Olde Deuteronomy
Alley Kat Brewing Company

Olde DeuteronomyOlde Deuteronomy
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From:
Alley Kat Brewing Company
 
Alberta, Canada
Style:
American Barleywine
Ranked #100
ABV:
10.2%
Score:
91
Ranked #7,131
Avg:
4.09 | pDev: 9.54%
Reviews:
78
Ratings:
119
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 09, 2024
Added:
Sep 18, 2002
Wants:
  65
Gots:
  7
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Ratings by Converge:
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Reviewed by Converge from Canada (AB)

4.1/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
341ml bottle poured into a 16oz tulip. 2010 vintage.

A - Pours a beautiful deep mahogany hue with ample haze and a thin skiff of tan head. Minimal retention, and no real lacing. Great looking beer nonetheless.

S - Candied fruit sweetness, herbal earthiness, rich caramel malt, a touch of leather, and some rum-like booze. Maybe some dark, dried fruit as well. Quite musty, but sweet and even a bit sour as well. Spices add to the complexity and depth. Wood, cherries, apples, the list goes on. A pungent and complex aroma for sure.

T - Big time flavor here. Huge, rich malty backbone of caramel, toffee and brown sugar, with almost cloying sweet notes of candied apple and cherries. Resinous, musty earth, dank wood, dates, rum, and anise, among other spices. Finishes with an assertive herbal hop punch that lends a firm bitterness, as the alcohol makes it self apparent in the finish. Long lasting finish of rich malt, herbal astringency, and warming alcohol presence. Very, very full bodied.

M - Thick and syrupy, with carbonation on the lower side. Bitterness in the finish. Pretty sticky stuff too. Finishes pretty warm, but not too much so.

D - Certainly one of the more ambitious and interesting brews from my home province Alberta, but that being said this isn't quite my thing. I'm slowly warming up to barleywines, but I still find many of them overly astringent and alcoholic. However, this is probably one of the better BWs I've had the chance to try. I think as my tastes change and I delve further into craft, this will be a brew to revisit due to the availability and great price for me.
Sep 22, 2012
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by DIM from Pennsylvania

4.24/5  rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured at cellar temp. Not much carbonation but the body is a pretty amber color with just a touch of haze. Never had this fresh, but this is tasting great at 6-7 years out. Lots of rich toffee and plenty of caramelized brown sugar plus hints of figs, molasses, and black licorice. This is disappearing quickly.
Feb 09, 2024
 
Rated: 4.15 by Tmappin from Canada (NS)

Aug 22, 2022
 
Rated: 4.68 by Electros from Canada (ON)

Mar 14, 2022
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Reviewed by BPVandenbroek from Canada (AB)

4.03/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A - Clear, ruby red coloreed ale with dense, cream colored head.

S - Very pleasantly intense aroma, up front. aroma reminds me of rum and raisin, and ripe red berries. All this combines to give the nose a nice, vinous quality. From there the nose proceeds into a gentle sort of woody aroma, as though it had been barrel aged. then, just a hint of tobacco before fading into the distance.

T - Olde deuteronomjy is full bodied and smooth, its flavors are even bigger and bolder than the nose led me to believe. Again rum, raisin, and flavors of barrel aging. Subtle flavors of alcohol are softened by hints of molasses or brown sugar sweetness. Then, fading into a subtle, but lasting dryness.

O - Overall, Olde deuteronomy is full flavored, complex, and balanced giving a barleywine that is truly great, and at the same time, accessible and drinkable.
Sep 15, 2020
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Reviewed by patre_tim from Thailand

4.04/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Ruby red and filtered with light carbonation and a finger of beige head.

Smells of caramel, stanky foot, coke, cherries and toast.

Tastes of toasted malt, toast, creme brûlée and orange pith.

Medium, syrupy body with little carbonation.

I got this in Banff, AB Canada, and am drinking it in Redding, Jan 30th, 2020.
Jan 31, 2020
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Reviewed by Gasp262 from Canada (AB)

3.75/5  rDev -8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
This is a good sipping beer, standard in some ways for a barley wine. Not the best I have had - this one had some off putting flavours as I supped. Sort of fennel/licorice that seemed to linger. But ignoring that, it was fine, and in no way a bad investment of a few dollars.
Dec 15, 2017
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Reviewed by Lucaskowalik from Canada (AB)

3.93/5  rDev -3.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
2016 Vintage.10.3% ABV. Poured from a 341mL bottle into a snifter.
L- Burnt caramel in color with a slight cherry tinge. Cloudy with minimal carbonation. Their is a rim of head on the outside due to the high abv.
S- A variety of fruits, burnt caramel, and spice
T- Smoky bacon, sweet oranges, lemon, burnt caramel, dates, pomegranate, vanilla. So much flavor going on here so to say this is a slow slipper is an understatement. Their is a bit of an off putting licorice/molasses taste that works against the hops here but it could probably mellowed with age.
F- Incredibly full bodied with the flavors dancing on your palate long after it leaves your mouth.
O- This was introduction to barely wine and that big flavors are almost to large for me. Going to buy another bottle and age it for a few years to see what happens.
Jun 09, 2017
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Reviewed by Beersnake from California

4.25/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
2017 bottle poured in 2023. Poured from fridge temp. Pours a murky brown with a solid amount of tan head. The lacing is significant. Smell isn't overly strong - dark fruit is dominant. Cherry, blackberry. A bit of honey, and some toffee. Taste is fantastic. Fruity, a bit bitter, malty, and some really nice caramel notes. Mouthfeel is super nice and creamy. Lovely aftertaste with a floral note mixed with toffee.
Mar 29, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by SmithyAlan from Canada (QC)

Sep 26, 2016
 
Rated: 4.56 by Tivlavrie from Canada (AB)

Aug 04, 2016
 
Rated: 4.11 by mikebu from Canada (AB)

May 27, 2016
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Reviewed by Hat_Fulla_Beer from Canada (AB)

4.18/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
341ml bottle poured into tulip. 2016 vintage.

Pours a clear, dark amber red with a thin ring of tan bubbles around the edges of the glass.

Smells of sugary dried fruit, sticky caramel malt, soft leather, old wood, sweet tobacco and faint citrus zest.

Tastes of dark toffee, more sweet dried fruit, candied citrus peel, roasted caramel apple, faint cold coffee and mild floral hops.

Feels big and silky. Full bodied with mild carbonation. Finishes mostly sweet, the hops asserting themselves after a while.

Verdict: Vigorously recommended. Not all that pretty, but delicious.
Feb 06, 2016
 
Rated: 4.24 by byronic from Canada (ON)

Dec 24, 2015
 
Rated: 4.35 by polloenfuego from Canada (NB)

Dec 10, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by Howlader from Canada (AB)

Oct 23, 2015
 
Rated: 3.98 by Coronaeus from Canada (ON)

May 21, 2015
 
Rated: 3.9 by Beervana from Canada (BC)

Dec 29, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Merlin68 from Canada (AB)

Dec 14, 2014
 
Rated: 4.3 by Corson from Canada (AB)

Dec 11, 2014
Olde Deuteronomy from Alley Kat Brewing Company
Beer rating: 91 out of 100 with 119 ratings