Big Woody Barleywine
Glacier Brewhouse in Anchorage, Alaska, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.33
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
On tap at Glacier brew house.
This was poured into a wine glass.
The appearance was a dark brown color with no head and no lacing.
The smell had a big fresh boozy sweet vanilla. A light sweet woody traces my nose nicely.
The taste copied the smell and added a big boozy punch on my taste buds in the aftertaste.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly good sipping quality about it. The carbonation was smooth as a good barleywine should.
Overall, this was a pretty good barleywine that I would have again.
This was poured into a wine glass.
The appearance was a dark brown color with no head and no lacing.
The smell had a big fresh boozy sweet vanilla. A light sweet woody traces my nose nicely.
The taste copied the smell and added a big boozy punch on my taste buds in the aftertaste.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly good sipping quality about it. The carbonation was smooth as a good barleywine should.
Overall, this was a pretty good barleywine that I would have again.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Dec 2014
at 14:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft: Poured a chocolate brown with a thin off white head. Aroma is chocolate, caramel malts, and bourbon. Taste is similar with lots of chocolate (which worries me about a BW), caramel sugary malt, and vanilla bourbon burn.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2012
at 19:54
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
This is marketed as a different beer than the regular Big Woody, and the alcohol percentage is different, so I think it warrants a new entry. Light and clear brown color, scant white head. Aroma of vanilla. Taste is smooth vanilla and caramel. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jan 2012
at 10:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft @ FoBAB 2009, Chicago, IL. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty dark fruit and woody aroma with weak vanilla hints. Has a sweetish malty weak chocolate and dark fruit flavor with woody hints. Has a sweetish malty woody dark fruit finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jun 2011
at 07:23
8.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9
5th Annual Bistro BA Festival. I’ve tried this at past Toronado fests and, as someone who loves English barleywines and restrained barrel-aging, it’s one of my very favorite barleywines. This version was particularly interesting as it probably spent a bit less time in the barrel than what they send to Toronado. The flavor is enormous with tons of sugar cane, vanilla, caramel, figs, sweet rum and mild bourbon. It’s relatively sweet but wonderfully smooth. In my opinion, the sweetness is just right for the round, full flavor. Mouthfeel is never cloying but fairly thick. Appearance is dark amber, transparent, with a small head. Marvelous stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Nov 2010
at 13:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at 2010 FOBAB. Poured a near clear dark brown with an amber hue and a yellowish gray head that lasted throughout the beer. Aroma had bourbon with sweet grain and a bit of biscuit. Flavor started with sweet grain, biscuit and caramel but a slight bourbon and dry note rounded out the beer nicely.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Nov 2010
at 14:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at the Bistro’s BA Fest; Nose of oaky vanilla, bourbon, and light tartness; orange-amber with a small offwhite head; flavor is bourbon, light tartness with contrasting fruity sweetness, and woody oak.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Nov 2008
at 01:26