Life Is Round
Private Press Brewing in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
8.14
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Life Is Round is a deep crimson colored Barleywine blended from Old Fitzgerald, Blantons, and Weller barrels. A duo of Barleywines coalesce into aromas of dark cherry, dried plum, vanilla, and marshmallow. The blend reveals flavors of marzipan, English toffee, brown sugar taffy, and homemade caramel. Bright notes of dark raisin and a hint of baking spice bear a nod to the distinguished Barleywine culture from abroad.
Batch #1: 2020
Batch #2: 2021
Batch #3: 2023
Batch #4: 2023
Batch #5: 2025
Batch #1: 2020
Batch #2: 2021
Batch #3: 2023
Batch #4: 2023
Batch #5: 2025
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8/10
Sweet, soft, fairly thin. Baked fruit, toffee, brown sugar. Smooth and a bit port-winey. Sekametelisoppa, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2022
at 21:17
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle big thanks to BillyT. It pours darkest brown to black with a small tan cap. The aroma is sweet, massive vanilla fudge, bourbon, toasted coconut, chocolate cake, toffee, intoxicating, toffee crisp and gooey gateaux. The taste is slick, chewy, bitter - sweet, toothy, fudgey, roasted malt, spicy, bourbon soaked oak, toffee crisp, vanilla fudge, touch of coconut, milk chocolate, gateaux, warming boozey vibes, vanilla coffee and tannins with a slick, vanilla chocolate finish. Fulsome body, fine carbonation and slick mouth feel. Rich and decadent. Moreish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2022
at 11:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle sample at a tasting at Max's place. Thanks Ariel. Dark brown. Bourbon, vanilla, malt, caramel, nuts, choocolate, sweet, some alcohol, rounded.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2022
at 13:32
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from a 500 ml bottle. Aroma is malt forward with lots of dark caramel and toffee. Lighter notes of toasted bread and light caramel with hints of chocolate, burnt sugar and faint roast notes. Light bourbon and alcohol notes with hints of oak. Light raisin notes and hints of cherry. Pours a very dark brown with a medium sized, medium thick, dark tan head that recedes steadily to a small film that lingers in clumps on the edges before disappearing. Faint lacing and long legs. Flavor is fairly sweet with loads of dark caramel, toffee and toasted bread and biscuits. Lighter notes of light caramel, chocolate and roast. Moderate bitterness and medium alcohol notes. Light oak and bourbon notes. Light raisin and hints of cherries. Mouthfeel is medium full bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and medium alcohol warmth. Overall, a big, boozy bourbon barrel aged barleywine. Tons of malt and barrel character with lots of alcohol. This is definitely a slow sipper. More barrel character comes out as it warms and the malt profile opens up a bit as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2022
at 07:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Refrigerated 0.5 L brown bottle poured into a glass. Medium brown with small beige head. Aroma is caramel, medium body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is rich molasses.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2022
at 18:17
9/10
Das a lot of nutty toffee rye flavor, always crazy depth to these private press. Straight dram flavor on the finish in a great way, like sipping a barleywhiskey.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2021
at 19:38
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle, Batch #2. Pours opaque chestnut, small beige head, good lacing. Aroma is rich, dark sugars, vanilla, bourbon, toffee, cocoa. Flavor is sweet but not cloying, light plus bitter. Medium body, low carbonation, silky.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2021
at 02:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle at share. Dark brown body, bubbly head. Rich aroma of caramel and toffe, brown sugar and some boozy bourbon notes. Taste is sweet adding notes of vanilla to the burnt sugar flavors, through in some raisins and you have it. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2021
at 03:25
9/10
Caramelly, dry, bit thin
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2021
at 19:31
8/10
Smooth and balanced
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2021
at 17:45