Bombs Over Barley - Basil Hayden's
Barreled Souls Brewing Company in Saco, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Rotating Out of Production|
Score
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Draft. Dark mahogany beer with a light tan head. Caramel and bourbon aroma. Bourbon and caramel flavor. Medium-plus bodied. Bourbon and caramel linger with light dark fruits.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
500mL bottled 12/19/2022, #71/1080, drunk 9/16/23. Clear caramel-amber. No head. Now that's what I'm talking about. Unlike the E. Craig version, this eschews the sweet, fruity, candyish character for a harder, spicier, more lead and oak-infused character that balances the raisin-prune-vanilla-toffee better instead of supplementing it like the Elijah version does. No booze, clean. Raisins, figs, vanilla, toffee. Sticky, not quite syrupy, sweet, but with excellent bourbon to balance. Good attenuation and just insane spicy bourbon and lead for days. So much sticky toffee, rich vanilla, rich caramel, rich fig. Holy crap. No booze, tastes like 8%. This is why we are in the Member's Only...hell yeah.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
500 ml bottle from the brewery. #71/1080. Direct comparison with the Elijah Craig barrel. This barrel bring out the spice and caramel sweetness from the malts. Not overly sweet but certainly more so then EC barrel. Still real good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle pour shared with membership group. It's root beer color with nice sparkle, thin off-white head, nice viscosity. Aroma is strong bourbon, caramel. Taste is strong spicy bourbon, caramel, bit of dark fruit. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, smooth, alcohol hidden well. Overall, very nice but doesn't enhance the base in the same way as the Elijah Craig does.
12mo 2 days 12/19/22 71/1080 aroma is spice, prune, earthy bourbon notes. Barrel imparts dry spicy notes and adds nice sipping quality. Nice.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Flaska från USA, 2022. Något murken mörkbrun med smutsbeige krona som försvinner snabbt. Inte särskilt vacker att titta på. Karamell, kolaremmar, rostat socker, en lite udda ton av lakritsrot som är någorlunda övergående, även viss sälta. Tydliga fattoner, trä, viss hetta. Större kropp även om den känns något urholkad, i princip ingen kolsyra. Finns något lite stökigt över den, känns lite misshandlad längs vägen.