DiGregorio California Barleywine
Ruhstaller Beer in Sacramento, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.03
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at craig’s. Pours deep amber, nose is musty toffee, boozy, light fruit, taste is sticky caramel, orange, dry toffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2016
at 14:26
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
8th October 2015
42nd Floor Tasting. Thanks to Dan the fishing raptor man. Lightly hazy red - amber beer, small cream colour head. Palate is very light with modest fine carbonation. Soft malts, tangy caramel and light cream. Sweetish dried fruits. Mild alcohol spice. More mellow smooth caramel before a soft finish. Nice.
42nd Floor Tasting. Thanks to Dan the fishing raptor man. Lightly hazy red - amber beer, small cream colour head. Palate is very light with modest fine carbonation. Soft malts, tangy caramel and light cream. Sweetish dried fruits. Mild alcohol spice. More mellow smooth caramel before a soft finish. Nice.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2015
at 05:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the sky high Canary wharf tasting. Thanks to Daniel for this one. Aroma is popcorn, nutty, rough grains, rounded toffee, sticky toffee. Reddy amber coloured pour with a lasting loose cream coloured head. Flavour is composed of rounded nutty malts, toffee, grainstore, some hot alcohol, Palate is medium full, grainy, moderate carbonation. I really like this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2015
at 14:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle split at the 42nd floor Tasting, thanks to Daniel, 08/10/15. Amber orange with a decent beige cap. Nose is toffee, earthy, dark fruit rinds, peppery spice. Taste comprises caramel, boozey, rich malts, toasted brown sugar, light spice. Medium + bodied, fine carbonation, earthy hop presence and warming alcohol at the curtain call. Average stuff ... A little harsh and unrefined.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2015
at 01:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at the 42nd floor tasting, courtesy of Ol’ Dirty Danny. It pours lightly hazy deep amber-brown with a medium beige head. The nose is toasty, grainy, toffee, a bit musty, toasted sugars, bread, liquorice and chewy malt. The taste is rich, bitter-sweet, toasty stuff, alcohol boost, brown bread, earth, umami, some spice, liquorice, dried fruits and light rivita with a warming finish. Medium - full body and average carbonation. An adequate barley wine, but it doesn’t have the wow factor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2015
at 11:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared in London - big thanks to Daniel. Pours mostly clear gold with a frothy off-white head. Rich bready malts in the nose, butterscotch, marmalade. Medium to heavy sweet flavor with bitter, oily pine, toasted bread, caramel, strong alcohol. Full bodied chewy, with fine carbonation. Warming finish with more ripe, jammy citrus, dates, bread, caramel. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2015
at 14:07
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle at a sampling event. From notes. My bottle says "limited to 180cs". Boozy with caramel and some dark fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2015
at 23:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
22oz bomber, with fabric neck thingy, pours with a clear amber body that supports a sort of weak tan head. The aroma offers up plums and dates and molasses mixed with a sense of minerals, brown sugar and a dash of chicory. The taste begins a bit neutral until it picks up modest malt sweetness, a sliver of nuttiness and then prunes and date sweet dark fruity esters. Toward the finish it lightens up with a non hop like bitterness that seems a little astringent nuttiness or mildly roasted maltiness. Not sure. Overall it lacks the richness and depth and body I enjoy in the style.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2015
at 22:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from the Nugget in Woodland, CA. Pours dark ruddy copper with a slight beige/tan head. Damn’d if it doesn’t seem to have an apple aroma. Might not have gone that way except for the prior rating, but that’s what it is now for me. Underlying brown sugar. Full bodied. Flavor is sort of apple with dark fruit like prune, and maybe a little date, seems to have some light chocolate, and there’s a lot of brown sugar character. Despite which it isn’t very sweet. Warm it in your mouth and smack a bit. Very taste smacking. Not a trace of heat. Drinks exceptionally smooth.
Tried
on 22 Nov 2013
at 15:52