Favorite BBA Barley Wines

Arctic Devil is great, and only $13-$14 most places. Super deal

BCBBW is also great

Mother of All stoms

Deal with the Devil

 

I REALLY need to try Straight Jacket. Have loved everything I've had from Revolution and I'm sure this would be no different. Glad you enjoyed London Balling. The guys that opened the brewery are good buddies and that's one of the best beers they make. Cheers!

 

Best of all - Alpine Great
Best with some availability - ADWTD
Best Value - CW BBBW

 

how could i forget Alpine Great. that one is fantastic

 

I usually prefer regular barleywines to BA barleywines, but Brooklyn's Hand and Seal was pretty outstanding

 

Nice. Don't know how Id ever get one but maybe Ill try one day. I have a non barrel aged version that Im looking forward to diving into soon.

 

Another here for Against the Grain - London Balling. I love that brew.

 

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Ya CW BBBW is my all time favorite.

Weyerbacher Insanity is ok for a change of pace.

 

Central Waters BBA Barleywine. For my money, I think it's better than Bourbon County Barleywine. More depth of flavor, a little fuller, a little more well-rounded.

 

Draft only so far, they just picked up a major distributor instead of self distributing so some of their stuff may get to travel. Every one is a winner, but this BW is awesome.

 

I'm looking at all these answers with jealousy. So many good BABW's; Very few available in New England.

Or, very few, as the person above me said, that are not "impossible to find, and won't be able to buy more than a bottle (if you're supremely lucky that day)."

 

saturn - best value by far
mirror mirror
Revolution straight jacket
pipeworks murderous
insanity
BCBBW & CWBBW

 

As much as I loath Bourbon County Stout, the barleywine really is very nice.

Others that are great and vary in attainability are as follows:

Midnight Sun Arctic Devil
Alpine Great
Pelican Mother of all Storms
Driftwood Old Barrel Dweller
BA Thor's Hammer
BA Hi-Fi Rye
BA Fireside Chat
Anchorage A Deal with the Devil

Emelisse makes some outstanding BA barleywines here in Holland but I doubt they are available in North America. They have really been impressive in the BA department over the last couple of years.

Jeff

 

Hardywood's Bourbon Barleywine is pretty great.

 

you guys have Red Rum that ones pretty tasty

duclaw has hell on wood, does that make it ur way?

 

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Omega Point
King Henry
CW BB BW
Abacus

Best of the 2nd tier for me are BCBW and SN BA Bigfoot

haven't popped ADWTD, and I hear MOAS is world class as well.

 

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I like this one better than CWBBW. They had a variant aged with nuts this past weekend that was AMAZING! It was my favorite tap of the weekend at the release party.

 

not BBA but Mirror Mirror is my favorite BA barleywine that I've come across