Flash Point
Bottle Logic Brewing in Anaheim, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.67
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Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Flash Point from Bottle Logic Brewing 3 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
500mL bottle, 2024 vintage, drunk 12/16/25, as pictured.
I think I get some banana, but it would be pretty marginal blind. I'd at least guess banana amyl, if not actual whole bananas. The other adjuncts aren't overpowering either, and there's a round, rich intensity from the malt, brown sugar and barrel. Not boozey, with tons of rum-like spice, vanilla and a nutty, gooey stickiness.
Rich and sweet with big brown sugar and some adjunct-like spice. Light-to-moderate barrel character with roundness and evenness from the barrel aging, but not exactly a distinct bourbon or cognac character. Maybe some light raisin and grape and spice from the cognac. It's nicely balanced, not boozey or sharp in any way. Just a rich barleywine with big fruitiness throughout and pretty good attenuation. Reminds me of Barreled Souls stuff, as it goes down incredibly easily. Maybe my bottle was a bit more carefully-aged than Chris/Tom/TJ's?? That said, I agree, it finishes a bit sweet and the sweetness builds up fairly quickly and becomes a bit fatiguing. Especially without much barrel intensity to help balance it.
tfontana (7277) reviewed Flash Point from Bottle Logic Brewing 3 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Total Wine & More, W. Hollywood. Hazy, maple syrup brown with quickly dissipating head to ring, light viscosity, no lacing. Aroma is mix of banana/walnut, cinnamon, weirdly feeling like I'm getting some ginger?. Taste is strong caramel, mild cinnamon, not getting banana or walnut. Smooth texture, soft carbonation, finish as taste. Sadly, there is virtually no banana here, which reinforces the ephemeral nature of banana in beer--drink it when it's fresh!!!!! Not bad but disappointing relative to what it should be.
CLW (16859) reviewed Flash Point from Bottle Logic Brewing 3 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
500 ml bottle, thank you tfontana. Aroma shows soft cinnamon, toffee, prune. I can’t find bananas any place. Banana as an adjunct it just dies very quickly. Just a sweet barely wine.
poisoneddwarf (5469) reviewed Flash Point from Bottle Logic Brewing 9 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Aroma has notes of toffee, sherry, banana, molasses, wood, cinnamon, nuts. Taste is highly sweet with a bitter edge and a light acidity. A little more bitter than a typical English barleywine. The bananas are there but more of an accent. Delicious.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Flash Point from Bottle Logic Brewing 9 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
On tap at Peders, pours a dark mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma has tons of brown sugar, just a touch of the banana, and heaps of bourbon barrels. Flavour is super rich, with tons of toffee, brown sugar, big bourbon, and cognac. Rich and cohesive. This is fantastic.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Flash Point from Bottle Logic Brewing 9 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at Peders. Pours murky brown with a beige head. Caramel malts, bread, soft banana, some bourbon on the nose. Flavour has soft bready malts, caramel, bourbon barrels, and just enough banana. Excellent.
Charlotte (10579) reviewed Flash Point from Bottle Logic Brewing 9 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Dark brown muddy colour with small head.Aroma of caramel, leather dark drid fruit biscuits and wood nice warming taste malty and bready with light vinious finish.
Dedollewaitor (22132) reviewed Flash Point from Bottle Logic Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle @ HJ Tasting. Pours Amber copper with a small White head. Deep rum n raisin. Tobacco, nuts, dried dark fruit, honey and Wood. Vague overripe banana. Sippable mos def. 4.2
allinthenameofbeer (11688) ticked Flash Point from Bottle Logic Brewing 1 year ago
LCI, wanted more banana!
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Flash Point from Bottle Logic Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Slowly building yellow-cream head over deep brown beer. Raisins, prunes, alcohol, fuselalcohols, blue cheese, dates & figs, some hoppy notes. And absolutely banana. Alcohol & fusels in the taste as well, cake, toasted banana (really!) and again raisins or boerejongens . Chewy, oily-viscous, quite well-bodied; very mild carbonation, and alcoholheat. Precious - sweet but with a nice, acceptable sweetness.