Revolution Brewing Company 15 Year Beer

15 Year Beer

 

Revolution Brewing Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸

  Barley Wine - Barley Special
Score
7.49
ABV: 13.5% IBU: - Ticks: 4
Blend of Barleywine Ale & Rye Ale Double Barrel Aged in Bourbon Barrels

On the occasion of our quindecennial, we aimed to produce a celebratory Deep Wood Series blend representative of both our most disciplined and ostentatious tendencies.

The fusion of extended-aged, double barrel Straight Jacket and Ryeway to Heaven, each embellished with new French oak, is then finished with a surgical strike of sweet and tart cherries. A familiar and satisfying progression into metered extremity.

On behalf of the whole Revolution Brewing crew past and present, thanks for coming along.
 

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7.8/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can. Pours clear mahogany, medium beige head, decent lacing. Aroma is cherries, bourbon, vanilla, toffee, dark sugars. Flavor is medium plus sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body. This is a good beer, but it manages to be worse than either of its two components. Stupid cherries.
Tried from Can on 27 Oct 2025 at 01:45

8.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
12 ounce can from Tavour. Dark brown pour. Foamy tan head settles to a small ring. Aromas of dark malt, whiskey, toffee, oak, rye, dark cherries and vanilla. Wow, first sip is intensely flavorful. A big dose of booziness is followed by complex notes of dark cherries, vanilla, brown sugar, whiskey, oak and Kirschwasser. Simply amazing. As the brew warms, the depth and complexity expand.
Tried from Can from Tavour on 18 Oct 2025 at 04:05

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can at home. Opaque black color, virtually no head. Opaque black color with no head. Aroma and flavor are malts, brown candy sugar, bourbon. Lovely beer. Absolutely lovely.
Tried on 04 Oct 2025 at 22:50

8/10
Keg at the taproom. Pours clear ruby, nose is berries, honey, caramel, vanilla, taste is similar, sweet, chewy. 8/9/9/8/8
Tried from Draft on 09 Aug 2025 at 19:26