Old Grizzly
Elk Valley Brewing Company in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
6.79
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superspak (10160) reviewed Old Grizzly from Elk Valley Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Got in a BIF from jdell15. 12 ounce can into snifter, 2017 vintage. Pours fairly crystal clear deep orange/copper color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky cream colored head with awesome retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Dense soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, golden raisin, lemon/orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/pine hops, fruity yeast, and dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of huge grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, golden raisin, lemon/orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine, citrus rind, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, golden raisin, lemon/orange rind, pepper, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops, fruity yeast, and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance. Touch of lingering hop astringency, but not overwhelming. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky, sticky/resinous/rind, and slightly slick/syrupy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is well hidden; a mildly increasing warmth, and a touch of booze lingering after the finish. Overall this is an awesome American barleywine! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops, fruity yeast, and dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for thebig ABV; despite the increasingly bitter/drying finish. Very aggressive but not overdone on hops/bitterness. A very classic tasting style example. Heavy C hops character, with great balance of estery yeasts and malt sweetness. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Old Grizzly from Elk Valley Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Pours a pale amber gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma a bit of citrus and plastic with sweet grains and caramel underlying. Flavor has an odd combination of earthy citrus and caramel with resin and bread in the finish.