Old Foghorn
Anchor Brewing Company in San Francisco, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.60
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Old Foghorn is brewed based on historic English barleywine methods. It is highly hopped, fermented with a true top-fermenting ale yeast, carbonated by a natural process called "bunging" to produce champagne-like bubbles, and dry-hopped with additional Cascade hops while it ages in our cellars. Made only from “first wort,” the rich first runnings of an all-malt mash, three mashes are required to produce just one barleywine brew. Introduced in 1975, Old Foghorn Ale was the first modern American barleywine sparking renewed interest domestically and in Britain.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle with expiry 04-2019. Dark amber colour, minimal head, fair lacing. Aroma is lots of red fruit, also honey, toffee, citrus hops. Heavy sweetness, light bitterness. Not too sweet. Very pleasant mouthfeel, sticky texture, but does not feel cloying, pleasant sensation from bubbles. Well balanced. Very good! Probably the best barley wine I have tasted.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2019
at 19:40
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
355ml bottle (BBF: 03/2020, 9,4%) from Yeme (Tomasikova street) in Bratislava. F: huge, tan, long lasting. C: dark coppery to brown, clear. A: malty, mellow fruity, caramel, dried fruits, bit vinous, some berries, herbal touch. T: rich sweet malty base, mellow fruity, caramel, bit toffee, red berries, herbal, decent bitterness, bit citrus peels, spicy, bit warming alcohol, nice balanced, medium to full body, soft carbonation, enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2019
at 20:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home, from Biervana, Munich, 20th January 19. Pours a dark chestnut brown. Aroma is caramel, burnt malts. Taste is sweet, with some bitter character, caramel, burnt sugar and dark fruit. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2019
at 21:00
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2019
at 20:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Smell of oak, rum, syrup. Bronze colour, beige head. Aroma of oak, syrup, rum, spices, some roasted malt. Lively carbon, oily palate. Sweet, slightly bitter. Nicely balanced.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2018
at 18:21
7/10
Tried
on 08 Nov 2018
at 08:54
6/10
From backlog. 0,3 litre Bottle from Vinmonopolet Hamar. Brown with offwhite head. Malts, hops, toffee, and booze.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2018
at 21:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
355ml bottle. Reddish brown with a minimal white head. Sweet caramel arom, that’s also surprisingly hoppy, flavour is toffee, apple, spice, sweet but not overly so
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2018
at 22:01
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aus der Flasche (bbe 06-2018) im 2018-08 getrunken. Da dieses Ale schon etwas länger in der Flasche war fand ich es jetzt richtig klasse. Vor Jahren hatte ich ein frisches mal probiert wo mir der Hopfeneinfluß zu stark war. Nun hier bei diesem hat sich die Hopfenbitterkeit den Aromen vom Malz, etwas süsses Karamell und eine ganz leichte dunkle Frucht.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2018
at 09:23
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Dark red beer, thin filmy head. Rich, wine-y fruit aroma. Taste is.... wonderful. Rich fruit, malt, caramel, bitter grassy hop. A warm, boozy finish to a hearty, tasty, rich, smooth fruity barley wine. This doesn't have the hit-in-the-mouth big flavour in the way of some of these but it's a delicious, velvety thing.
Tried
on 05 Aug 2018
at 20:46