Old Crippled Bastard
Mad Anthony Brewing Co. in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
6.88
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soul-warming 10% ABV, this is one for sipping on cold winter nights.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
on tap - lots going on with this barleywine. Probably the darkest barlywine I’ve tried. Pretty solid overall
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at Warsaw location. Sweet caramel malt and orange aroma. Hazy rufous with a small ivory head. Sweet caramel malt, saccharine, and herbal hops flavor. Full body, low carbonation. A little lighter than most barleywines I’ve tried, but highly drinkable, which could be dangerous. The alcohol is very well hidden. Per a conversation I had with the brewery, this is the same barleywine they make every year.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at the 2010 Indiana Winterfest. Poured a dark amber brown with a near white head. Aroma was surprisingly hoppy with pine notes and undertones of grain and alcohol. Flavor was also surprisingly hoppy, the beginning had some sweet grains, but pine hops quickly take over.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Tap (just called Barleywine). Cherry, raisin, malt and alcohol aroma. Ruby red color with small head. Iniitially a cherry/floral malt flavor followed by a strong pine hops finish. Nice malt flavor - very hoppy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
2005 bottle - The barley wine has been on tap this month, but I sampled an aged bottle from last year’s version. I poured it into a large snifter. It was a medium brown color with a thin head. The aroma was a nice mix of malts and hops. The flavor was something of a surprise for the style with a very strong hops presence. It made me think of a barley wine crossed with an IPA. Full bodied and flavorful, this is a different take on the style and quite enjoyable. 2nd rating, 2006 version on tap - Similar to above but this is more of a hoppy beast. While enjoyable, it wasn’t as well balanced or complex as the year old version. 7/4/7/3/15. I gave the year old one 8/4/8/4/16. Averaging the two to a 3.8 total. I think this one benefits with some aging. 2004 bottle in Dec. 2007 - Even better... it’s still very hoppy, but it does mellow a bit too. This beer ages nicely.