Old Guardian Barley Wine (2010)
(Batch of Old Guardian Barley Wine (2004-))
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.02
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Barley wines are traditionally hefty brews, but ours is downright excessive. The huge maltiness of this beer is only tamed by an equally prodigious addition of hops, creating a rich, slightly sweet, caramel-hued ale infused with assertive bitterness and bright hop notes, all culminating in a pleasing dryness. While it will evolve into an even more glorious brew with age, this beer's delicious onslaught of flavors will seriously challenge your ability to wait any longer to drink it.
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8/10
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Tried
on 06 Sep 2018
at 09:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Botella de 65 cl de el lúpulo, tomada en agosto de 2011. Edicion 2010. color rojizo con sabores y aromas maltosos y dulces acabando con cierto amargo. Cuerpo intenso con 11.1 vol que se notan de principio a fin. Bastante buena, buenos comienzos en el estilo barley wine americano.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Aug 2014
at 15:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
2010 bottle from Brewdog AGM between 4. It’s a damn good US-style barley wine. Amazingly full of fresh hop aromas even after 3 years in the bottle. Smooth and easily drinkable. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2013
at 01:17
10/10
Tried
on 14 Jun 2012
at 22:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at Ale Wine & Spirits in Powell on 02/16/2012. The beer is a clear copper-amber color with a medium off-white head that dissipates steadily to an outer ring. Short strings of lace. Roast malt, toffee, fruit and hops in the nose. Full-bodied with flavors of caramel malt, ripe fruit and piney hops. The finish is hoppy up front with a roast malt aftertaste. Good Barley Wine all around.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Ale Wine & Spirits of Powell
on 19 Feb 2012
at 21:05
9.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9
2010 Vintage bottle shared@home: appearance is a slightly hazy copper, sweet malt (a sweetness that fills the entire mouth), caramel, lots of fruits (peaches, citrus, mango,…), there seems to be some residual hop in here but it seems to have melted in to the sweetness & mixed in with the fruitiness, brown sugar, sweet spices, cinnamon & vanille exceptionally balanced, not getting any alcohol here, nice malt-rich body, medium carbonation //// Got another bomber of this one // early 2010 Vintage, still very yummy but hops seem to be having a bit too much remaining bitterness for me tuning out the oranges, marmalade, pine goodness of before, tuned the score down from 4.9 to 4.7
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2011
at 10:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 2010. Hazy dark orange color, maybe light red. Smell hops, caramel, light alcohol. Taste hops, little alcohol, little fruits. Nice mouthfeel. High but pretty ok carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2011
at 15:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2010 Vintage. Twelve months makes for a wonderful bottle, much easier in temperament than Old Guardian fresh out of the tank. Malty, so, so malty, glorious in its heavy toffee and caramel soul, yet with a massive swath of hops on the back end, providing a piney bitterness that keeps the beer from becoming a bottled Cinnabon. The alcohol is still present; don’t get me wrong. But this beer has mellowed greatly over the past year-- keep saving one for a vertical, and open your extra up tonight.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2011
at 13:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
2010 vintage on tap at the Meddlesome Moth, Dallas. It pours a cloudy mahogany colour with ruby highlights and a thin beige head. The nose is of oak, pine, dark fruits and caramel. The taste is initially pine, resin, smokey and caramel, leading to orange peel, raisin, date, fig, plum, prune and apricot. The mouth-feel is syrupy and the finish is long and bitter. A pretty tasty barley wine, full of dark sticky fruits.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Feb 2011
at 09:19