Pilot Series: Barley Wine Ale
Alaskan Brewing Company in Juneau, Alaska, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.67
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Alaskan Barley Wine has been produced in limited edition vintages each year since its introduction in 2003. A big beer for big winters, this brew has garnered a steady following in Alaska. Bottled for the first time in 2007, the balanced flavor collaboration between hops, malt and high alcohol showcases the barley wine style, winning first place at the 2007 Toronado Barley Wine Festival and bronze at the 2008 World Beer Cup.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ benzai. Dark amber to ruby colour with a very small off-white head. Smells pine, deep hops, sweet, barley wine. Tastes sweetish, loads of pine, malty, some hops, deep. Full body, soft carbo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2014
at 15:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
2009 bottle. Pours a cloudy deep brown with a slight amber hue and a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has lots of grain and bread with a bit of caramel, toffee and booze underlying. Flavor has lots of toffee and sweet grains with a bit of bread and underlying caramel and a touch of booze.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2014
at 16:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22oz bomber. Picked up 4 of them at 4.99 each..can’t beat that. Deep mahogany brown body, looks filtered. Foamy beige heads fades into a thin oily layer. Woody alcohol soaked amber malt. Rich and rugged, thick old school US Barleywine. Overbearing. Not really that drinkable, more of a slow sipper. OK.
Tried
from Can
on 18 May 2014
at 20:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes. Consumed 1/06/13.
She pours a deep dark brown color and leaves the same colored body with a slim half fingered white foamy head that tries to dies but maintains a degree of trying to cling its best of clinging to the glass. In other words, there really isn’t much lacing and the body is too dark for any carbonation to be seen rising.
The smell is mostly caramel flavored hops with a sort of bubblegum-esque sort of thing going on, I actually like how this combines (call me weird, but if I had a better trained nose, maybe I’d figure out what is really going on here), can I just say very sweet.
The taste is sweet, ok, more than sweet, ok, exceptionally sweet, but still, there’s a degree of an oily raisinous flavoring coating the mouth. The aftertaste is somewhat of a sweet oily sort of alcohol-ness but coming through in a pretty good manner.
The palate is about a medium to heavy, not sessionable - this one is a sipper (don’t gulp -you’re stupid if you do). Carbonation actually feels somewhat smooth for the most part.
Overall, wow, what a good American Barleywine that I would have again.
She pours a deep dark brown color and leaves the same colored body with a slim half fingered white foamy head that tries to dies but maintains a degree of trying to cling its best of clinging to the glass. In other words, there really isn’t much lacing and the body is too dark for any carbonation to be seen rising.
The smell is mostly caramel flavored hops with a sort of bubblegum-esque sort of thing going on, I actually like how this combines (call me weird, but if I had a better trained nose, maybe I’d figure out what is really going on here), can I just say very sweet.
The taste is sweet, ok, more than sweet, ok, exceptionally sweet, but still, there’s a degree of an oily raisinous flavoring coating the mouth. The aftertaste is somewhat of a sweet oily sort of alcohol-ness but coming through in a pretty good manner.
The palate is about a medium to heavy, not sessionable - this one is a sipper (don’t gulp -you’re stupid if you do). Carbonation actually feels somewhat smooth for the most part.
Overall, wow, what a good American Barleywine that I would have again.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jan 2014
at 22:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft - Raisins, nuts, vinous barrel notes and a bit of dark sugar. Clear dark amber with a thin light brown head. Caramel, chocolate, red grape and some brown sugar. Finishes with some slight bitterness. Very smooth and flavourful.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jan 2014
at 17:07
8/10
Great balanced BW. I've only had aged ones before as this is the first time the bombers have showed up in Casper. These really shine after
Tried
on 13 Dec 2013
at 15:52
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 6
Overall 9.5
Bottle sampled at a tasting. From notes. 2008 vintage. Boozy in a good way, with vanilla, caramel, dark fruits and a little oak. Pretty darn awesome.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2013
at 19:03
10/10
Wow, very English like with its Port flavour, massive caramel malt, some oxidation but tolerable. Decent carbonation. Yummy!
Tried
on 07 Jul 2013
at 08:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2010 vintage. Great rich malt up front with massive hops earth and resin Copper and clear with a tab head. Bitterness more pronounced than grainy thick malt. Velvety finish.
Tried
on 06 Nov 2012
at 23:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
22oz bottle shared by Mike, thanks
Appearance: Clear amber with a medium sized off-white head and good lacing
Aroma: Malty and dusty caramel
Taste: Malty, dark fruit, caramel and woody
Nice
Appearance: Clear amber with a medium sized off-white head and good lacing
Aroma: Malty and dusty caramel
Taste: Malty, dark fruit, caramel and woody
Nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2012
at 09:01