Pools of Reflection
Private Press Brewing in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.99
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Blend of barleywines brewed with maple syrup and aged in bourbon barrels.
Batch #1: 2021
Batch #2: 2023
Batch #1: 2021
Batch #2: 2023
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle shared by Joen. Brown color, average sized beige head. Aroma is malts, soy sauce. Flavor is malts, soy sauce, bitter, boozy. Heavy. Alright overall.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2025
at 17:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks fonefan! (Pools of Reflection (Batch 2)). Close to black colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is chocolate, some sweet malts, mild coffee with some plummy and dried fruity tones to it. Flavour is chocolate, liquorice, coffee, vanilla, mild alcohol with some toffee, sweetness and mild fudgey tones. Almost stouty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2025
at 15:10
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample, thanks fonefan! Black, minimal head. Aroma of coffee and treacle. Sweet with full body and rounded mouthfeel. Dense, massive malt. Coffee, treacle and dates. Intensely warming mid bitter finish.
Tried
on 24 May 2025
at 13:59
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle 1pt. 0.9 fl.oz. @ home - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏠🇩🇰 🍀☁️☂️ 💻👀 [ As Private Press Pools of Reflection (Batch 2) ]. ABV: 14.3%. [20250313]. 9/4/9/4/18
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2025
at 19:57
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2025
at 19:51
8/10
Magus, vanilje, röst, linnaseline, alkone, rosinane, puuviljane, kerge iiris. Hea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2024
at 20:19
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, with Matthijs and Paul, 10th December 24. Pours a dark and murky brown. Aroma is intense, maple, caramel and toffee, alcoholic, earthy, sweet, complex, love it
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2024
at 16:39
7.8/10
Awesome beer, too quality, super easy to drink, robust clean, beautiful. Beer temple ams
Tried
on 22 Nov 2024
at 22:31
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle, 500 ml, shared with Hrvoje and MiroB. Brown with beige head. Caramel, touch of brown sugar, some maple, fried fruit, toffee, prunes, dates, medium sweetness. Smooth. Nice bourbon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2024
at 19:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at the Watford tasting . 2024-09-20. Many thanks to Wingman. A clear nutty caramel brown coloured pour with a lasting halo of loose mid tan head. Aroma is semi sweet, caramel brown sugars, sugars, rum, toffee, caramac bar. Flavour is composed of medum sweet, layered malts, jammy fruits, caramel bars, toffee, wamring alcohol. Palate is medium sweet, rounded, aquavite. Little boozy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2024
at 13:50