Barren Wood
Skookum Brewery in Arlington, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.87
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7.9/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 28 May 2023
at 03:09
7.5/10
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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.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2023
at 05:46
8.4/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2022
at 01:21
7.1/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2021
at 22:14
7.9/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2021
at 23:26
7.8/10
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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
Tried
on 02 Mar 2020
at 02:14
7.4/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2019
at 15:43
8.3/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2018
at 22:22
8.1/10
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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.
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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2018
at 17:04
7.4/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2018
at 05:52