Brewer's Reserve: Bourbon Barrel Barleywine
Central Waters Brewing Co. in Amherst, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Series|
Score
7.69
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An American Barleywine Ale aged in used oak bourbon barrels, this beer develops rich flavors of dark fruits and wood that deepen over time.
**2008 Great American Beer Festival Gold Medal Winner**
**2008 Great American Beer Festival Gold Medal Winner**
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8.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Best of Beers. Hazy very dark red brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dried fruit, raisin and lots of bourbon. Flavor is very sweet and rather bitter. Sweet and rather bitter finish with lots of warming alcohol. Oily and soft. 080725
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2025
at 19:19
8.6/10
Tried
from Can
on 15 May 2025
at 21:20
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is pretty firm bourbon with malt, vanilla, oak, dried fruits, caramel toffee, alcohol, marzipan, touch of walnuts and nougat. Flavour is heavily sweet and fairly bitter for the style. Body is full. Quite heavy and boozy, sweet, overall not too crazy about this one, but it is nicely sippable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2025
at 11:59
7.8/10
Again world class beer. Just hits the notes of everything the stylr should be, and keeps it exactly balanced. Beertemple can ams
Tried
from Can
on 18 Oct 2024
at 21:06
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at Peders, Copenhagen 23/06/2024 Medium sweet malty with layers of caramel and toffee, fudge, slightly charred brown sugar sprinkle, heaps of dark dried fruit shred, full bodied, spices and bourbon coalesce into the warming slightly bitter and drying lingering malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2024
at 18:25
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
s: bourbon - alcohol - tobacco a: murky brown head - thin fast-dying head t: nutty - toffee - scotch p: caramelised sugars - pitted fruits - woodsy o: very complex - malt-forward - could still be aged MUCH longer...even after 5 years! 12 ounce bottle - Beer Table Pantry: New York (Grand Central Terminal), New York - 30-November-2018 - US$7,99 - 2018 Vintage - sampled: 06-January-2024
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2024
at 18:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried
on 25 Jun 2022
at 16:12
7/10
Aroma is nice, sweet, Bourbon, caramel, taste is a bit sharp and alcoholic, caramel, raisins, oak, toffee, common US BW bitterness, grain, heavy, tasty… but heavy..
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jun 2022
at 19:08
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Flaska från Central Waters, 2021, 14,3%. Något murken mörk mahogny/rubinröd med beige krona. Amerikansk barleywine storlek större. Bra med riv i, smaker av kola, knäck, läder, granskott, apelsinzest. Rejäl kropp, stor hetta, mycket fat. Riktigt kraftpaket.
Tried
on 13 Nov 2021
at 10:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16oz can at share. Amber pour, cloudy, thin beige head. Malty aroma, as expected, caramel, toffee and plenty of bourbon barrel. Rich malty taste, woody, tobacco and more bourbon and its prerequisite heat. Smooth and strong.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jun 2021
at 03:33