Barleywine Appreciation Thread (2024)

theres a shelf here with like 50 of them

no exaggeration

 

haven't spent time or really seen wife at all past 3 weeks or so and she wanted the 6er of bigfoot when we stopped at Handy Market.
I just closed my eyes and imagined it was Arrogant Bastard the entire time

 

Go UCONN!

 

Ending my night with a 2017 Baladin Xyauyù Etichetta Oro (Gold)



This one is so damn good. Obviously pours a completely still murky brown. Non carbonated and oxidized Barleywines hit it out of the park every time. It's sweet and boozy in the nose, tons of madeira wine, burnt caramel, molasses, toasted walnut, and oak. The fruity notes are more present in taste, leading with dates, madeira wine, raisin, toabacco, old leather, fig, and light chocolate. The swallow presents oxidized sherry, oak, black cherry, fig, dark chocolate, and a touch of herbal black tea. It's fascinating how easy this goes down given both the abv and complexity. I need to try the other variants at some point but they're crazy expensive lol

4.52/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

 

I've tried a couple others and this one is the best of them, never had anything like it.

 

Enjoying this one from Fonta Flora, definitely more port forward than bourbon. Pretty tasty brew.
Cheers!
Tom

 

It sounds like someone’s a new parent!

 

2022 Decorating Pieces of Time from Jackie O's.



Decadence. Honey, light molasses, butterscotch, brown sugar, apple pie, and more. Magnificent.

 

I have about 10 of these in my fridge. Five from 2023 and the rest from this year. To me it tasted like a little more balanced version of Bigfoot, I really liked it also. I had no intention of getting that many, but they sat in the cold box at a local store so I would pick one or two up every time I went there, i’m guessing a lot of people avoided it, since it was not barrel aged, but that’s the way I like them. This and Bigfoot are the only two non-barrel aged barley wines that I’ve seen recently.

 

That makes me feel better, I thought I was the only one with that mentality.

 

I love 'em barrel aged but I do wish there were more traditional options around. You're lucky to have access to this one. If you trade, try to get some Gratitude from East End put of Pittsburgh. Reasonably priced 4packs and it's a gem.

 

Thanks for the recommendation, I don’t trade, but if I ever end up in Pittsburgh, I will grab some. I just saw up above that Beersnake said that Beast and Barley from Crooked Stave is another Bigfoot adjacent non-barrel aged barley wine. That’s when I may be able to get my hands on.

 

I needed to drink my last Bigfoot before summer arrives this weekend