Straight Jacket
(has 10 batches)

On tap at Goodnight Irene’s in Wildwood, NJ. Pours translucent brown with no head. Big sweet boozy nose hints at brown sugar and whiskey. Flavor is intense with more booze and dark sugar. Hints of vanilla, oak, bourbon and pecan. Big warming alcohol in finish.

Bottle shared at a tasting. Dark caramel pour, semi-hazy, with a tan head. Notes of sweet bourbon, caramel, sweet raspberry and prune jam, dried fruit, whiskey. Nicely balanced, the flavour unfolding as you drink. A great barley wine. --- Beer merged from original tick of Barrel Aged Institutionalized Barley Wine on 07 Apr 2017 at 19:28 - Score: 9. Original review text: Smooth, nicely balanced

Keg at World of Beer Wauwatosa, 9/13/16. Listed as Straight Jacket. Hazy dark amber, large creamy off-white head, good retention. Aroma of toffee, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, booze, bourbon, oak. The taste is toffee, molasses, vanilla, bourbon, dark fruit, whiskey. Medium-full bodied, low carbonation, boozy. Nice beer.

Bottle at the hanging bat. Pours deep amber, nose is caramel, toffee, vanilla, taste is similar, sweet, light fruit.

12 ounce can into snifter, canned on 1/4/2019. Pours crystal clear deep ruby red/light copper color with a 1 finger dense and fluffy light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a thin lace cap that lingers. Nice spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big raisin, plum, fig, date, peach, pear, apricot, red apple, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, biscuit, and brown bread/crust; with light notes of molasses, milk chocolate, cocoa, oak char, leather, tobacco, peppercorn, and yeast/oat/toasted earthiness. A bit of booze in the aromas as it warms, but not overwhelming. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast, and bourbon barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of huge raisin, plum, fig, date, peach, pear, apricot, red apple, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, biscuit, and brown bread/crust; with light notes of molasses, milk chocolate, cocoa, oak char, leather, tobacco, peppercorn, and yeast/oat/toasted earthiness. Light herbal, grassy, peppery hop bitterness; and bourbon/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of dark fruit, peach, pear, apricot, red apple, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, biscuit, brown bread/crust, molasses, milk chocolate, cocoa, oak char, leather, tobacco, peppercorn, and yeast/oat/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast, and bourbon barrel flavors; with a solid malt/bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety, and lightly slick/sticky/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Mild increasing warmth of 13.1%, with minimal lingering barrel booze after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic English barleywine. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast, and bourbon barrel flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV, with the mildly bitter/tannic/drying finish. Perfect balance of super rich malts, fruity yeast, and bourbon barrel presence/integration. Not overly boozy, tannic, or drying on the barrels. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazing style example.

2 ounce bottle pour at SAVOR’s Friday night session, labeled as Straight Jacket. Pours a dark caramel brown with off-white head. Aromas of caramel, toffee, bourbon. Tasting notes of caramel, toffee, bourbon, dark fruit. Medium body with a dry and warm finish. Paired nicely with some sticky toffee pudding.