Barrel Chested Barleywine Ale
Upland Brewing Company in Bloomington, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.04
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Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 13
Draft. Deep amber body. Light tan head. Aroma of bourbon, caramel, dark fruit, hint of earthiness, wood. The flavor is moderately to heavily sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes moderately sweet and lightly bitter. Medium to full body, creamy texture, moderate carbonation. A bit boozy in the finish. Caramel malt sweetness with alcohol pepperiness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle sampled at Levi’s tasting. Lots of caramel and brown sugar. Sweet, nearly still. Heavy palate, and it seems thick. I actually get a little wet dog in the aroma. Bourbon is very light.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared by Tom, thanks! Pours a near clear deep amber brown with a light grayish brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has lots of toffee and sweet grains with a bit of bourbon barrel underlying. Flavor is similar with sweet grains and toffee supported by a bit of bourbon and caramel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft. Sweet oaky bourbaon, vanilla, dark fruit, and brown sugar aroma. Deep amber with a large beige head. Brown sugar, bourbon, oak, vanilla, and dark fruit flavor. Medium full body, soft carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle in the hotel lobby, RBWG ’15, night 2 - 20/02/15 thanks to whomever shared this number. Chestnut brown topped with moderate beige spotting. Nose is rich malt, dark fruit rinds, spice, dates, toffee. Taste comprises toffee fudge, biscuit, dark malt, spice, dates, fruit cake. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent enough barley wine, subtle barrel aged notes.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12oz bottle thanks to Jeff. Pours out cola topped with a small head. Nose is sweet toffee caramel notes. Taste is more of the sweetness barrel notes and a nice malt.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle - Caramel, light vanilla, pecan and some raisin. Cloudy copper with a thin white head. Raisin, light plum, caramel, barrel notes and a nice sweetness throughout. Slight bit of heat in the finish, but otherwise quite nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Strong raisin/prune, caramel malt, and herbal hay aroma. Dark brown with small head. Sweet prune, caramel malt and moderately bitter herbal bourbon flavor. Nice body. Boozy - pretty solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle during the hotel lobby share after the RBWG 2015 bus tour. Brown with off-white head. Aroams of floral, caramel. Tastes of caramel, light floral, toffee, booze. Medium-light body with a dry finish.