Road Bourbon barrel aged 2014 Old Backus Barleywine." 60+ IBU. 10% ABV.

Reddish brown body colour. No head when served.

AROMA: Caramel, leather, gooey malty sweetness, dried stonefruit, orange fig, apricot, hints of orange peel. Not getting overt bourbon (e.g. coconut, white oak, vanillin, barrel sugars). Suggests a sweet but balanced Barleywine.

TASTE: Stonefruit punctuates this sweet ale, but bourbon (barrel) fails to punch through the layers of gooey malty sweetness, caramel, and apricot. Raisin and fig are prominent. Not getting any chocolate.

Balanced but warm. Lacks the level of intricacy or depth of flavour I'd look for in a world class bourbon barrel aged Barleywine.

TEXTURE: Gooey, thick, full-bodied. Smooth. Wet. Unrefreshing. Hefty.

OVERALL: If this is the bourbon barrel aged variant of Kansas' #1 rated beer, then I guess Kansas hasn't all that much to offer. Certainly above average and definitely enjoyable, but by no means a great expression of the barleywine style.

C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Mar 11, 2018
 
Rated: 3.92 by jaydoc from Kansas

Feb 20, 2017
Old Backus Whiskeywine from Free State Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 3.57 out of 5 with 2 ratings