Barleywine Appreciation Thread (2022)

@DIM @WickedBeer
1200 bucks is incredibly stupid expensive. 2k? F*cking stupid expensive.

 

Amazing what presentation of wax and a wooden box can escalate price. In the end those 6 beers are still worth maybe $120-$180 tops plus shipping. Keep the fancy box and wax tops I’ll just have the beer please.

 

Taking the above strictly, it's more common than you'd think, but it also depends on how broad you want to be with the concept of beer aging in bottles. Suarez's Poet's Walk is extreme in that the brewer kept it for years in the bottle until it was seen as "ready."

Brewers sometimes sell "vintages" of certain beers, but unlike Poet's Walk, often of beers available relatively un-aged as well... such as Sierra Nevada's Bigfoot "vertical pack." The pack on Sierra's website contains bottles aged for a decade. Even fresh Bigfoot is technically aged in the bottle for a month for conditioning (albeit that's a different goal than oxidation). By the standards of some beer shoppers here, a hoppy beer being released a month after bottling is a crime against humanity.

A nicer example of a relatively common beer being aged in glass until it's ready (but at a significantly shorter time span than the Suarez beer) is Duvel... which sits in the bottle for about 2 months before it is released (2 weeks in the warm room followed by 6 weeks at a cold temperature). While that probably isn't what you had in mind given the differences between the two beers, in some ways it's the same concept.

 

not if youre just gonna show off and not drink any. The point of this thread is to drink the beer not rub it in peoples faces

 

Lol bro I just got these in like two weeks ago. It’s an appreciation thread not a drinking thread. I plan to drink them and when I do I’ll make sure you’re the first to know. I’m not rubbing anything in anyone’s face. I’ve been chasing this set for years; why wouldn’t I want to share it in a thread where people will actually know what these are and respect the hunt. Cheers, hot shot.

 

that was my bad
I thought this was the Cellular - Ary thread
You keep that box as is mister money bags!

 

I’ll let this one slide FWIW this was way out of my price range and should not at all reflect my real-life financial standing! Lol

 

Enjoying this treat now, with some chocolate
Cheers all

 

that was a tasty beer!

 

did you all see this from Central Waters?



For all you Barleywine lovers, have we got a surprise for you! This Saturday, we are releasing SIX different Barleywines, February 26th.

The vintages are as follows:
1 Year, Bourbon Barrel Aged
(4pk, 12oz cans, no limit) $14

2 Year, Bourbon Barrel Aged
(4pk, 12oz cans, no limit) $14

3 Year, Bourbon Barrel Aged
(4pk, 12oz cans, no limit) $14

4 Year, Bourbon Barrel Aged
(4pk, 12oz cans, no limit) $14

3 Year, Brandy Barrel Aged
(4pk, 12oz cans, no limit) $16

Iced Barleywine
(12oz single cans, limit 2/person) $5/can

 

Not the proper place for an ISO, but

I had one barleywine aged five years (as far as I know, single barrel.) I did not finish it. Curious how a four year stacks up.

 

My favorite Barleywine. Its thick, it's boozy. It's a perfect brew.

 

Tree House Tree of Life Coffee Barleywine

Pours a lovely red plum-hued dark brown color with two fingers of audibly-fizzy khaki-colored head that actually stick around for a couple of minutes before settling into a wisp and thick crown that leave messy lacing.

The nose is all about the coffee — big and dry smelling with some roastiness and chocolate undertones. It’s not quite stale smelling, but it’s not particularly enticing.

The lackluster dryness of the coffee from the nose works much, much better against the sweet flavors in the taste. There’s brown sugar, caramel, vanilla, chocolate and some fruity plum, pear and apple juice that linger in the aftertaste.

Exceptionally smooth, thick and chewy mouthfeel. Tight carbonation.

The small number of coffee barleywines I’ve had have been delicious, and this is no exception. It leaves me excited to try the vanilla version.

Are there other “fresh” coffee barleywines available out there these days?

 

And today from UPS this treat( and a few others)
Cheers all