Looking for ales with some honey sweetness

https://www.drinkviking.com/whats-on-tap

these guys in Eugene Oregon. They bottle some of their line.

 

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I really suggest you look into some English-style barleywines. True, some examples can lean pretty sweet - perhaps not as sweet as truly sweet mead, but sweet. Others can be much more balanced, lending those (particularly if they're lighter in colour) honey, caramel, apple, fig, graham cracker, sultana notes. Cognac and Calvados barrel-aged English barleywines can really accentuate those fruity apple/white raisin notes, while lending some oaky tannins to dry the finish out a bit. The blonder, the better (for this flavour profile. Big hoppy or dark chocolatey/roasty barleywines won't have this effect, but on the lighter end of the spectrum, I think there's a chance you'll really enjoy these, if you like that big, bold, semi-sweet honey/caramel flavour profile.

Can you still get Helldorado from Firestone Walker in AZ? It's a blonde barrel-aged barleywine. J.W. Lee's Harvest Ale (Calvados Cask-Aged variant) is also a great choice for this, with a bit more of that fruity pop to it. That would be my suggestion.

 

The Swarm from Twin Elephant Brewing in Chatham NJ.

 

Welcome aboard, @Schnaq! A style you might want to check out is the braggot. It's sort of a hybrid style combining the qualities of beer and mead. Good luck!

 

Fuller’s in the UK does Honey Dew Organic Golden Ale but not sure of availability where you live.

 

I’d suggest googling honey beers and under untapped they show a list of ales brewed with honey. I’m afraid most might be fairly regionalized, but in AZ it’s possible Cali beers might bleed over.

 

If you are accustomed to hops hopslam has a distinct honey flavor.

 

This... any beer brewed with a honey addition. Lickinghole Creek has Nuclear Nugget (aka poor man's VA Hopslam)

 

Hopslam has already been mentioned but permit me to emphasize that the sweetness of this beer is encouraged by aging this beer. I prefer this beer fresh when sweetness is not as prominent and I personally do not enjoy 'old' Hopslam but maybe this is what @Schnaq is seeking.

Cheers!

 

Know a guy who likes it with a year on it, sounds perfectly awful.

 

Didnt you know when you age a DIPA it becomes a barleywine?

 

I have one in mind that should be “fairly” easy to find depending on your imports. Not something you have to trade for ffs

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1781/99580/

Perla Miodowa

and if you want to trade. Flying Fish Blueberry Braggot out of NJ does not taste like blueberry in the slightest. Just honey.

 

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If an 'ale' isn't such a critical item to you, I recently had this beer compliments of @PA-Michigander https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/13371/530072/ from VooDoo Brewing in Meadville, PA, and it had the best honey flavor that I've ever experienced in a beer. I think you'll have to trade for it because this seems like a small brewery with limited distribution. The only thing that says it is a lager is the label on the can, so don't let the ale requirement restrict you.

 

If anyone out there has a bottle of Honey Bunch that The Alchemist put out about a year and a half ago, that would be the move for this one. So much rich honey in a strong ale!

 

Jackie O's Wood Ya Honey is a barrel aged wheatwine brewed with honey. I like it quite a bit.

 

Ann