A Deal with the Devil
Anchorage Brewing Company in Anchorage, Alaska, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Special|
Score
8.03
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
750 mL bottled December 2014, batch 2, SP Stout Week line share, 2/18/24. Clear, bright marigold-hobey-amber. Little/no head. Big honey, light bland cardboard (oxidation) with peppery phenols and fruity cognac in the somewhat mellow nose. Surprisingly little/no oxidation in the flavor, and instead it's a classic English Barleywine character full of rich toffee, vanilla, fruit, raisin and dry phenol in the finish. Cognac slowly makes itself known but certainly helps add dryness and complexity. This has held up insanely well in the flavor and texture. It still has a pleasing chewiness and rich malt depth to it. No booziness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2026
at 16:20
7.6/10
Top notch world class. Thick and big. Done right, I only got a sip or two at Mikkeller.
Tried
on 19 May 2024
at 19:51
9.4/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2024
at 19:23
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
750 mL bottled December 2014, batch 2, SP Stout Week line share, 2/18/24. Clear, bright marigold-hobey-amber. Little/no head. Big honey, light bland cardboard (oxidation) with peppery phenols and fruity cognac in the somewhat mellow nose. Surprisingly little/no oxidation in the flavor, and instead it's a classic English Barleywine character full of rich toffee, vanilla, fruit, raisin and dry phenol in the finish. Cognac slowly makes itself known but certainly helps add dryness and complexity. This has held up insanely well in the flavor and texture. It still has a pleasing chewiness and rich malt depth to it. No booziness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2024
at 20:52
9/10
Dayumn this is smooth, and crazily delicious after 9 years even. Dangerously drinkable. Soft malts, raisins, caramel, oak, cognac. Dried fruits covered by a layer of delicious woody brandy. A pleasure to finally have.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2023
at 22:00
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Flaska från 2014, b2. Rost/kastanjebrun i färgen, relativt klar. Oerhört fruktig, något oxiderat, gammal körsbärsklubba, tuggummi, sötma åt sherry-hållet eller körsbärslikör. Svårt att komma ifrån godis/artificiell körsbärs-smak. Har väl passerat sin peak och är lite väl rakt på med oerhört fruktig sötma, men kul att testa.
Tried
on 19 May 2023
at 08:21
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2022
at 22:13
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Bottle at last THT at Kwartje. Deep mahogany. Sweet sugary notes, cognac barrel, cane sugar, vanilla, lots of toffee and caramel. Very sweet, medium bitter. Full bodied. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2022
at 19:59
8/10
Raisins, sweet, rich, chocolate, malty, caramel, sticky sweet, toffee, cognac..thanks Robert
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2021
at 14:37
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
(375ml 2017 bottle shared @ Nische's tasting, thanks Otso!) Pours clear deep mahogany with a tiny tan head. Rich notes of dark rye bread, toffee, molasses, deep wood and heavy grape and cognac accents, dates, touch oxidized but I think it’s the barrel. Quite sweet up front, very high flavour concentration but not cloyingly sugary either. Massive into the finish, with a long cognac aftertaste, some toasty nutty roast and spent coffee in there but still above lightly sweet. Full viscous body with very soft carbonation and no real alcohol. Big indulgent beer, the barrel is very sympathetic to the base here and integrates well; only after having variants does one fully appreciate how much it's doing. Super sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2019
at 18:44