Old Fashioned Barley Wine
Siren Craft Brew in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.73
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We're big fans of the classic Old Fashioned – a 19th Century cocktail traditionally made by muddling sugar with bitters, then adding Whiskey and a twist of citrus rind. This is our take, with Barley Wine as the base beer and the classic orange zest to serve. It's been in barrels for 12 months, picking up a well-rounded bourbon profile with some vanilla and caramel sweetness. Bitters optional!
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Old rating - A 330ml bottle from Love Wine in Jersey 2 years ago, bottled Dec 2017. It pours a near black with a white beige head. Aromas & tastes of bourbon, caramel, vanilla, orange zest & sweet malt. Medium to full body. The high ABV is well hidden. Sweet malty finish. Outstanding
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2025
at 19:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap at Taplokaal Gist, Utrecht, during the Siren tap takeover. Sweet with an aroma of burnt sugar, caramel toffee, soft bourbon, vanilla, wood, and toffee fudge. Massively sugary sweet, bit too much for me. Very sweet -and indeed old fashioned- English-style Barley Wine, I understand the appeal but it's not really for me.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2025
at 12:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at Wakefest. Pours a dark brown with small beige head. The aroma is bourbon, toffee, wood, dark fruit. Slick body, raisin, fig, toffee, boozy finish, very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Dec 2020
at 21:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home from Siren, 2nd February 2020. Pours a chestnut brown. Aroma is bourbon, sweet, fruit. Taste is syrupy, the whiskey is there, some barrel, very sweet, thick body, light citrus, some sharper edges towards the finish and liquor plus more sweetness, good, but probably a little too sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2020
at 19:07
8/10
Rich, sweet. Liquid Xmas pudding. Lovely
Tried
from Draft
at
Beerlovers Bar
on 25 Nov 2019
at 17:48
8.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 7
Overall 8
Bourbon, brown sugar, booze, loveliness.
Tried
on 22 Oct 2019
at 08:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Very English, full of toffee, caramel, cocoa, and molasses, backed up by modest bourbon notes with traces of orange, maple, and oak. Good, but very, very sweet, in need of some American hopping to balance out the sugars.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Oct 2019
at 00:13
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Courtesy of Sergey
Brown colour, not much head. Rich malt nose and flavour, sweet, with lots of bourbon; no orange; touch of Port in the finish.
There are more complex Barley Wines, but at least this is rich enough. Excellent.
Brown colour, not much head. Rich malt nose and flavour, sweet, with lots of bourbon; no orange; touch of Port in the finish.
There are more complex Barley Wines, but at least this is rich enough. Excellent.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2019
at 06:46
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle from John's Marketplace shared at Alex's. Appearance: clear dark copper. Aroma: bourbon and dark fruits, some candied oranges. Taste: similar, quite sweet. Overall: very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2019
at 05:33
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2019
at 22:29