Reserve Barleywine Style Ale Aged On Oak
The Saint Louis Brewery (Schlafly Beer) in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.34
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This beer is aged on new Missouri oak. The wood has a medium toast, which helps to caramelize the sugars in the oak and adds a nutty character to the beer as it soaks into the wood. Leave the corkscrew in the kitchen drawer and pop open a beer that will reward you with more flavors than most wines can dream of.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Aroma is very very sweet with slight oaky notes, and quite a bit of sweet nutinesss. The hops have been subdued and have turned slightly soapy. The booze is prevalent and a little to up front. The finish is quite sweet but it does finish bitter with a sweet malty nutty finish.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:24
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
2009 bottle from EricAndersNavy. Dark amber color. Butterscotch, hints of oak and candy sugar in the aroma. Malty sweet, alcoholic but also oaky flavor. Toffee, armagnac, confit fruit, butterscotch. Alcohol burn. Fine winter ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
2006 vintage thanks to Toby. Pours out amber brown color topped tan head. Nose is sweet malts some candy and a big oak barrel kick. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts big oak barrel.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Apr 2018
at 04:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sample from the bottle at Sture 21, Helsinki. Vintage 2017. Color is clear copper with very small white head. Aromas and flavors: Dry fruits, dryness, alcohol, whiskey, caramel and malts. Quite heavy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2017
at 08:25
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Huge oak in this. Bigger than the beer. If you want a glass full of barrel, this is your thing. Or maybe just order a whiskey. Pours reddish amber with ok head and lacing. Finishes with oaky bitterness. A hint of caramelized malt behind the oak. Tap at Scion.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Mar 2015
at 18:10
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Thanks to tderoeck! Bomber sampled @ RBBWG IV. Dark amber, little head. Nose is oxidized, caramel apple, lots of sugar, lightly herabL. Taste is oxidation, sugar, herbal, cooked brown apple, lots of tea, caramel. Little in the way of carbonation, melted candy sugar body. Rather nice.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Feb 2015
at 10:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ RBBWG 2015. Lightly unclear dark orange color, small white head. Smell and taste malts, a slight sweetness, some alcohol, oak, caramel, wood. Medium to full body, medium carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2015
at 03:21
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 10
Pours rather clear dark amber . Smell is sweet , forest leaves . Taste is sweet, fruity ,bit booze . Caramel in the finish . Very nice !
Tried
on 14 Feb 2015
at 21:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Schlafly Reserve Barleywine Style Ale Aged On Oak (by Saint Louis Brewery):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
14/II/15 - 75cl bottle from a trade @ RBBWG IV (Beerlover_Ben's place) - BB: n/a, 2013 vintage (2015-222) Thanks to ajax25g for the bottle!
Clear reddish brown beer, creamy huge white to beige irregular head, little stable. Aroma: lots of caramel, sugary. caramel, sweet malts, banana, bit sweet, more caramel. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: alcohol, banana, yeast, sweet fruitiness, little lemony, sourish, sugary, caramel, pretty boozy, dried fruits, some resinous hops. Aftertaste: lots of alcohol, caramel, sweet and sugary, bit boozy, hoppy touch.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
14/II/15 - 75cl bottle from a trade @ RBBWG IV (Beerlover_Ben's place) - BB: n/a, 2013 vintage (2015-222) Thanks to ajax25g for the bottle!
Clear reddish brown beer, creamy huge white to beige irregular head, little stable. Aroma: lots of caramel, sugary. caramel, sweet malts, banana, bit sweet, more caramel. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: alcohol, banana, yeast, sweet fruitiness, little lemony, sourish, sugary, caramel, pretty boozy, dried fruits, some resinous hops. Aftertaste: lots of alcohol, caramel, sweet and sugary, bit boozy, hoppy touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2015
at 13:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap. Pours clear reddish amber, small team had, minimal lacing. Aroma is heavy vanilla, oak, toffee, jack Daniels. Flavor is oaky, lots of vanilla and whiskey, orange. Fully sweet, light bitter, just a touch of astringent. Medium body, little carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Dec 2014
at 18:07