Foam Brewers Barleywine

Barleywine

 

Foam Brewers in Burlington, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸

  Barley Wine - Barley Regular
Score
6.99
ABV: 11.5% IBU: - Ticks: 1
A staggering grist bill featuring Maris Otter, Crystal, Caramel, and aromatic malts provides the high-gravity wort needed to brew this decadent and classic style. Clean, robust, and amber in appearance, the aroma provides notes of fruit leather, sherry, and first flush Chinese black tea. Indulgent and intensely malty, a slightly boozy body is made smooth and creamy in its carbonation which highlights layers of cherry, maple, and pecan blondies. A touch of raisin tanginess lingers on the tongue. Chinook and East Ken Golding Hops add balanced bittering with floral and herbal sweetness. Strong, but nuanced, this bold offering deserves to be savored and considered. We hope you enjoy. Grab a 4pack of 12oz cans this Friday at noon in celebration of our ninth anniversary.
 

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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Had three of these beers when I first purchased them in early 05/2025 amd first consumption was on 05/16/2025 and putting up the last one of these for a review tonight.
Can to snifter.
Appearance: dark amber with a light transparency along the sides; finger's worth of eggshell white foamy head which held for less than a minute then gently dissipated to mostly no lace (FYI, the 3 previously observed beers had longer lasting heads)
Aroma: cherry wood, vanilla, sweet leather, dried dark fruits, sweet earthy, shaved almonds and a touch of sherry (only thing I'm noticing new is the shaved almonds)
Flavor: mellowing bready sweet to slightly almond toasty & woody sweet; finishes semi-sticky with the vanilla and sherry tones (what's different now and between first consumption is the finish is kinda sticky now)
Texture: medium bodied - seems like it's starting to wane to want to move closer to light bodied; still this is a sipper; still smooth but this wasn't this sticky the first time I had this.
Overall: glad I had this tonight as I think would have been a total sticky mess next month. 😄

This score is a combo between first consumption and now so the numbers may not be 100% exact on original consumption.

Tried from Can on 01 Mar 2026 at 03:39