Old Barrel Dweller
Driftwood Brewery in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.05
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pictoman (9684) reviewed Old Barrel Dweller from Driftwood Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Poured from 650mL bottle (2012 vintage) @ July Black Xmas. Copper with small off-white head. Boozy, mild woods, a bit astringent and oxidized. Too old.
BeerPlace (10899) reviewed Old Barrel Dweller from Driftwood Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
650ml bottle at Alex's. Vintage 2012. Pours a clear dark red-ish copper with a beige head. Aroma is bourbon and caramel. Taste is veeery sweet with lots of caramel and some hoppy bitterness. Too sweet for, but it is still good.
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Old Barrel Dweller from Driftwood Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle - pours dark brown - nose and taste of alcohol, toffee, caramel and port wine - medium/full body
Oakes (33493) reviewed Old Barrel Dweller from Driftwood Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Reddish-chestnut. No head. The aroma is a lot of bourbon, wood, alcohol, and on the palate you get a lot of this same character. It’s strong, the bourbon is pretty powerful, and of course the base beer is strong, sweet, and has a lot of underlying bitterness.
GRM (7524) reviewed Old Barrel Dweller from Driftwood Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Brown bottle, 650 ml, 2012 vintage, savoured on June 11 2016; eye: dirty brown, hazy, minuscule ring of brown head, slight lacing; nose: bourbon, malt, caramel, bittering hops, molasses; mouth: bourbon, malt, caramel, bittering hops, alcohol, alcohol warmth, molasses, alcohol acridness, finale in molasses with presence of alcohol, full body, below-average carbonation, mildly sweet, surprisingly bitter, lightly alcoholic texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 650 ml, millésime 2012, échange avec Dustin Sepkowski, savourée le 11 juin 2016; œil : brun sale, trouble, minuscule anneau de mousse brune, très légère dentelle; nez : bourbon, malt, caramel, houblon amérisant, mélasse; bouche : bourbon, malt, caramel, houblon amérisant, alcool, chaleur d’alcool, mélasse, âcreté d’alcool, finale en mélasse avec présence d’alcool, corsée, carbonatation sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, curieusement amère, texture légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : bien
Boutip (9769) reviewed Old Barrel Dweller from Driftwood Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Poured a murky brown color ale with a large foamy head with ok retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of residual sugar notes is pretty dominant with some vanilla and bourbon notes also easily noticeable. Taste is a mix of sweet caramelized malt notes with some toffee, some oak, and bourbon and vanilla notes. Body is full with limited filtration and good carbonation with some light warming alcohol notes also perceptible. Quite the nightcap with a heavy dose of sugar and loads of barrel notes.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Old Barrel Dweller from Driftwood Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared during the RBESG 2014 Sunday tasting at Craft Beer Co. Clerkenwell. Vintage 2012. Pours clear, rich amber with a creamy tan head. The nose smacks of alcohol, with some ripe fruits and wood, along with fruitcake. Medium sweet flavor with some crunchy grains, bread, aged fruits, toffee. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Warming finish with gooey malts, dried fruits. Not bad.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Old Barrel Dweller from Driftwood Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle shared at the RBESG 2014, grand tasting 10/08/2014 Craft Beer Co Clerkenwell. Golden / light amber coloured pour with a lasting cream head. Aroma is smoked malts, honey and some hot alcohol. Flavour is more solvent, hot alcohol, varnish, brown sugars. A bit headache inducing. Palate is semi sweet, thick bodied and a bit chewy.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Taylor. Thanks! Shared @ Belgian Autumn Gathering 2014. Amber colour, white foam. Sweet fruity nose of peach, honey and brown sugar. Strange bitter taste. Not bad but a bit unbalanced.
Tinus (5080) reviewed Old Barrel Dweller from Driftwood Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Reddish brown colour, beige head. Aroma of red fruits, thinner, caramel and chocolate. Quite alcoholic flavour, rather sweet. Sweet finish, alcohol, thinner. Did I mention sweet? Same vintage as the one @ RBESG London, but not nearly as nice.
(From 65cL bottle @ TAGFKARM, Gent 2014. 2012 vintage. Thanks for sharing, JefVerstraete!)
6-3-6-3-12: 3
Clear reddish brown colour, white head. Aroma of red fruits, marmelade, bourbon, caramel and chocolate. Sweet malty flavour, wood, caramel, bitter orange zest. Bitter finish, malts, marmelade, bourbon, quite alcoholic.
(From 65cL bottle @ The Not-so-Grand-Tasting, Craft Clerkenwell - RBESG 2014, London. Thanks for sharing, Ferris!)
8-4-8-4-15: 3.9