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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8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Brownish-amber, yellowish foam. Excellent aroma, bourbon and sherry, vanilla, candied fruit, sweet, good. Taste: toffee, vanilla, bourbon, sweetish, candied fruits, sherry, malty, bitter and hoppy finish, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2019
at 21:04
9/10
Lci
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2019
at 11:39
9/10
Ja. 2300e checkin
Tried
on 10 Feb 2019
at 18:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
355ml bottle. 2018 vintage. Thanks c0fein! Sweet, stingy and woody with some oak, loads of bourbon, toffee, syrup and buttery notes. Heavy and slightly boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2019
at 16:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled 355ml (Beerdome, mark 25418) Ruby colour, steady beige head. Aroma is malty with toffee and raisins. Full-bodied. Very malty, raisiny, toffeeish flavour with light vanilla and oak. It has also whisky alcohol kick and some amount of hops, so bitter aftertaste. At least as fresh (less than a year) this is close to American Strong Ale type of beer. Pleasant, intensive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2019
at 18:18
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Color: Copper, beige head. Aroma: Malt, toffee, Bourbon. Taste: Over medium sweet, malty, caramel and toffee, dark dried fruit notes, pretty strong boozy and vanilla Bourbon notes, almond hints. Full body, below average carbonation. Nice, but lacking some complexity and too sticky sweet compared to some other great barrel aged Barleywines I have tasted.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2019
at 21:51
8/10
backlog: Billie's Craft Beer Fest day 1 - 3.8
Tried
on 21 Dec 2018
at 12:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
30 November 2018. Billie's Craft Beer Fest. Cheers to Anke, tderoeck & 77ships! Hazy brown with a lasting, thin, foamy, off-white head; little lacing. Aroma of pear syrup, plum, dough, oak, brioche, spicy cookie, caramel, almond, bourbon, 'woody vanilla'. Taste is medium to heavy malty sweet, quite fruity, balancing plum & pear on the one hand and dough & caramel on the other; light to medium herbal bitter, green tea-like, a bit spicy, but creamy vanilla and some wood are apparent throughout; already warming up in the mouth. Dryish, herbal hoppy finish, lingering dough & dark fruit, woody, warming bourbon alcohol. Medium to full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Not the most refined of BAs but it does the job.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2018
at 18:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled at Billie's 2018. Dark brown with no head. Aroma and flavour have plenty of malt sweetness. Very dry from the barrel some coconut too.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2018
at 20:54
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draft at Billie’s Beer Festival ‘18. Hazy brown with a tan head. Aroma of caramel, malt, toffee, oak, bourbon. Flavour is heavy sweet. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Dec 2018
at 17:23