Pelican Brewing Company Mother of All Storms

Mother of All Storms

 

Pelican Brewing Company in Pacific City, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  Barley Wine - Barley Regular
Score
7.96
ABV: 14.0% IBU: 40 Ticks: 114
English-style barleywine ale aged in bourbon barrels.

There are many storms out there, all of them perfect in their own way. But there is only one Mother of all Storms and it only happens in Pacific City, Oregon. Based on Stormwatcher’s Winterfest, our English-style barleywine, Mother of all Storms spent many months aging in Kentucky bourbon barrels. Now at its peak, Mother of all Storms delivers deep flavors of toasted malt, bourbon and oak. The finish rewards with whispers of vanilla, toffee and caramel. Best enjoyed with gusts exceeding 60 mph.
(from label)

Plato: 32°
Ingredients: Golden Promise Malt, Munich Malt, Melanoidin Malt, Caramel Malt, Torrified Wheat, Magnum Hops, Glacier Hops, Pure Ale Yeast, Pure Coastal Water
(from https://pelicanbrewing.com/beer/mother-of-all-storms)

2008 (The Perfect Storm): Stormwatcher's Winterfest 2007 aged in Evan Williams bourbon barrels.
2009 (The Perfect Storm): Stormwatcher's Winterfest 2007 aged in Evan Williams bourbon barrels.
2010 (Mother of All Storms): Stormwatcher's Winterfest 2009 aged in Evan Williams bourbon barrels.
2011 (Mother of All Storms): Stormwatcher's Winterfest 2010 aged in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels.
2021 14%
 

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8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

Dark amber, medium head. Sticky, caramel, toffee, touch of alcohol. Figs, dark fruit, a bit of chocolate, spice, bourbon, there’s a lot of complexity to this. Very good.

Tried on 08 Mar 2025 at 05:51


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Dark brown, no head. Figgy, dates, big dried fruit goodness, alcohol, toffeeish malt, lots of bitterness, big treacly balance. Really one of my favourite barley wines.

Tried from Draft from Elizabeth Station on 21 Jan 2025 at 19:35


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle, shared with others. Brown with beige head. Caramel, loads of toffee, sweet, toasted, sweet, some cookies, underlying alcohol. Dry.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jan 2024 at 05:25


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Shared bottle at tasting. Deep brown with minimal tan head. Aroma of alcohol. Taste is heavy alcohol, burned sugar, medicinal notes.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Aug 2022 at 19:23


8

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2021 at 04:46


8

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2021 at 04:35


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Flaska från trade, årgång 2018, 14%. Mörk mahognybrun, något murken med liten beige krona. Tobak, läder, druvsötma, lite dessertvinstoner, kolaremmar, fikon, katrinplommon i mängder, bourbon, fat, kokos, vanilj, mandelmassa. Maffig och dekadent brittisk BW, fantastiskt gott.

Tried on 07 Feb 2021 at 18:00


8.5

Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2019 at 05:39


9.3
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Tap @ Toronado Seattle. Pours very dark brownish black with a small brown head. Aromas of vanilla, caramel, dark chocolate, light booze, bread. Taste has a lot of caramel, sweet malt, bourbon fudgey goodness, light bitterness, vanilla, booze, bread. Fuck me.

Tried from Draft on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55


8

Tried from Bottle on 26 Oct 2019 at 04:44