No Way Out

Brouwerij Frontaal in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 🇳🇱

Collab with: Põhjala
Barley Wine - Barley Special Out of Production

Score

7.03

ABV: 10.0%

IBU: 36

Ticks: 9

Põhjala is one of those breweries where we asked ourselves, “Why haven’t we done a collaboration with these guys in all these years?” After a first meeting in 2023 at their festival,

the idea for a solid barleywine was born. A completely different way of how we wanted to brew this beer was chosen. Due to the immense amounts of malt, we had to double mash and after
the first yeast starter there was no way out.

By using Munich malt as the base along with Carared, Cara160 and Dark Crystal,
this Barleywine has a layered sweetness throughout the entire beer. Due to the high sugar content the beer ended up with a thick mouthfeel but still drinkable, just the way we like our Barleywines.

To bring it all together, we added a touch of salt and caramel to take “No Way Out” to the next level.

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7.5

Theydon_Bois (46756) reviewed No Way Out from Brouwerij Frontaal 5 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at It Ain't Much If It Ain't Dutch, 31/10/2025.
Light shade of black topped with a tan cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is dark fruit rinds, spice, herb, toffee.
Taste comprises fruit cake, booze tunes, dates, prunes, caramel.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light boost.
Okay sipper if no Wow.

Tried on 31 Oct 2025 at 19:18

7.4

Gerbeer (8336) reviewed No Way Out from Brouwerij Frontaal 7 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330 ml can. Pours a very dark reddish brown with moderate head and lots of floaters. Aromas of dry caramel, minerals, raisins, and toasted malts with slight salty vegetal notes. Flavors of dry caramel, lots of sea salt, dark fruit and toasted malts. Dry.

Tried from Can from Melger’s Wijn en Dranken on 14 Sep 2025 at 23:46

7.5

madmitch76 (40782) reviewed No Way Out from Brouwerij Frontaal 9 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

14th July 2025
Can. Just a light haze on this deep amber - brown beer, nice tidy pale tan head. Smooth palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation on the back end. Smooth malts, a decent creamy sweetness. Abundant salted caramel. A little fruity caramel before a light and semi dry finish. A decent pastry barleywine. It's not about a mature layered barleywine with salted caramel though. It's a strong salted caramel beer that best fits in the barleywine category and, that's its main flaw for me.

Tried from Can on 14 Jul 2025 at 23:27

gave a cheers!

7.5

SVD (7213) reviewed No Way Out from Brouwerij Frontaal 1 year ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Black beer, small head. Aroma is malt, roast, caramel, sweet. Taste is the same, sweet, malt, caramel, bitter, roast, coffee, chocolate. Very nice

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jan 2025 at 19:03

6.9

tricksta_p (13806) reviewed No Way Out from Brouwerij Frontaal 1 year ago

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

Can from BiervanEijk, Steenwijk. Aroma is sweet caramel malt with toffee, dried fruits, some booze, sugars. Sweet flavour with a light bitterness. Medium to full body. Firm caramel toffee aroma, basic but pleasant.

Tried from Can on 24 Jan 2025 at 13:30