Three Sheets
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Rotating|
Score
7.22
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Inspired by the hoppier West Coast BarleyWines in the late ’80s and early ’90s. This American Barley Wine is full of rich roasted caramel flavors and the spice and aroma from many hop additions. Eighty Lovibond Crystal Malt helps create a light mahogany color and dry hopping with Cascade Hops add to the many layers of flavors in this ever-evolving ale. When Three Sheets Barley Wine is fresh, it almost leans into the Double/Imperial Red category. Cellar it for a year, expect the taste of the hop bitterness and hop aroma to back off and the rich melanoidin sugars, from a two hour boil, step forward caressing you with a complex malty smoothness.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap. 2015 vintage. Pour a mahogany color with full head. Aromas of lemongrass, brown sugar and dry sweet malts. Flavors of toasted malts, citrus, alcohol, and a bit of cough syrup. Still harsh.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Feb 2016
at 20:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey. Clear vibrant amber with beige head. Aromas of dark fruit, caramel, light vanilla. Tastes of dark fruit, citrus, floral notes, a touch of caramel. Medium body with a dry finish. Solid hoppy barleywine.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jan 2016
at 21:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Churchkey. Clear deep ruby amber color, off white head. Aroma has scotch, brandy, dark fruit. Taste is rich, malty, boozy, but with way more hoppy bitterness than your average barleywine. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jan 2016
at 16:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at tap house pours out a crisp brownish amber topped with a small head. nose is rich caramel heavy malts and a light citrus hop. Taste is more of the heavy malts and a nice sweetness with a grapefruit pithy end.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jan 2016
at 20:38
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the Little Italy Tasting Room, SD, 12/11/14. Lightly hazed chestnut brown with a decent beige swirl and edgework. Nose is caramel, toasted brown sugars, dark fruits, cake mix, light booze. Taste comprises toffee, melow dark fruit rinds, dates, light spice, hoppy backnotes, nutty twang. Medium + body, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok barley wine, not a huge amount of depth but a decent sipper none the less.
Tried
on 22 Nov 2014
at 13:31
8/10
Tried
on 12 Nov 2014
at 12:37
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught @ Public House -Venetian, Las Vegas, NV
Pours clear dark amber / brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, alcohol, dried fruits, yeast and toffee. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, toffee and fruity finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours clear dark amber / brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, alcohol, dried fruits, yeast and toffee. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, toffee and fruity finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2013
at 20:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap. An unclear dark orange brown beer with a small, light beige head. Some curtains. The aroma has some alcohol, dried fruits and green pine cones, as well as caramel and a roasted touch. It’s full bodied and lightly warning, softly carbonated. The flavor has a nice bitterness, with a little bit alcohol, some caramel and pine cones. Lasting warning finish with bitterness, sweetness and a fruity touch. A nice barley wine, although not as complex as the best. 130821
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Aug 2013
at 20:35
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft @ Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA. Pours a dark amber color with a longlasting off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy weak yeasty dark fruit and caramel aroma. Sweetish malty spicy dark fruit and caramel flavor. Has a sweetish malty caramel dry dark fruit finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Apr 2013
at 08:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Barley Wine Fest at Toronado. Pours a clear chestnut brown with khaki head. Aromas of molasses, caramel and alcohol. Full mouthfeel with lots of bread, molasses and full grain with some slight dark fruit.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Feb 2013
at 20:26