Cali Gold

3 Sons Brewing Company in Dania Beach, Florida, United States 🇺🇸

Barley Wine - Barley Series

Score

7.96

ABV: 15.5%

IBU: -

Ticks: 18

The first bottle of the Single Barrel Select series, Cali Gold. It was emptied from a 10 year old California Brandy barrel that held a huge chewy English Barleywine for 27 MONTHS. Over the course of this time, we lost 25% of the barrel volume to evaporation leaving the beer more concentrated with waves of velvety caramel and dates, intertwined with vanilla, oak, and brandy, all balanced by booze.

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allinthenameofbeer (11579) ticked Cali Gold from 3 Sons Brewing Company 4 years ago

LCI. The first of many still experiments i hope and not even just 3 sons, should be more common! That abv needs a bump though.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Nov 2021 at 23:13

8.2

explosivedog (14050) reviewed Cali Gold from 3 Sons Brewing Company 4 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Pastrytown. Pours dark brown. Vanilla, biscuit, toffee, bourbon, raisin, fig. Oily still body. Lovely.

Tried on 14 Nov 2021 at 15:49

7.5

martin00sr (12451) reviewed Cali Gold from 3 Sons Brewing Company 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Tap @MBCC 2021, Blue Session. Clear dark brown, no head. Heavy dark malty aroma, booze. Thick, sweet flavour, malty and caramely, dried fruit, light boozy.

Tried from Draft on 30 Oct 2021 at 13:01

8.5

tiong (21414) reviewed Cali Gold from 3 Sons Brewing Company 4 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle pour @ MBCC 2021. Complex, heavy and flat with no carbonation, loads of oxidized barrel notes, sherry, oak, bourbon, dried fruits, toffee, raisins and vanilla. Quite intense and heavy, reminds me of Xyauyu's.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Oct 2021 at 19:04

CoccoBill (10277) ticked Cali Gold from 3 Sons Brewing Company 4 years ago

Conflicted. Quite thin body, smooth, sweet, a bit boozy. Caramel and a bit of raisins, dates. Very nice but mebbe tad overrated?

Tried on 23 Oct 2021 at 22:17

7.5

VastActiv (16457) reviewed Cali Gold from 3 Sons Brewing Company 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sample from the bottle at MBCC 2021, Copenhagen. Thanks Otso! Color is very dark brown with small head. Aromas and flavors: Chocolate, whiskey, vanilla, ripe fruits, malts....ok

Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2021 at 11:05

7.8

Rasmus40 (37098) reviewed Cali Gold from 3 Sons Brewing Company 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

MBCC. Hazy red brown without head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dried fruit and brandy. Flavor is very sweet. Dry finish with heavy alcohol. Oily and boozy. 221021

Tried on 22 Oct 2021 at 17:10

9.2

Nische (5609) reviewed Cali Gold from 3 Sons Brewing Company 4 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle at Kyrkan. Dark reddish brown, completely still. Heavy oxidative notes, loads of prunes, dates, oak, sherry, raisins. Quite fruity undertones. Not boozy at all. Borderline dessert wine.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2021 at 22:11