x RVA Beard League Barleywine 2014
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery in Richmond, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.97
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We’re celebrating with the first ever Hardywood Park Craft Brewery and RVA Beard League release! The original Hardywood Barleywine - an American style Barleywine aged for five months on A. Smith Bowman Distillery barrels. With notes of caramel and fruit this 12.5% whale is ready to age in limited edition 16oz growler etched by our friends at Big Secret with the art work of RVA legend Tyler Thomas.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared by Joe, thanks! Pours a clear amber brown with a thin tan head that starts and remains at the edges. Aroma has earthy bread and sweet grains and toffee with a bit of caramel underlying. Flavor has lots of bread and toffee with caramel and just a hint of roast coming through.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2025
at 22:02
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at the DC Pre-Thanksgiving tasting. Wax on this thing was so much easier to get off compared t oearlier ones. Poured a hazy, cola caramel brown color with an off-white head. Aroma was caramel malts, some woody barrel notes. Flavor was light boozy notes dried fruits, butterscotch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2014
at 20:44
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Lots of barrel. Syrupy and a little too sweet for my liking. Brown and murky pour. Lots of booze and some light roast in here. Thanks to Radagast83 for this.
Tried
on 10 Nov 2014
at 12:04
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Waxed bottle at the RateBeer DC Tasting shared by radagast83, thanks Chris! Hazy caramel brown with off-white head. Aromas of caramel, toffee, dark fruit. Tastes of dark fruit, rum or bourbon, caramel, booze. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2014
at 00:53
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Cloudy amber color, tan edge head. Aroma of rich butterscotch. Taste is similar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2014
at 16:27