Class of '88
North Coast Brewing Company in Fort Bragg, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Rogue Ales & Spirits / Deschutes BreweryBarley Wine - Barley Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.10
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North Coast Brewing’s Class of ’88 Barleywine is a collaboration with Rogue Ales and Deschutes Brewery to celebrate their shared 25th anniversary of brewing craft ales. The three breweries teamed up at all three locations to create their own distinctive versions of a barleywine ale based on the original guidelines in Fred Eckhardt’s The Essentials of Beer Style. The results are three delicious variations on a theme and a strong sense of partnership and camaraderie among the brewers and breweries. The brewers are Pat Broderick and Ken Kelley from North Coast, John C. Maier from Rogue and Cam O’Connor from Deschutes.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
750 ml corked and caged bottle. Pours hazy cantaloupe with a large cream-colored head with great retention; leaves sheeting lace. Aroma is earthy and much more fruity than the Deschutes version; I also get a cotton candy-like sweetness. Taste starts out sweet before turning fairly bitter; seems more bitter than the Deschutes. Although I get the earthiness in aroma, I don’t get it as much in flavor as I did the Deschutes. Fine carbonation, full body. This one is not as complex or tasty as the other beer. It’s interesting to see two different beers that come from the same recipe. The Deschutes version is superior, but this isn’t bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2013
at 22:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours with a deep golden hue with a smallish off-white head. Slightly darker shade with significantly less head than the Deschutes version. Aromas are hoppy and herbal, floral with medium malt. Lots of alcohol. Got a little bit of a burnt hair or burnt rubber note at first that seemed to go away. Flavors are a less hot, dryer and hoppier than the Deschutes version. Herbal and citrusy, less malty than the Deschutes, dry, herbal, low malt, medium bitter. Lively carbonation, medium dry and warming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2013
at 19:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750mL bottle, pours a clear bronze with a medium white head. Aroma of crackery malts, light dry fruits and a Belgian yeasty quality. Flavour is quite light, with notes of crackery malts, candied sugar, light dry fruits, some dry bready notes and a hint of caramel. Very light-bodied, with the 10% hidden quite well. The flavour profile doesn't at all strike me as a barley wine. Decent stuff, but not very exciting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2013
at 22:54