Mother of All Storms
Pelican Brewing Company in Pacific City, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
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7.95
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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%
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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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
2015 edition. long anticipated bottle, kept myself since then. First beer of 2018 seemed like the right occasion to finally open it up ! Pours very dark redbrown, nearly black. Decent off-white head, medium stability. Smell is chewy, wood, mild toasty, vanilla, high on wood, minor bourbon notes. Very creamy. Sweet, toffee maltyness. very rich with not much noticable booze ( impressive, at 14 ABV ) Taste is full, creamy, vanilla, toffee, mild roasty, very oaky, mild bourbon, sweet, intense, medium-thick body with medium carbo. Ends a bit boozy , but nowhere near the 14 % anticipation. very well made without going to far away from what the style prescribes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2018
at 13:56
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2017
at 05:36
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2017
at 02:52
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle from a trade. Many thanks Ryan! Hazy amber/brown colour, some foam. Very complex nose of raisins, plums, sweet bourbon, toast and oak. Very nice sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2017
at 13:37
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared by wickedestman, many thanks. Dark brown with a tan head. Big, decadent bourbon and vanilla aroma with loads of caramel and toffee. Big oaky barrel taste with vanilla, bourbon and chocolate. Very dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2017
at 14:34
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 2015 vintage held in the cellar for just about one year. Dark brown pour with a finger of creamy tan head. Powerful aroma centered around the barrel treatment; bourbon, vanilla, caramel, and hints of hops. The flavor is truly terrific and one of the best barreled barley wines I can recall to date… lots of barrel influence without being overly hot or too firm in center stage. Big bourbon sweetness, vanilla, caramel, dark fruits, a little wood, and just enough hops. I’ve heard that this can be pretty hot when fresh; I can only attest to a bottle with a year of age on it; fantastic stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2017
at 11:32
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
On tap at Elizabeth Station. Vintage 2016. Pours an aopaque very dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma and taste are dark fruits, bourbon, molasses, very sweet, some candies’ notes, slight sourness. One more loooong seeper. Great stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Mar 2017
at 22:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2014 and 2015, side by side. Big malt nose, raisins, caramel, booze, dried fruits galore, some orange. Great raisiny flavor with caramel and treacle. Silky and smooth, the 2014 was for me a step above the 15.
Tried
on 05 Jan 2017
at 18:27
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle (2011 edition) @home, from my first trade with Richiesd in 2012, big thanks! Deep dark brown color. Beige head with short retention. Aroma’s boasting of bourbon, sweetness, vanilla, some dried fruit, alcohol, booze, caramel, perhaps a tiny bit oxydized. Retronasal it’s boozy/alcoholic, sweet, vanilla, bourbon. Flavor is rather sweet, sticky, alcoholic. Strong alcohol feel. Medium to full bodied. Long finish, slightly woody. Lovely stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2016
at 15:24
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5
Poured into a snifter showing caramel brown rims and a dark center with no head. The nose shows dark notes of caramel. The palate is thick bodied with no carbonation. Barely any sweetness. Flavors of dry caramel and hints of smoke. Moderate hoppy bitterness.
Tried
on 10 Jul 2016
at 17:17