Barleywine Appreciation Thread (2023)

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  1. Beersnake

    Beersnake Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,884) Aug 17, 2013 California
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    Cracking my last bottle of Brew 3000 (From 2019) from Fremont. Barleywine aged in bourbon barrels. I wanted to give this a few years to see how the sweetness evolves. It's freaking delicious. Tons of gooey toffee, big malts, plums, raisins, and bourbon. It is still a bit sweet. Cheers!

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    #1821 Beersnake, Sep 16, 2023
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  2. DIM

    DIM Grand Pooh-Bah (4,788) Sep 28, 2006 Pennsylvania
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    Awesome! Curious to see what kind of willpower I'll have with my remaining 6's and 7's. Patience is not on my short list of virtues.
     
    #1822 DIM, Sep 16, 2023
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  3. VodkaPong87

    VodkaPong87 Pooh-Bah (2,060) Oct 9, 2020 Connecticut
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    Been waiting a long time to have this one again!

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    #1823 VodkaPong87, Sep 16, 2023
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  4. brewskis

    brewskis Grand Pooh-Bah (3,883) Jun 8, 2012 Indiana
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    Bull & Bush Royal Oil '22 BA Strong Ale. Not much is known about this beer and how it’s made, which has probably contributed to the hype, but it has always been a big want of mine. I opened my first bottle with some friends, but this one is being savored by myself.
    Crème brulee, Sugar Daddy candy, caramel, good amount of prune, plum, raisin, fig, some apricot, some leather, big vanillin from the barrel, oak tannin, bourbon spirit.
    Does it live up to the hype? Sure does. The base strong ale is top shelf and is made for barrels. Speaking of barrel, the barrel presence is impeccable. This was awesome the first time I had it, but this bottle is just ridiculous. World class stuff!
    4.7/5 rDev +4.9%
    look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
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    #1824 brewskis, Sep 16, 2023
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  5. Uberdachen

    Uberdachen Devotee (355) Jun 21, 2019 Minnesota
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    Founder’s Sweet Repute bourbon barrel aged wheatwine with maple.
    More of these kinds of things, less KBS with dingleberries and mayonnaise.
     
    #1825 Uberdachen, Sep 16, 2023
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  6. sulldaddy

    sulldaddy Grand Pooh-Bah (5,716) Apr 6, 2003 Connecticut
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    Hello Barleywinos!! I cross posted this one with the New England beer are you drinking thread. But this is Fox Farm out of Salem Connecticut and their Requiem Double barrel aged barleywine, a 15.5% treat that I finally decided to drink tonight.

    onto my review.
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    Sampling a cellar temp 500 ml bottle poured into my snifter. Bottle has been in my cellar since purchase at the brewery in spring of 2022.
    The beer pours a dark cola brown to molassess color with no light passing through my glass. A fizzy beige head foams up about 0.5 cm and fades away almost instantly to nothing. There is some mild surface bubbling from rising carbonation, but it does not replenish the foam.
    Aroma is noticeable form the time I pop the cap and is malt driven. A lot of brown sugar and molasses notes mixing with some bourbon and vanilla with some dark fruit as well. No hop presence, but there is a bit of fusol black peppery booze hinted at on the nose. Complex and appealing nose.
    First sip reveals a medium body and sticky texture with spacious and gentle carbonation that is almost non existent on feel.
    Flavor is malt driven as the nose. I get molasses and brown sugar, roasted malt notes, vanilla and bourbon with a bit of raisin mixed in for the dark fruit. Booze is present in black pepper bite, and a little warming after each swallow.
    no hops anywhere and the warming makes this a sipping beer. Very complex and malty and quite a nice barleywine. Super glad to have tried this one!
    4.41 in the BA DB
     
    #1826 sulldaddy, Sep 16, 2023
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  7. VodkaPong87

    VodkaPong87 Pooh-Bah (2,060) Oct 9, 2020 Connecticut
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    If only I could let things age. Looks and sounds amazing
     
    #1827 VodkaPong87, Sep 16, 2023
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  8. VodkaPong87

    VodkaPong87 Pooh-Bah (2,060) Oct 9, 2020 Connecticut
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    Really hoping they drop this or something similar again soon!
     
    #1828 VodkaPong87, Sep 16, 2023
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  9. sulldaddy

    sulldaddy Grand Pooh-Bah (5,716) Apr 6, 2003 Connecticut
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    I think its almost Copestone time.
    spoiler alert.
    Gonna get some of that for the Barleywine BIF.
     
    #1829 sulldaddy, Sep 16, 2023
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  10. micada

    micada Grand Pooh-Bah (3,960) Jul 13, 2015 New York
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    Dingleberries and mayonnaise. Priceless.
     
    #1830 micada, Sep 16, 2023
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  11. Beersnake

    Beersnake Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,884) Aug 17, 2013 California
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    Just got my bottle. I just read that a bunch of these bottles are infected, so I hope mine is good!
     
    #1831 Beersnake, Sep 17, 2023
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  12. Uberdachen

    Uberdachen Devotee (355) Jun 21, 2019 Minnesota
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    2020 version. Already quite different, but so damn perfect. According to the September dates on different years, the 2023s should be getting packaged any day now.
     
    #1832 Uberdachen, Sep 17, 2023
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  13. Hinda65

    Hinda65 Pooh-Bah (1,908) May 7, 2017 Utah
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    Ah...glad to have these back in my stockpile

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    #1833 Hinda65, Sep 17, 2023
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  14. joedodger

    joedodger Devotee (319) May 6, 2008 Michigan

    Thank you all for the input/insights. A question, I have not seen/found here yet....I recently tried a barleywine that had a decidedly (DE.CID.ED.LY.) hops flavor/profile to it. I could not say it was a barleywine, rather a hop flavored "something". Is this a new style/variation? A bad attempt at it? Help me out here folks.
     
    #1834 joedodger, Sep 17, 2023
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  15. VodkaPong87

    VodkaPong87 Pooh-Bah (2,060) Oct 9, 2020 Connecticut
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    Go Giants!!!!!!!!

    Really good American style. Nice hop resin, but not crazy bitter, vanilla back bone, little tiny bit of coconut. Don’t get much Rye, but definitely good barrel presence. Won’t last long

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    #1835 VodkaPong87, Sep 18, 2023
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  16. DIM

    DIM Grand Pooh-Bah (4,788) Sep 28, 2006 Pennsylvania
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    I'm gonna need ya to send those beers back...
     
    #1836 DIM, Sep 18, 2023
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  17. VodkaPong87

    VodkaPong87 Pooh-Bah (2,060) Oct 9, 2020 Connecticut
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    Oh no. Eagles fan. Maybe I’ll send back the empty bottles :grin:
     
    #1837 VodkaPong87, Sep 18, 2023
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  18. VodkaPong87

    VodkaPong87 Pooh-Bah (2,060) Oct 9, 2020 Connecticut
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    My mistake. Description says English style. I really would never have guessed that with the hop saturation. Tastes great either way so who cares
     
    #1838 VodkaPong87, Sep 18, 2023
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  19. DIM

    DIM Grand Pooh-Bah (4,788) Sep 28, 2006 Pennsylvania
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    Some American examples of the style are EXTREMELY hop forward, Bigfoot is a classic example so definitely not a new variation. Which barleywine was it?
     
    #1839 DIM, Sep 18, 2023
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  20. DIM

    DIM Grand Pooh-Bah (4,788) Sep 28, 2006 Pennsylvania
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    English? Gratitudes are as 'Merican as they come, your taste buds don't lie. Don't let that one untappd aberration fool you. Every other listing for every Gratitude variety everywhere you look is American.
     
    #1840 DIM, Sep 18, 2023
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