Olde GnarlyWine
Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Rotating|
Score
7.49
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Making a Mondo Ultra Mega Super Premium Barleywine Ale is a little like having a kid. The first part is fun and messy, it takes a while to ferment, and then a whole longer to mature. It is expensive and takes up a lot of space. You worry about how it'll grow up and whether or not you'll still be friends. Eventually it stays out all night and comes home with it's skirt on backwards. You know how it is. Usually we package our ales within 15 days of brewing. This one we aged in tanks for over a month. Why not buy three-? Drink one now, keep one in the 'fridge for a month, and one for another year! Yummy. . .
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample during Blarney Wine Festival 2025 on 03/15/2025. Pours a dark copper color with a medium frothy light beige head that diminishes gradually to a film. Small patches of lace. Aroma of roast malt, caramel, fruit and tobacco. Full-bodied with flavors of caramel malt, ripe fruit, earthy hop and tobacco. The finish is sweet with a malty aftertaste. Overall this held up surprisingly well at 14 years.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2025
at 18:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
bottle at the beer bistro
nice hazy brown pour with a big tan head. aromas of fruity hops, bready caramels malts, and some nuts. lively carb, and quite a bit of booze. very bitter finish with a big dose of piney resins, and some more boozy malts. a little rough around the edges would benefit from some age.
nice hazy brown pour with a big tan head. aromas of fruity hops, bready caramels malts, and some nuts. lively carb, and quite a bit of booze. very bitter finish with a big dose of piney resins, and some more boozy malts. a little rough around the edges would benefit from some age.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:17
8/10
For a $5 bomber this is the best you can ask for for a barleywine. Sweet but bitter. Much better value than a grocery store wine. Actually really satisfying and perfect for watching They Live.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2020
at 23:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From a bomber of unknown vintage, but with plenty of age. Pours a hazy dark mahogany with a tan head. Aromas of toffee. Flavors are sweet caramel with moderately boozy finish.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2020
at 21:31
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ home. Dark amber color. Vinous aroma with grapes, candy sugar and oak. Full bodied, malty. Sugary sweet, alcoholic flavor with plums, grapes, pineapple and tannines. Earthy hops, especially in the finish. Likeable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared at Cotteridge Convention 23/06/18. Many thanks! A clear reddy amber coloured pour with a halo of beige head. Aroma is mixed brown malts, amber notes, spicy, floral notes, brown sugars. Flavour is composed of nice medium sweet, nutty and toffee malts, jammy berries. Palate is super sweet, sticky, moderate carbonation, oily, sugary sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2019
at 17:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Gulden brun klar med massivt tykt eggegult skum. Lukter røde frukter, rosiner, brunt sukker og trevirke. Fyldig. Smaker bitter brent karamell, svisker, stenfrukter, vanilje, sitrusskall og alkohol.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2018
at 23:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Rødbrun farge med masse luftig lys beige skum. Lukter karamell, medium pluss fylde. Noe bitter og søt avslutning.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2018
at 23:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Flaska från SB, vintage 2015. Klar, mörk bärnstensfärgad med krämig vitbeige krona. Knäckigt, lätt rostat med toner av rostat socker, frukt/sockerkaka, kanderade apelsinskal, granskott och kåda. Marmeladig och söt. Den typiska stora beskan från amerikansk BW lite fade:ad här, vilket den nästan förlorar på i mitt tycke. BW är ju generellt lagringsvänligt, men här saknar jag den tryckande granskottsbeskan för att balansera upp sötman. Kvar är en lite för stor honungssötma som saknar en motvikt. Fortfarande god dock!
Tried
on 20 Jul 2018
at 13:48
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared at Cotteridge get together. Rich berry aroma. Ruby red. Thin Creamy white head. Boozy. Light-medium bitter but boozy. Light-mesium bodied. Slick. Fizzy carbonation. Astringent finish. Didn't really like this - too raw in terms of the boozyness and finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2018
at 20:57