Barren Wood
Skookum Brewery in Arlington, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.87
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bhensonb (22605) reviewed Barren Wood from Skookum Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Can from Tavour. Pours clear dark brown with a transient tan head. Aroma of bourbon and toffee. Approaching full bodied. Flavor is toffee, bourbon/vanilla and some astringent oak notes. Not dry. Not sticky. Sort of bitter - like perhaps the heat substituting for bitterness. It is smooth and extremely tasty.
Jow (8309) reviewed Barren Wood from Skookum Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Big thanks to andrewje41 for this one just in time for barleywine month. Murky brown pour. Nose is big vanilla and whiskey. Tastes of vanilla, toffee, whiskey, wood, fig, dates. Thick mouthfeel. Some booze.
poisoneddwarf (5469) reviewed Barren Wood from Skookum Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5
12 oz. Aroma has notes of toffee, raisin, sherry, wood, bourbon, vanilla. Pours hazy brown with an immediately collapsing beige head. Taste is moderately to highly bittersweet with flavors like the aroma descriptors. Softly carbonated lightly syrupy texture. World class.
djd07 (28882) reviewed Barren Wood from Skookum Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
2018 bottle thanks to Ian. Pours a cloudy copper with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is wood, bourbon, caramel, licorice. Slick body, caramel, licorice, wood, boozy finish, very good.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Barren Wood from Skookum Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. Pours as murky deep brown with a slight amber hue and a a thin light brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has rich dark fruits, rye and bread with notes of vanilla, bourbon and caramel supporting. Flavor is more sweet with caramel, toffee and vanilla supported by bread, bourbon and sweet grains.
theplanck (7492) reviewed Barren Wood from Skookum Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Top notch barleywine. Super strong, clean, boozy, heavy malt forward. Plum and figs thatbare awesome. River North Denver
Scopey (25115) reviewed Barren Wood from Skookum Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle thanks to Ben. It pours clear deep ruby with a decent white head. The aroma is sweet, sticky, bourbon, vanilla, toffee, crunchie, oak, boozy, fruit cake, sultana, raisin and sticky toffee pudding. The taste is slick, sticky, brown sugar, boozy warmth, sultana, raisin, green coconut, heat, crunchie, toothy, banana bread, bourbon, spice and malt loaf with a drying, woody finish. Full body, fine carbonation and oily mouth feel. Sweet and filthy. A good sipper.
Marko (22181) reviewed Barren Wood from Skookum Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle, huge thanks Andrew! Bourbon barrel aroma, raisins, vanilla, dusty. Some alcohol. Toffee. Taste... Sweetish raisiny Bourbon barrel and solid sweetish malt. Slightly too high alcohol, warming. Genuinely nice in more ways than one, but still sliiightly rough.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Barren Wood from Skookum Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
2018-04-24, tasting at Oakes' Manor, bottle tagged GD 10/30/17, 7-4-8-4-16=39
Brown colour. Not as sweet or full bodied as a Barley Wine, but it has good malt depth, nutty caramel, some bourbon and vanilla, the alcohol is quite evident.
Very good.
2017-12-30, bottle tagged GD 10/30/17, 8-4-8-4-17=41
Dark brown color. The bourbon dominates the aroma but it's not too strong; malt. Good body strength, medium sweet, with flavor of malt and toffee, hints of chocolate; the bourbon flavor is very strong, the alcohol too.
A bit boody, but overall balanced and excellent.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Barren Wood from Skookum Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle - Toffeee and caramel with a pleasant bourbon notes. Deep brown with a small white head. Bourbon barrel, toffee and some light toast. Soft and silky, quite nice.