Olde Hickory Brewery Omega Point - 20th Anniversary Barleywine

Omega Point - 20th Anniversary Barleywine

 

Olde Hickory Brewery in Hickory, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸

  Barley Wine - Barley Special Out of Production
Score
7.11
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 17
Omega Point is a bourbon barrel aged barleywine. It was blended from multiple vintages of barleywines aging in a variety of bourbon barrels. Some of the vintages have been resting in barrels as long as seven years. The result is a thick and rich treat that we are proud to share with you as our 20th anniversary celebration.
 

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

22oz bottle pours out cola brown color topped small ring of a head. Nose is nice sweet malts pit fruit notes and some barrel kick. Tatse is more of the nice sweet malts barrel kick and some vanilla.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Apr 2018 at 02:13


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle: Dark, cloudy brown with a small tan ring. Bourbon, caramel aroma. Taste is really rich....nutty, chocolate malt, bourbon....smoky wood notes. VERY Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2016 at 13:39


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

15th January 2016
That’ll be me 20K then @ ChrisO’s. Thanks to Padraig. Almost opaque dark brown beer, small pale tan head. Mild fine carbonation. Good dark chocolate malts. Mild spice. Nice dark fruits, mildly bourbon soaked. Rich, nice.

Tried on 26 Jun 2016 at 06:49


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle split at Kenny 20K, thanks to Manny Gee, 15/01/16. Dark mahogany brown with a decent beige covering. Nose is rich fruit cake, light tobacco leaves, spice, chocolate, raisenes, toffee. Taste comprises rich dark fruits, sublte bourbon barrel, raisenes, dates. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light boost. Decent enough barley wine.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Jun 2016 at 10:02


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

Bottle shared at Kenny’s 20K tasting - London. Many thanks to Paddy for this one! Pours brown-black with a creamy, tan head. The nose holds roasted malts, coffee grounds, toffee, semi-dark fruits. Moderately sweet, boozy, with grainy malts, toffee and bitter earth. Medium to full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Warming finish with notes of toasted grains, more toffee, dried and ripe fruits. Pretty OK stuff overall.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2016 at 15:10


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ madmitch76 - 20K Tasting ] - chriso & Boudicca House, London. [ As Olde Hickory Omega Point - 20th Anniversary Barleywine ].Clear dark brown color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, bourbon, oxidide, wood, soy sauce. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, soy sauce, roasted, bourbon, sweet malt, chocolate, vanilla, oxidide. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20160115]

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2016 at 03:53


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

Bottle shared at the Kenny 20K mega monster tasting. 15/01/2016. Many thanks to Padraig for this one. Medium brown coloured pour with a small tan head. Aroma is rough, solvent, cakey malts, rough, apple, farmyard. Flavour is semi sweet caramel, oak and vanilla, cakey malts, dried fruit, rough round the edges. Palate is semi sweet, moderate carbonation, sticky, solvent. A bit to hot.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2016 at 05:26


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Refrigerated brown bomber, January 21, 2015, poured into a snifter. Clear medium brown with no head. Aroma is chocolate, medium body, no carbonation, and no lacing. Taste is nice bourbon, some chocolate, and caramel malt.

Tried on 30 Jan 2016 at 18:02



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

Bottle at Kenny’s 20K, big thanks to MannyG. It pours opaque darkest brown with small head. The nose is rich, bitter - sweet, tangy, jammy berry, chocolate, slight oxidised notes (but not in a bad way), wood and vanilla. The taste is rich, bitter - sweet, oily, jammy fruits, earth, toast, chocolate, chewy malt, warming alcohol, vanilla and bourbon with a dry finish. Medium - full body and fine carbonation. Rich, yet rather quaffable. Tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jan 2016 at 14:28