Monolith
Bissell Brothers Brewing in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Rotating|
Score
7.82
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Barleywine aged 15 months in Bourbon barrels. Aged in barrels from Taconic Distillery.
Born from the Sigil series, Monolith is a recurring barleywine from our barrel Magister, JC Klecko. Batch one was aged exclusively in a mix of bourbon barrels for an average of 15 months. BOW to the MONOLITH
Born from the Sigil series, Monolith is a recurring barleywine from our barrel Magister, JC Klecko. Batch one was aged exclusively in a mix of bourbon barrels for an average of 15 months. BOW to the MONOLITH
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from John, much obliged, 7/27/23. Rating #10900! Pours a murky, almost muddy looking, brown color with a thin, light brown head. Sweet caramel / toffee, whiskey, dark fruit, and wood. Tons of flavor. Quite good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2023
at 21:00
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
5oz pour at the brewery is a murky root beer brown with long legs but no head. Nose has caramel and toffee, root beer barrels, plenty of booze and whiskey, it's high end though - despite these barrels being of dubious origin, malt, maple. Flavor is big on maple and booze and caramel, earthy and malty. It's very well balanced and quite smooth despite the ABV. Long finish that's maybe just a bit hot? I'm impressed. Hardywood tries this kind of stuff and its an herbal mess.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2023
at 18:17