London Balling
Against the Grain Brewery in Louisville, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.45
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English style barleywine aged in Angel’s Envy bourbon barrels. Brewed with enough Maris Otter pale, Aromatic and caramel malts to nearly overflow our mash tun. We then balanced this beer with some English Nugget and Kent Goldings hops. The resulting ale was sweet, nutty and powerful, but we didn’t stop there. The entire batch was put into used Angel’s Envy barrels for nearly 3 months to gather the residual bourbon flavor and some aromatic and drying oak notes. By the way, Balling is a measurement of specific gravity.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Draught at Agenturet Øl og Vinbar. Shared with Finn. Dark orange coloured body, hazy. Filmy layer, dotted spots on the glass. Almond, toffee, and woody nose, promising. Mixed taste of bread, almond, mid-sweet dark fruits and a touch of oak. Mid-sweet malt driven end, warming down the swallow. Full bodied. Likable sipper. (Tromsø 31.05.2019).
Tried
on 01 Jun 2019
at 07:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Spandert av Rune og delt med ham. Amber. Uklar. Lavt tett skum. Aroma av mandeldråper. Topp fylde. Smaken mandler & frukt. Lett tørr - alkoholpreget - avslutning.
Tried
on 31 May 2019
at 12:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Mig & Ølsnedkeren. Pours slightly hazy rusty brown with a small offwhite head. Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, wood, burnt caramel, vanilla, bourbon. Flavor is quite sweet, rich malty, caramel, burnt caramel, mild smoke notes, nougat, wood, dried fruit, vanilla, mild bourbon, quite boozy. Full body, soft carbonation, oily mouthfeel, sweet finish with loads of warming alcohol. 240419
Tried
on 26 Apr 2019
at 17:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle that I think that I picked up from Beer Gonzo online shop, Earlsdon, Coventry. I shared this with dad at Farmhouse Cottage, Middlebere Farm, Arne, Dorset, Saturday 1st December 2018 Pours deep amber, good clarity, slim off white head atop. Sweet but malty, bourbon shows, a little sticky with a touch of deep burnt toffee. Quite full on yet also very drinkable. Quite soft, some wood touches, good. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2018
at 16:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can - Lots of sweet and fruity. Stone fruit and sweet raisin. Sweet and very fruity. Stone fruit and a long finish. English style and well done.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jun 2018
at 06:10
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Hazy and amber. Not much head. On the nose, this is mostly chewy, This has a chewy, date note, with toffee, and a whack of sweet malts. LIght pear notes. Decent BW.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jun 2018
at 06:09
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Against the Grain London Balling (by Against the Grain Brewery):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 10/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5
14/V/18 - 1Pt. can from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte), shared with Hendrik N. @ Hendrik's place - BB: n/a (2018-706)
Clear dark amber to red beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, falls down quickly. Aroma: lovely stuff, lots of caramel, dried fruits, quite some vanilla, alcohol, little oxidized. MF: soft carbon, full body. Taste: lots and lots of vanilla, bit oxidized, caramel, sweet, bit sugary, alcohol, lovely beer! Aftertaste: sugary, caramel, more vanilla, sweetish, some dried fruits. Liquid dessert. Holy crap this is good stuff! Have been holding on to this one for quite a while (I think about two years or so). Shouldn't have been much longer, but pretty sure the beer got better from it...
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 10/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5
14/V/18 - 1Pt. can from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte), shared with Hendrik N. @ Hendrik's place - BB: n/a (2018-706)
Clear dark amber to red beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, falls down quickly. Aroma: lovely stuff, lots of caramel, dried fruits, quite some vanilla, alcohol, little oxidized. MF: soft carbon, full body. Taste: lots and lots of vanilla, bit oxidized, caramel, sweet, bit sugary, alcohol, lovely beer! Aftertaste: sugary, caramel, more vanilla, sweetish, some dried fruits. Liquid dessert. Holy crap this is good stuff! Have been holding on to this one for quite a while (I think about two years or so). Shouldn't have been much longer, but pretty sure the beer got better from it...
Tried
from Can
on 14 May 2018
at 19:16
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can 1pt. @ The Chris and Ruth's House, London. [ As Against the Grain London Balling ].Clear medium to dark amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, bread, cookie, caramel, sweet malt, alcohol - bourbon. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dried fruit, cookie, caramel, sweet malt, bread, laber larver, bourbon. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finiah feel is light alcoholic. [20160808] 8-3-8-3-15
Tried
from Can
on 01 Mar 2018
at 16:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Ginger Man, Boston. Colour is clear brown with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Ripe fruits, raisins, dry fruits, dryness, hops, some bourbon and malts. Pretty good.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Feb 2018
at 18:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 12.5%. Hazy dark amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, toasted and dark fruit. Flavour is malt, caramel, toasted, wood, little vanilla, sweet, dark fruit, boozy and a little bourbon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2017
at 10:05