Top 5 Barrel Aged Barley Wines

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  1. Dupage25

    Dupage25 Savant (1,044) Jul 4, 2013 Antarctica

    Some phenolic compounds are said to taste the way band aids smell. They can be released in really aggressive Belgian ale yeasts, sometimes brettanomyces, and peat-smoked malt. To be honest I've only ever picked it up in two beers and never in Scotch, no matter how peated it was.
     
    #141 Dupage25, Jan 17, 2015
  2. JohnnyMc

    JohnnyMc Pooh-Bah (1,623) Feb 14, 2012 Ohio
    Pooh-Bah

    Well Avery considers it an Old Ale from everything I've read.
     
    #142 JohnnyMc, Jan 19, 2015
  3. StoutSnob40

    StoutSnob40 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,611) Jan 4, 2013 California
    Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Deal With The Devil. Nothing even comes close.
     
    #143 StoutSnob40, Jan 20, 2015
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  4. Donco

    Donco Pooh-Bah (1,639) Aug 12, 2013 Pennsylvania
    Pooh-Bah

    And....I just tried a bottle of Insanity. Pretty damn good for the price.
     
    #144 Donco, Jan 20, 2015
  5. IowaBiertrinker

    IowaBiertrinker Initiate (0) Sep 20, 2010 Iowa

    Most band-aid taste I ever got that was good was in a bottle of 10 year Laphroaig. Peat, phenol, earthy medicine! To lesser degrees in a few beers.
     
    #145 IowaBiertrinker, Jan 20, 2015
  6. Warlocks-Passage

    Warlocks-Passage Initiate (0) Jul 4, 2013 California

    ADWTD
    Sucaba
    BA Bigfoot
    Bourbon County
    BA Old Numbskull
     
    #146 Warlocks-Passage, Jan 20, 2015
  7. Irishace9

    Irishace9 Initiate (0) Sep 7, 2012 Illinois

    I was scrolling this post thinking the same thing the entire time. You beat me to it :wink:
     
    #147 Irishace9, Jan 20, 2015
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  8. Irishace9

    Irishace9 Initiate (0) Sep 7, 2012 Illinois

    Yes yes yes!
     
    #148 Irishace9, Jan 20, 2015
  9. humuloner22

    humuloner22 Initiate (0) Feb 7, 2013 North Carolina

    I get the medicinal flavor for sure. I totally agree with Laphoaig! It is very iodine forward and smokey and peaty. If you have had Lagavulin it is even more so that way. I guess the band aid thing people are talking about is the Betadine/Iodine flavor I detect and most scotch people think of as a positive note. I don't think its a positive note. I tend to like my scotches to be more floral and honey forward, like Glenmorangie and Macallan. I get it, but I hate the use of band aid as a description. There are better ways of describing that note in my opinion. As far as beers go. I have not encountered that note really. But I have heard it a lot lately. Haha!
     
    #149 humuloner22, Jan 20, 2015
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  10. JWD

    JWD Initiate (0) Dec 7, 2005 California

    Deal with the devil (so differenent) clown shoe Billionaire is probably good too (cognac)
    Abacus
    MOAS 12
    Mirror Mirror 09
    BCBW
     
    #150 JWD, Jan 20, 2015
  11. mikeyv35

    mikeyv35 Savant (1,052) Oct 15, 2008 New York
    Trader

    1.) General Lafayette 275th Anniversary Ale (original 22oz. bomber)
    2.) Alpine Great
    3.) BA Hi-Fi Rye batch 1
    4.) Bligh's BBA Barleywine
    5.) King Henry
     
    #151 mikeyv35, Jan 20, 2015
  12. luwak

    luwak Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2010 Arizona

    1) deal with the devil
    2) deal with the devil
    3) deal with the devil
    4) deal with the devil
    .....
    Are there other beers in this category. ..?

    seriously, only Bligh's, Leon, and King Henry are even close and they're not really close at all

    and Arctic Devil is better than basically ever other beer mentioned
     
    #152 luwak, Jan 20, 2015
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  13. Wiscobrew

    Wiscobrew Initiate (0) Feb 19, 2011 Nevada

    Top 5 I've Ever Had:
    Great
    King Henry
    MOAS 2012(in 2013)
    Hammerhead 2012(in 2013)
    Sucaba @ 1 year

    Really tough to do a top 5 as vintage and production play into it so much.

    Top easily Attainable:
    Sucaba
    CW BBBW
    Cockeyed Cooper
    BCBBW

    An newcomer is the Brooklyn Hand and Seal. Really hoping that one develops nicely as it is strong out of the gate.

    Edit-Missed Blighs, BA Cereal Killer, and BA Naked Evil as strong contenders in the top 5
     
    #153 Wiscobrew, Jan 20, 2015
  14. Jeffreysan

    Jeffreysan Initiate (0) Apr 12, 2013 Virginia

    I'm looking forward to seeing how it ages. I've got a couple of bottles left from the 2014 release that I'm "laying down".
     
    #154 Jeffreysan, Jan 26, 2015
  15. smi69

    smi69 Maven (1,419) Apr 8, 2014 New York
    Trader

    dogs bollocks from rushing duck awsome
     
    #155 smi69, Jan 26, 2015
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