Life Jacket
Revolution Brewing Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Rotating|
Score
7.50
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Barleywine Ale with Mango, Guava, Passionfruit and Coconut Aged in Bourbon Barrels
Hey kid! What'd you do, jump ship? Amicable waves of tropical fruit and freshly toasted coconut lap against the oaken hull of the S.S. Straight Jacket in this summery take on our beloved Barleywine. Familiar notes of malty-sweet stone fruit are flanked by ripe, juicy mango and guava while the bracing acidity of passionfruit pilots toward a focused definition in each sip. 15% ABV
Hey kid! What'd you do, jump ship? Amicable waves of tropical fruit and freshly toasted coconut lap against the oaken hull of the S.S. Straight Jacket in this summery take on our beloved Barleywine. Familiar notes of malty-sweet stone fruit are flanked by ripe, juicy mango and guava while the bracing acidity of passionfruit pilots toward a focused definition in each sip. 15% ABV
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Brown with a small off white head - Malt and dark fruity aroma with hints of wood barrel - Malt body with dark fuity flavours and some wood - Malt finish with dark fruity tones - This was good
Tried
on 08 Feb 2025
at 21:12
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 oz can. Pours a dark reddish mahogany color with very little head. Aromas of brown sugar, sweet bourbon, oak, raisins, a bit of coconut and toasted malts. Flavors follow same with additional mango/guava influence near the end. A lot going on. Great stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Nov 2024
at 23:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12oz (thx, Matt V.!) @ Sales Force. Appearance: copper with a beige head. Aroma: dark fruits, some booze, caramel, a bit of meaty notes from oak. Taste: along the same line with some weird fruity notes coming from the adjuncts, and some tartness. Boozy, moderately to highly sweet. Overall: probably it's great for what it is, lol.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2024
at 03:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
355mL can. Pours clear copper with minimal head. Aroma has a ton of bourbon barrel front, lots of wood, dried fruit. Flavour has bourbon, lots of dried berries, tart tropical fruit. Boozy warmth on the finish, maybe a bit too much. This is interesting, not the best barley wine, a bit jumbled, but still pretty cool and enjoyable enough to drink.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Sep 2024
at 03:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz. can, pours a deep dark amber mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma is strange, with plenty of guava upfront, booze that tickles the nostril hairs, weird miscellaneous tropical fruits, and a touch of bourbon -- this is very strong and suspicious on the nose. Flavour is very unusual, with lots of somewhat tart guava and passionfruit upfront, caramel, brown sugar, and a bit of bourbon. Finishes tart, tropical, sugary, and boozy. It's chaotic and unrefined, but not bad, all things considered. Weird experiment.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Sep 2024
at 03:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can. Pours reddish hazel, small beige head, decent lacing. Aroma is dark sugars, strawberry, vanilla, coconut. Flavor is fairly sweet, medium bitter. Lingering weirdness. Medium body. Keep your damn fruit out of your barleywines
Tried
from Can
on 04 Sep 2024
at 02:53
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz can pours out cola brown topped with a small tan head. Nose is nice sweet caramel malts great tropical fruit addition passion fruit mango bourbon barrel notes. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts caramel toffee bourbon barrel and that tropical fruit.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jul 2024
at 12:52
8/10
Sweet with hints of tartness, still delicious BiL base.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2024
at 15:59
7/10
0,33 lite can, from a trade, at home. Dark brown with little off white head. Malts, hops, yeast, fruity, sweetness, bourbon, barrel.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Mar 2024
at 23:15
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can thanks to Andrew. Pours a dark copper with no head. The aroma is coconut, dark fruit, guava, bourbon. Slick body, fruity malt, coconut, guava, boozy, very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Feb 2024
at 04:40