Batch 2000 (Double Barrel)
Cellarmaker Brewing Company in San Francisco, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Special|
Score
7.54
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Poured from a 375 ml bottle. Aroma is rich and malty with lots of toffee, dark caramel and tootsie rolls. Notes of burnt sugar, treacle and lighter notes of chocolate, roast and molasses. Lighter notes of raisin, prune and date notes. Medium alcohol and light whiskey notes with some lighter oak notes. Pours black with dark brown hues on the edges with a medium sized, fairly thick, mocha head that recedes fairly quickly to the edges where it lingers as a thin film that eventually disappears. No lacing and super long legs. Flavor is super sweet with lots of malt character. Tons of caramel, toffee, burnt sugar and tootsie rolls. Lighter notes of treacle, chocolate and roast. Some hints of molasses, toasted bread and nuts. Medium light raisin notes with lighter prune and date notes. Fairly high bitterness and moderately strong alcohol notes. Medium bourbon notes and light oak. Mouthfeel is full bodied with medium low carbonation. Low astringency and medium high alcohol warmth. Overall, a big, boozy, dark barleywine. Tons of malt character and alcohol notes that bring with it some dark, candied fruit notes. Barrel character comes through nicely. But this is just too big and boozy of a beer for me these days.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Bottle shared by Kyle, thanks! Pours a dark molasses brown with no head what so ever. Aroma has a great bourbon and molasses note with some caramel and sweet grains coming through. Flavor has a great bourbon with growing caramel, some oak and a bit of toffee supporting.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
Bottle. Pours clear mahogany, small head, small lacing. Aroma is rich, cocoa, bourbon, vanilla, werthers. Flavor is full sweet, light bitter. Hugely well integrated, smooth. Medium plus body.