Brewer's Reserve: Bourbon Barrel Barleywine
(has 3 batches)
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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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle shared by Irishboy. Pours very hazy, dirty dark brown with no head. Aroma is like bourbon with raisins. Flavor is toffee, bourbon, raisin. Maybe a hint of oak. It’s not heavily sweet, so there must be some hop in it. It’s very exceedingly tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2013
at 13:42
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
12 oz bottle from Bytemysis. Nose is vanilla, toffee, golden raisins, and hints of bourbon, oak, and cotton candy. Lightly hazy rust with a small beige head. Flavor is vanilla, light bourbon, toffee, and dark fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2013
at 22:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
12oz bottle thanks to demmbonz
Appearance: Clear dark amber with a medium sized beige head and lots of lacing
Aroma: Bourbon, vanilla, oak and coconut
Taste: Toasted malts, caramel, bourbon, vanilla, woody with some hot alcohols
Silky mouthfeel. Very nice and smooth
Appearance: Clear dark amber with a medium sized beige head and lots of lacing
Aroma: Bourbon, vanilla, oak and coconut
Taste: Toasted malts, caramel, bourbon, vanilla, woody with some hot alcohols
Silky mouthfeel. Very nice and smooth
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2013
at 08:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle thanks to Beau. Pours a murky ruby color with a medium beige head. A big sweet nose of berries and leather. A sweet flavor dominated by fruit especially berries, some heat, dusty despite being only 1 year old. Light vanilla and bourbon notes. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2013
at 22:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle, sent from javit (thanks Adam), pours a deep dark amber / dark mahogany with a small beige head. Nose of bourbon, wood, loads of caramel and toffee, and vanilla. Flavour follows suit, with decadent layers of complexity - with bourbon and vanilla from the barrels, caramel malt, toffee, some brown sugar and a syrupy tone. The barrels are very well-situated in their balance, without overtaking the other elements. There is noticeable alcohol in here (this feels more like 15-16% ABV), leaving quite a burn on the palate on the finish. Palate is thick and viscous, on the slightly sweeter side, but nowhere near cloying. Great stuff, but could use more concealed alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2013
at 22:50
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Central Waters Brewer's Reserve Bourbon Barrel Barleywine (by Central Waters Brewing Co.):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5
23/XII/12 - 12 Fl. Oz. bottle @ 1st Official Ledebronckx Barrel Aged Academie Grand Elite Tasting (OLBAAGET) - BB: n/a - 2009 vintage (2012-1397) Thanks to ThirstyBird for sharing the bottle!!
Clear purple red brown beer, small off-white to beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of caramel, dried fruits, raisins, alcohol, bit fruity, red wine, cocoa powder, sweet malts. MF: soft carbon, full body. Taste: prunes, caramel, sugary, boozy, puckering sourness though not too overpowering, citric acidity. Aftertaste: dry hoppy, bit dusty, alcohol, bit sugary, dried fruits.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5
23/XII/12 - 12 Fl. Oz. bottle @ 1st Official Ledebronckx Barrel Aged Academie Grand Elite Tasting (OLBAAGET) - BB: n/a - 2009 vintage (2012-1397) Thanks to ThirstyBird for sharing the bottle!!
Clear purple red brown beer, small off-white to beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of caramel, dried fruits, raisins, alcohol, bit fruity, red wine, cocoa powder, sweet malts. MF: soft carbon, full body. Taste: prunes, caramel, sugary, boozy, puckering sourness though not too overpowering, citric acidity. Aftertaste: dry hoppy, bit dusty, alcohol, bit sugary, dried fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2012
at 10:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
thanks hbmason for setting up this trade with madvike–12oz bottle-dissipating lt tan-hazy dk amber. A-med fruit, bourbon with some alcohol burn, pine. T-med fruit, bourbon with some alcohol burn, pine/herbal hops with some bite, some oxidation, anise.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2012
at 05:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty woody bourbon vanilla aroma. Sweetish malty bourbon vanilla flavor with hints of caramel. Has a sweetish malty woody bourbon and caramel finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2012
at 10:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle. Bottled in January, 2012. Cloudy toffee brown color. Brief bubbly beige head disapates quickly. Nose is bourbon and oak upfront with a hint of smoked malt. Strong alcohol aroma. Wow, this comes on fast with raisin - dried fig and oak flavor. Bitter hop flavor balanced with a smokey and burnt caramel malt character. There is a lot happening here. Complex and warming. I think this would be even better with some aging. Long sticky, bittersweet malt finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2012
at 20:30