Buckhorn Barley Wine
Sockeye Brewing in Boise, Idaho, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
6.82
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at the brewpub. Hazy redish brown with a thin light tan head that quickly receded to a thin line around he rim of the sniffter. Sweet woody malt aroma. Woody an earthy flavors with a alictly sour pitted fruit slant. Missing the full heavy high FG of my faces of the style. An unfiltered feel. Softly carbonated and a little ABV burn, but does not betray the 11+% it reportedly touts.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Buckhorn Barley Wine from Sockeye Brewing 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at the Sockeye brewpub and the Front Door pouring up clear ruby red hued mahogany with tan head. The aroma is full pushing up caramel and rich hazel nut out of the glass as well as slightly lesser notes of some butterscotch and a bit of deep dark fruitiness. The taste is rich with sweet syrupy hazel nut like nuttiness mixing with caramel and a touch of butterscotch. I also get a thin layer of pine hop bitterness coming to the surface every now and then. After a few ounces are consumed it seems to get a little rough with booziness and then getting rounded out by a mild level of drying malt roastiness. I would love to try this with more age where it may reach its full potential. Nice Brew!
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Buckhorn Barley Wine from Sockeye Brewing 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at Sockeye Brew Pub Boise, Pours out a brownish amber topped with a small ring head. Aroma is sweet right off the nose. Caramel, citrus hops, and pitfruit. Taste is much as the aroma but the hops are full on bitter grapefruit. A little black licorice on the end. A little more time.
jake65 (5821) reviewed Buckhorn Barley Wine from Sockeye Brewing 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft @ TFD Boise. Pours a brownish amber color with a thin beige head. Nose is lightly floral, dark fruits, and toffee. Tastes of the florals and dark fruits up front, but becomes dry and wheaty in the tail. Has sort of this odd sweet v. savory thing going on in the end. A little hot and maybe too young. As is sits, it’s not one of Sockeye’s better brews (imho). I think oak would be neat for this one.