Gravity Check - Barrel Aged
(Batch of Gravity Check)
Western Collective Beer in Garden City, Idaho, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Special Out of Production|
Score
7.38
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Panda, courtesy of SHIG, pours with a clear brown body that has copper hued edges and supports few tan bubbles. The aroma offers up inviting caramel flowing into boozy barrel character and molasses drizzled a hint of dark fruity esters. The taste delivers a smooth blend of sweet dark fruity esters, candy like kettle caramelization, boozy burn rimmed with soft sweet bourbon followed by booze infused sweet molasses. This works well with plenty of depth and interest. Nice sipper.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
20th March 2024
Panda thanks to Cloin. Clear deep amber beer, bubbly pale tan head. Airy palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Fairly thin malts for the style but not thin on flavour. Carmel and toffee malts, a little thin cream. Surprisingly fruity bourbon, pretty spicy as well. Whisper of soft char. Smooth finish. A nicely layered Barleywine, most of those layers rely on the barrelling but that's not a bad thing. Rounded and rich brew.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 14/03/24. Mahogany brown with a beige cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is stewed fruits, bourbon snifter, dark malts, molasses, toffee, figs, prunes. Taste comprises fruit cake mix, figs, dates, prunes, toffee, brown sugar melt, balanced barrel tones. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced kiss of bourbon driven booze. Solid sipper.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can thanks to stevoj for sending me this after I accidentally left it in his car: Poured a mahogany brown with a whispery off-white head. Aroma is boozy, dark fruits, plum, fig, bourbon. Taste is dark fruits, sticky toffee, vanilla, boosty, sugars, figs.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
16oz can from the brewery/taproom. Dark brown pour, slightly foggy, dense tan head and lacing. Full malty dark grains. Pitted fruit, yes. Generally smooth with some ABV hints.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16oz can at brewery. Brown body, mostly clear, bubbly head. Big malty aroma, sweet, prunes. Sweetness remains in the taste, prunes, raisins, dates. Malty AF. Heat detectable, but not in your face. Pretty smooth. Minor barrel notes.