Killer Penguin Barleywine
Boulder Beer Company in Boulder, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
6.81
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Traditional winter seasonals are warm and comforting - not this Penguin. Diving in at around 10 percent alcohol by volume, Killer Penguin uses over twice the malt as other winter beers, and is aged for over 6 months to perfect the condition and flavor of this barleywine style ale. This beer doesn't ferment, it hibernates, and wakes up with an attitude.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
A big, light tan head with solid lacing on a dense, unfiltered orange/brown body. Taste profile starts with a nice boozy warmth with rich toffee, roasted malt and dark berries. Candied fruit and fresh hops boost and add to the flavour. The body is dense and rich. A slight syrupiness is well balanced by solid effervescence. A hint of sourness? My kind of barley wine.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:06
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
2015 Bomber shared with Johnny. Hazy reddish color, full sized quite long lasting white to off-white head. Aroma and flavor are malts, caramel, hops, sticky a bit piney caramel. Nice caramel sticky hop bitter finish. Carbonation is low, body is full. Damn nice!
Tried
on 14 Aug 2025
at 19:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
2013 bottle. Clear reddish brown pour foany head. Not much aroma. Slight musty. Yeasty syrup. Biting finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:10
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bomber from Total Wine and More in Chantilly, VA Aroma: caramel, nuts, vanilla, dark fruit Appearance: clear amber with an off-white head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, Palate: medium body, creamy, soft carbonation, long finish, Tasty
Tried
on 02 May 2018
at 01:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
$4.25 bottle, Beer Run. Pours brown, maybe slightly hazy, with a small beige head. Aroma is plum and other dark dried fruit, booze. Flavor is plum, chocolate, caramel, alcohol, burnt malt. Fine, but not the best example of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2018
at 23:01
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Refrigerated brown bomber poured into a glass. Clear light Amber with small white head. Aroma with booze, medium body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is booze and caramel. The worst of the evening.
Tried
on 27 Jan 2018
at 22:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
22oz bottle pours out a orangish amber topped with a sand head. Nose is big caramel malt sweetness some citrus and pit fruit. Taste is more of the nice rich caramel malts well balanced sweetness and a light hop.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2016
at 20:28
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle at the nuplastikk returns tasting in VA. Clear golden orange with off-white head, some sediment floaters. Aromas of caramel, aged hops, floral notes, malt. Tastes of floral notes, malt, biscuit, syrup. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2016
at 19:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Lots of caramelized malt and some citrus. Amber pour with good head and lacing. Sweet and tangy finish. Bottle shared at tasting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2016
at 18:31
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Very slightly hazy deep amber color. Aroma of candied caramel, light pine. Taste is bittersweet pine. More hoppy than your usual barleywine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2016
at 18:22