Back Burner - Oak Aged
Southern Tier Brewing Company in Lakewood, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.63
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
650ml bottle. Dark brown color with light beige head. Malty aroma, caramel, dark fruits, light hoppy, wood, alcohol, vanilla. Sweet and light bitter taste. Medium to full oily body with soft carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Hailing all the way from upstate New York, Southern Tier sends this warm and welcoming Barleywine to venture me further into my escape of the night into pure beer bliss.
Thank you to Breeze In, Juneau AK for getting your first Southern Tier beer on Growler fill or at least for as long as I have lived in Juneau.
This was poured into a chalice.
The appearance was a semi - dark red to brown color with what starts off as a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. There was some light lacing that tried to stick to the sides of the glass but slides at a decent rate.
The smell had a decent caramel and toffee blend of malts. It wants to show a sweetness but comes across with a fair amount of vanilla. There’s even a light nuttiness. Ah, finally, there’s the oakiness, damn, that took a long time to come out.
The taste was pretty much exactly the same way I described the nose and in the same order.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with just a tad of sessionability about it. Sessionability? In a Barleywine, hmmmm...I’m wondering how old is this?
Overall, uh...okay, so I’m not getting any hoppiness from an American Barleywine and there’s not any of the normal \"tobacco\" aroma from an English Barleywine. Though this was just put on tap today, how old is this? I guess it’s a decent perhaps \"aged\" Barleywine depending upon when this really came out. I stand on the fence until further notice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours dark brown, sweet toffee, caramel, light fruit, dry and bitter.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottled, 0.65l, courtesy of CanCrusher. Pours hazy dark brown with thin creamy light brown head and nice lacing. Aroma of dried fruits, caramelized malt,cask wood and some alcohol notes. Taste starts with smooth and rich maltiness, following is sweet and fruity with warming mouthfeel and moderate bitter finish. Full body, creamy texture and average carnonation in palate. Superbly bold brew for cold winter days...
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours deep amber into a snifter. Off-white head with good retention recedes leaving spider lacing. Oak and vanilla aromas. Sweet caramel and toffee upfront turning to oak in the lasting resin finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
5th January 2013
Almost clear amber - brown beer. Tidy cream coloured head. Palate is semi soft with fine carbonation. Creamy malt with a little oaky vanilla but nowhere near as much as other Oak Aged Southern Tier beers. Some alcohol aniseed but no heat. Nice mellow hops - orange with a touch of mint. Finishes semi dry with jammy fruits coming to the fore. Hangs together very well. Very drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Wooden barrel strong here. Oak really gets into the taste. Pours clear brown with good lacing, a little head. Finishes wooden oaky bSlick texturw.itter. Mild carbonation. Not a super strong barley wine, nut ok. Unbalanced on oak. Tap at coles.