Matchless Brewing Ol' Lifewine

Ol' Lifewine

 

Matchless Brewing in Tumwater, Washington, United States 🇺🇸

  Barley Wine - Barley Regular
Score
7.24
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7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

16oz can pours out amber topped with a small tan head. Nose is nice sweet caramel malts some pitfruit bourbon barrel vanilla notes. Taste is more of the nice sweet caramel malts toffee pitfruit vanilla fruitcake leather and bourbon barrel.

Tried from Can on 13 Jul 2024 at 11:20


6.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Murky, amberish, sticky and rich, figgy and some bourbon, especially the vanilla accent. Vanilla figgy pudding. Maybe orange rind on that. Looks like shit but tastes good.

Tried on 27 Jan 2024 at 03:08


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

Poured from 473mL can (2022 vintage; 15% abv listed). Clear mahogany brown with no head. Caramel and toffee malt, a bit thin, not much else going on here. Okay.

Tried from Can on 03 Aug 2023 at 06:00


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

Taster at Bridge & Tunnel. Dark brown pour with a spotty beige head. Aroma is malty, toffee, raisins and whiskey barrel. Taste is sweet and malty and plenty warm. Pit fruit, leather and lots of bourbon.

Tried on 09 May 2023 at 06:58


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

On tap at Chuck's Greenwood, pours a cloudy amber brown with a tiny head. Aroma brings out dark dried fruits, caramel and bready malt. Flavour has a nice rich maltiness, with lots of brown sugar, bready malt, caramel, and dark dried fruits. A bit messy but has some nice sugars to complement the malt. Good.

Tried from Draft on 24 Feb 2023 at 13:02


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can from Tavour. Pours dark mahogany with a creamy beige head. Aroma of non-bourbon whiskey and dark caramel. Full bodied. It's quite sweet. Like rye whiskey and dark caramel/toffee. Bitter from something, perhaps it's heat subbing for bitter. Really good flavor.

Tried from Can on 11 Dec 2022 at 01:46


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Burk från 2021, 13.4%, whiskey BA. Mörkbrun lite grumlig med smutsbeige krona. Mörk torkad frukt, kolaremmar, lite tjärpastill, lakrisal, massor av whiskey, fat, en aning kakao. Stor men alldeles lagom sötma, stor kropp med bra fatkaraktär. Oerhört balanserad. Mycket bra!

Tried on 07 Aug 2022 at 09:16


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

1 pint can. 2021 vintage. Can says 13.4%. Pours a dark brown with short fizzy head that settles quickly. Aromas of toffee, nougat, raisins, rye whiskey, and bready malts. Flavors follow same with emphasis on oaky whiskey and golden. Definite sour note also pops up though covered by sweet toffee and alcohol by the end

Tried from Can on 12 Apr 2022 at 23:15


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

500 ml bottle from ABV. Gushes out, be very careful, open over the sink. A dark murky brown red hue with a tiny head. A big malty bourbon nose. Rich, toffee, some English BW elements here, sweet big bourbon. Rich cake, light strawberries. Good. Big.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jan 2020 at 08:28