Mother of All Storms
(has 11 batches)
Pelican Brewing Company in Pacific City, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
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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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared by Dasilky1 at RBWG 2011, thanks
Appearance: Slightly hazy brown with a nice sized beige head and light lacing
Aroma: Dark fruits, bourbon and oak
Taste: Dark ripe fruit, sweet caramel, bourbon and vanilla
A nice easy drinker, the 13% is well hidden.
Appearance: Slightly hazy brown with a nice sized beige head and light lacing
Aroma: Dark fruits, bourbon and oak
Taste: Dark ripe fruit, sweet caramel, bourbon and vanilla
A nice easy drinker, the 13% is well hidden.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2011
at 07:33
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
bouteille ’09 couleur acajou, qcq bulles dorées, Arôme est énorme sur le chocolat, malt ainsi que le bourbon allant vers un nez ayant pas mal de notes de butterscotch. En bouche, le tout est la même expérience et je trouve là finalement un barley wine qui me laisse sans voix. Le tout est une expérience qui marrie superbement le tonneau ainsi que le bourbon donnant à la fois des notes de vanille, de chocolat qui est épais en bouche ainsi que de fines traces de noisettes. Le bourbon est réchauffant au palais tout en conservant une fine couche de chêne, de vanille.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2011
at 12:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22oz bottle pours a translucent ruby red with a little white head. Nose is vanilla, oak, coconut, malt, raisins. Flavor is raisiny, rum, caramel, coconut, vanilla, brown sugar, apples. Full bodied, sticky finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2011
at 17:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle via Shane, thanks! Poured a clear cherry mahogany/garnet with a foamy eggshell head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma had notes of sweet caramel and sweet chocolate with a surprising peat backing. There was also a bourbon burn. Flavor was full of caramel, rich sweet chocolate and had a nice bourbon finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2010
at 20:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
100th rater. 2009 bottle. Tasted side by side with the Winterfest’07. No head and a hairlike halo lacing. Color is more reddish than brown. Aroma is astringent barrel and lots of alcohol. Then there is a very thick toasted maltiness. Flavor is thinned out by the barrel and full of cherry-alcohol. Has some cola flavors. very thin and boozy and undercarbonated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2010
at 22:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
22 oz bottle, courtesy of a friend. Pour is mostly clear mahogany, with a 1/2 inch tan head that falls quickly. Aroma is the barrel right up front, following close behind is the alcohol heat. Taste is brandy alcohol heat, oak wood, and some weird roastiness. Palate is hot, medium bodied, oily, with a quick and clean finish. This is ok, just hot. Not sure if it would improve with age, but right now too much wood and alcohol for my tastes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2010
at 05:52
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
This luscious brew was served up by none other than Gillard! Thanks Ryan. Pours clear deep mahogany with thin tan head. The aroma is full of dark fruitiness heading into solid boozy nose searing heat at the end of the draw. The taste is smooth and sweet with prunes, ripe plums and raisins. By midway solid heat like booze tries to take over the flavor right into the finish. Very nice stuff that could use a few years of aging to bring it into perfection.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2009
at 10:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Brown. Lots of wood in the flavor and aroma. Vanilla, from oak I assume. Some whisky character, but it works well. A little sweet. Thanks to Skyview for sharing. 2009 edition. Bourbon and some spice. Low carbonation. Not nearly as good due to overwhelming bourbon. I won’t change my rating, but would rate this 6 3 6 3 13.
Tried
on 22 Mar 2009
at 14:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
FRO Throwdown: Clear caramel color. Molasses soaked prunes. Madeira, oaky, sherry, oxidized a tad (good). Very sweet with a ton of caramel-sweets and chocolate, almost cloying but its not. Some maple syrup? 28th beer of the throwdown, and at this strength put me right over the edge!
Tried
on 16 Mar 2009
at 22:21