Barleywine Appreciation Thread (2025)

Another solid barleywine from Revolution Brewery

 

tree of life by Treehouse


4.34/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Brewers notes:

Tree Of Life is an American Barleywine carefully constructed over the course of an arduous, labor intensive day of brewing -- and elevated by patience. After an appropriate primary fermentation, it was cold conditioned for three months in stainless steel and an additional six weeks in the bottle. It’s flavor profile is a function of an authentic assortment of ingredients, featuring pale, chocolate, and caramel malts balanced gently by traditional American bittering hops. It applies years of learned knowledge and understanding pertaining to the characteristics of these malt varieties sourced from around the globe. It is a beautifully cohesive beer that balances sugary dark fruits with a faint hint of earthy hops, and a modestly chewy body; no single attribute overwhelms. Pouring a deep amber color in the glass with a wispy caramel colored head, it’s quite a sight for a beer of this stature and alcohol content! We suggest that you enjoy it over a wide spectrum of temperatures as it will reveal layer upon layer of character and intrigue. We taste and smell brown sugar, dark candi syrup, toffee, molasses, fig, black cherry, raisins, dates and the faintest hint of milk chocolate.

Dark brown liquid with a pencil thin brown foam cap

Aroma is molasses, bourbon

Tastes are raisins, dark fruits, molasses,fig, toffee, dates, Umami , savory

Thick syrupy mouthfeel

Good beer

 

Late start due the terrific 70° weather, had a chance to spend a couple hrs with the top down, maybe the last time this year.
Dapper BA Barleywine from Bud's Chicago Brewery. I like this.

 

That looks like a tough glass to drink from, but it is neat.

 

Not sure if that specific style of glass name, but whenever I see one I think Kardashian

 

Forgot to cross-post this yesterday, East Forty HBIC barrel-aged barleywine:


Solid, tasty barleywine from Blue Springs, MO!

 

Any flavor dominant over the others? Or a good mix?

 

It’s JUICY!

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That tracks with my guess

 

Endolith. A barleywine by Jackie O’s. Cheers.

 

This is a blend, but tasted like a mediocre Barleywine.

 

Fremont Brew 5000

Really tasty. Very rich and bordering on too sweet. Not miles away from barrel aged maple syrup. Super viscous, velvety mouthfeel. Enjoyable but not sure if I’ll go back for a 2nd pour today. Cheers.

 

Sounds incredible. Can’t imagine what they were charging for it…
Seems like a barleywine I actually would not want to age. A lot going on and I could see it going sideways with how long it was already in barrels

 

Picked up an Alluvial Badgers Nadgers Barleywine on the way out of town in Ames today after watching the Cyclones beat the Jayhawks. This is a tasty barleywine, bottle #38 of the March 2025 release. Rich and syrupy.

 

Revolution Straight Jacket 2025 BBA English Barleywine, 15% ABV. Pours blackish brown, with a 1.5 finger beige head that left no lacing. Aroma is caramel, dark fruit, spice, bourbon, football leather (not shoe), and brown sugar. Flavor is caramel, dark fruit, light spice, and vanilla, moderately sweet, slightly bitter, pleasant bourbon burn, leather aftertaste. Excellent mouthfeel, overall outstanding. Goes down way too easy for the ABV,

4.48/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5