Sucaba
(has 12 batches)
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
8.14
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Confoundingly unpronounceable yet eminently drinkable—welcome to §ucaba, an epic barrel-aged English barley wine whose original name was undone by a two‐bit legal challenge. Big, boozy bourbon and American oak aromas combine with soft chocolate malty undertones. Complex malt flavors are framed in oak with hints of dark chocolate, vanilla, tobacco, coconut and just a touch of dark cherry. §ucaba is built to last and can age for years to come (we recommend counting the years with an abacus).
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Clear deep ruby color with beige head. Aroma is raisins, wood, vanilla, oak, rather bitter. Taste is the same, very raisiny, thick vanilla. Oily mouthfeel with low carbonation. Great Barleywine!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2020
at 17:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
From a 355ml bottle on 20/12/2020 (2018 vintage, ABV listed as 12.5%, IBU, bottle baring number 007 - very Bond!). Pours a deep deep brown with a medium to big head. Has a distinctive, nose featuring Christmas cake, caramel, butterscotch, vanilla, nutmeg, along with some quite strong and persistent oak and whisky notes. Tastes of dark chocolate and dark and dried fruit, caramel, toffee and fudge, with a modest to medium barrel aged booziness at the back. The mouthfeel is syrupy, the carbonation softish. Rich, complex and highly enjoyable, but not sufficiently inspiring to justify a revisit at around $25 a bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2020
at 08:05
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, vintage 2018. Color: Dark amber to copper, very thin beige head. Aroma: Sweet, Bourbon, vanilla, toffee, dark dried fruit, hints of red fruit. Taste: Sirupy, dark dried fruit, dark cherries, sweet and sticky, malty, Bourbon, vanilla, toffee, chocolate and oak wood. Hints of coconut, nuts and citrus fruit. Some more lemon and orange zest when standing longer. Over medium sweet, moderate going to over moderate bitterness. Long lasting sticky and woody finish. Full body, below average carbonation. Quite sweet but very complex and well balanced. Nice winter warmer, slow sipping.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2020
at 20:17
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2018 vintage bottle @ Dennis and Patries. Clear dark amber with a small off-white head. Caramel and bourbon aroma with some vanilla. Sweet taste with a complex medium bitter boozy finish. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2020
at 23:52
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle shared at Blacked Out Friday. Thanks John! Pours a dark chestnut brown with almost no head. Almost 10 years old at this point. Toffee, fig and prune aromas on the nose with some nice oxidation going on. More dark fruit and fig with some stewed pear flavors. Very fun to try.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2020
at 21:31