Old Guardian Barley Wine (2001)
(Batch of Old Guardian Barley Wine (1998 - 2003))
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Special Out of Production|
Score
7.33
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
2001 22 ounce bottle shared by TheBeerGod at Immy’s Backyard Throwdown. Thanks Mike! Pours a red color with floaties. Medium head with good head retention and lacing. Aroma is toffee, nutty notes and citrus hops. Taste is strong citrus hops with toffee and caramel notes. Very bitter and well balanced. Full bodied. Extraordinarily impressive after all these years.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2009
at 00:01
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
12/02/06 Walk the Line Barleywine Festival, Dunedin, FL. 2001 vintage. The beer was an orange-ish color with an off white foam head. The aroma was light and consisted of pine hops and a light sweet maltiness. The flavor was really smooth. No sense of the ABV at all. The taste whisks you into a slippery slope of sweet caramel malts and slight dark fruitiness. What was once a sharp pine hop bitterness has mellowed to allow the sweeter pine hop flavor to come on out. Very nice. I wish I had the fore thought to let a couple of these ’01 bombers age. I just drank as I bought ’em.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2006
at 21:13