Just Like Heaven Bourbon-Barrel Aged American Style Barleywine
Strangeways Brewing in Richmond, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
6.34
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Aged in Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrels
Show me how you do that trick—the one where time disappears inside charred oak and emerges transformed into something ethereal. This is that moment captured in dark garnet liquid, spinning slowly with a tan crown.
The aroma drifts like a dream: vanilla oak weaves through dark raisin and rich brown bread, each note deepened by months in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels. Lost in the moment, the first sip reveals layers of warmth and complexity—those same flavors unfold with hypnotic depth, the bourbon barrels adding their own mysterious character to the spell.
At 12.6%, this barleywine lingers with contemplative richness. Just like heaven.
Show me how you do that trick—the one where time disappears inside charred oak and emerges transformed into something ethereal. This is that moment captured in dark garnet liquid, spinning slowly with a tan crown.
The aroma drifts like a dream: vanilla oak weaves through dark raisin and rich brown bread, each note deepened by months in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels. Lost in the moment, the first sip reveals layers of warmth and complexity—those same flavors unfold with hypnotic depth, the bourbon barrels adding their own mysterious character to the spell.
At 12.6%, this barleywine lingers with contemplative richness. Just like heaven.
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5.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Draft pour at Strangeways Fredericksburg. Poured a nutty brown color with a small white head. Aroma was bourbon and woody vanilla. Big and boozy, perhaps too boozy. This was hot, and had too much heat and was not smooth at all, unfortunately.
Tried
from Draft
at
Strangeways Brewing Fredericksburg
on 08 Nov 2025
at 18:40