Springdale Beer Company Grain Reaper

Grain Reaper

 

Springdale Beer Company in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  Barley Wine - Barley Regular
Score
7.01
ABV: 12.7% IBU: - Ticks: 3
Reap the rewards of our patience. A barleywine-style ale brewed with locally malted rye from our friends at Valley Malt in Hadley, MA and aged seven months in ex-bourbon barrels.
 

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8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to snifter.
Appearance: dark brown in color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: dark fruits, caramel/toffee malts, barrel/woody vibes, touch of vanilla, some earthy sweetness
Flavor: mirrors the prior noted aromas sweetly in a woody to earthy and fruity sort of way; dark fruity/woody barrel finish
Texture: medium bodied, great sipper; some smoothness but also a trickle of barrel spice nipping at the tongue
Overall: pretty nicely done barrel aged barleywine, wish I could get that again. Eh, oh well, there's other greatness out there.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2026 at 14:47


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

On tap at Arts and Crafts Amsterdam Ave. Pours dark brown. Biscuit, caramel, light bitterness, toffee, dried fruit. Medium body. Solid.

Tried from Draft on 18 Nov 2021 at 05:01


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Ginger Man NYC. Pours hazy amber with a beige head. Fruit cake, caramel, alcohol. Not bad.

Tried from Draft on 24 Sep 2021 at 16:19