Barrier Brewing Company Barnacle Brown Ale

Barnacle Brown Ale

 

Barrier Brewing Company in Oceanside, New York, United States 🇺🇸

  Other Regular
Score
6.82
ABV: 6.1% IBU: - Ticks: 8
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7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Growler from Brouwerij Lane. Pours a dark brown with mild head. Nice caramel and light malt aroma. Taste is a bit of sweet malts and hint of bitter. A very good brown ale, sort of like a darker newcastle.

Tried from Growler on 20 May 2025 at 01:01


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft @ The Ginger Man - NYC, New York. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel nutty flavor. Has a roasted malty caramel nutty finish.

Tried from Draft on 23 Oct 2015 at 07:06


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draught @ Taproom no307. Brown with reddish tint, small tan foamy head, faint mocha aroma, high carbonation, abrupt finish with little coffee aroma. Very nice beer.

Tried from Draft on 13 Feb 2015 at 23:03


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

From tap. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty, breadish and slight chocolate note. Smooth mouthfeel. Roasted dark malty, breadish and caramelish. Bitter and slight herbal. Dry finish.

Tried from Draft on 20 Dec 2014 at 00:31


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8

tap at Alewife as part of the Nacho festival. Pours clear brown with white head. Nose of mlat and nuts. tastes lightly nutty, of resin, malt, earth, leather, and berries. Ok brown ale but a little light bodied

Tried from Draft on 30 Oct 2012 at 09:39


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On tap at Pony Bar. Poured a near clear brown with an off-white head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma had some roasted malts with some dark chocolate and a hint of dark bread as well. Flavor starts with chocolate but develops into more of a combination of roasted malt and dark bread. Easy drinking.

Tried from Draft on 04 Jun 2011 at 15:09


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8

Medium brown with a smallish head. Aroma of light chocolate, roasted and toasted malt, and a touch of fruit. Body is a bit thin for the flavor and I think it would improve drastically with a fuller mouth. Flavor is of light berries, some roasted malt, chocolate. Decent brown.

Tried on 23 May 2011 at 16:21


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Dark brown - semi-cloudy - clingy, sudsy lace - aroma is more like a porter - chocolate, coffee, roast all belie the intended style - just a hint of nuttiness falls in line with a brown - flavor is much the same - intense roast, vanilla bean, coffee, chocolate - if I close my eyes, I can trick myself into believing that it is a porter - again, some nuttiness - I have had enough of their beers now to notice a house character, including a particular yeastiness that works in some styles, but not in this one - semi-sweet until the middle and finish, where a fairly strong bitterness for the style develops - tobacco, char - full-flavored, if not completely to style - I like it, but don’t seem to love it as other raters do.

Tried from Can on 21 Dec 2010 at 19:31