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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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Poured from 22oz bottle 2015 vintage 11th Anniversary celebration beer. Pours clear deep amber not much carbonation nice lacing. Aromas of bourbon, vanilla, cocoa powder, sweet coconut, fudge and toffee. Nice caramel toffee maple syrup crème brûlée character. Light overall bitterness, some tannins coming out in the finish. Totally enjoyable. Wonderful beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2017
at 18:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from 650mL bottle (2016 vintage - ABV 13.4% - Batch No. 006). Dark amber brown with beige head and a tiny bit of sediment. Caramel, lots of dried stone fruit, light wood and bourbon. Well balanced, smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2017
at 02:59
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
650ml bottle from Elizabeth Station shared with George at Ilya's. Pours a dark brown with a white head. Aroma is sugared fruits, figs, bourbon. Similar taste with slight booziness. Oily and bourbon aftertaste. Great stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2017
at 00:14
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
2016 version. Pours deep amber, quite clear actually, not much carbonation. Huge bourbon vanilla nose, cocoa powder, sweet coconut, creamy, lots of fugue and toffee. Nice caramel cake, glazed caramel on ice-cream, taste brings out that caramelised maple syrup, more like crème brûlée character. Light overall bitterness, some tannins coming out in the finish. Totally enjoyable.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2017
at 08:24
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at Firestone Walker Barrelworks. Pours hazy chestnut brown with off-white head. Malty, caramel, chocolate, dark fruit, dried fruit, plums, raisins, vanilla, wood. Sweet with some underlying bitterness. Warming. Full bodied. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
at
Firestone Walker Barrelworks
on 15 Aug 2017
at 05:27
9/10
Jest wow! Megabeczkowo, wanilia, marcepan, migdaly, kandyzowane figi, melasa, slodkie, likierowe, geste, megaulozone, pychotka
Tried
at
Chmielarnia Marszałkowska
on 29 Apr 2017
at 17:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Leather, tobacco and some fruit like a motocycle party in an orchid. Plum and a little vanilla, cherry. Molasses. Pours hazy brown with good head. Thick but not overly syrupy. Tangy and sweet finish. Tap at Hazel Firestone event on CBC week.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Apr 2017
at 09:18