Barleywine Ale
The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery in Farmville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
7.11
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Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Found in the “mixed-six cooler at Wegman’s. Don’t see much Duck-Rabbit in the Chicago area, it just comes around when people trade beers. And I don’t want to take a chance on losing it in my plane luggage, so we’ll be trying this fresh. (Best by Jan ‘23). Deep brown pour that still lets some light on through. Foamy brown head. Smell is mild brown malts without much alcohol to drive it to the nose. Wish I could say how it compares to a Bigfoot, but it’s been too long since I’ve had one. Yes, there’s distinct hoppy notes, with more hop expressions than just Amarillo could offer. Balances the roast malt to make it deceptively easy drinking. Starts to come across with some caramel on the tongue, but not overly sweet. Hop load becomes stronger the further down I go. Yet this is quite easy to drink and enjoy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3
Surprised Duck-Rabbit made such a weak barleywine; seems like it would be a natural fit. Very fruity, with pronounced red apple notes amid caramel, toffee, cardboard, wet malt, and an outsized medicinal bitterness on the back end. Just seems...askew.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
12oz bottle, recent release. I bought this expecting a lot but I got was a poorly made barleywine with many of the trappings for the style. Lots of high alcohol astringency with cherry. Its just what I hate in a barleywine. A few sips and dumped it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
I was expecting a lot more out of this one. Aroma is fruit caramel and Sullivan’s. Flavor’s like nose, bittersweet, with a lingering bitter, boozy finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from 2006-2010. 12 oz. bottle, pours a hazy dark amber with a small beige head. Aroma is oxidized, with bready malt, toasted caramel and light sweetness. Flavour has quite a lot of alcohol, with caramel and dark fruits. Fairly oxidized, but not too intrusively so. Decent for such an old beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Caramelized malt and mash. Brown pour with decent head. Sweet and boozy finish. Good for style. Bottle.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pour is a hazy copper with a average white head. Aroma Is a nice sugar plum with a bit of toffee and alcohol. Flavor is a big toffee and a full on assault of earthy malt. The mouth feel is a bit thick but has plenty of chewy molasses and toffee malt with a lot of dark fruit but also has a bit of hop bitterness. One of those beers where you can still taste it long after the swallow. The alcohol is no problem with this beer but it does give you a pleasant warming in the chest after each swallow.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Aroma: caramel, citrus, pine Appearance: clear amber with a thin off-white head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, Palate: medium body, sticky, soft carbonation, long finish, Delicious