Old Blarney Barleywine
Moylans Brewery & Restaurant in Novato, California, United States πΊπΈ
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.24
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Our Barleywine is a rich and heavy ale brewed to a high gravity. Massive body, mouthfeel and hoppiness.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Some floral hops with tastes of caramel, orange marmalade and malt, which should be a good thing. Rather thin and disappointing nevertheless.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:02
7.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2025
at 11:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A true sipper! A huge malt forward barley wine. Very light hop aroma, some resin, and floral hops. Quite a thick biscuity malt backbone. Some coffee, toffee, and sweet nuts. There is a bit of alcohol in the finish with a decent bitter fnish.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:16
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Old tasting, Feb 6 2015, at La tienda de la cerveza, Madrid (old venue on Ruda St, now defunct.) Very dark pour, honey to amber hue. Thick, moussy, long-lasting tan head. Aroma is honey, molasses, fig tree leave, candied sugar, orange peel. Powerful onset, oily mouthfeel. Strong and bitter finish that lingers for long.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Feb 2024
at 10:41
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at KΓ17. Mild vanilla aroma. Hazy dark amber colour. Almost no head. The flavour is quite nutty with a fruity hint. Quite bitter but good for the style. Peppery, even boozy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2017
at 12:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
@BeerTemple, 15cl, mooi helder koper met volle zeer licht bruine kraag. Aroma is zoet, caramel, graan, donker fruit ( vihjg/dadel). Smaken zijn glad, niet al te dik, granig, redelijk typische usa barley wine, alcoholisch, caramel, matige body, ok --- Beer merged from original tick of Old Blarney Barleywine on 18 May 2018 at 13:27 - Score: 7
Tried
on 25 Mar 2017
at 10:09
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at Beer Temple. Clear amber brown with a thick tan head. Aroma is big malty, toffee, caramel, butterscotch and light overripe dark fruits behind. Flavour is above moderate sweet and bitter. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Mar 2017
at 12:02
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
650ml bottle. Pours reddish orange with a smooth bubbly white head. Aroma of biscuity malts, berries, earthiness, toffee, syrup and caramel. Taste is caramely, sweetish and malty with some biscuity notes, toffee, syrup, berries and earthiness. Finish is sweet, caramely malty and syrupy with some biscuity notes and hints of syrup. Quite malty and caramely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2017
at 06:02
7.5/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
65 cl bottle @ RIP Laru camp.
Aroma has sweet malt, resin and fruits. Feels somewhat heavy. Flavour has woody tones, resiny malt, biscuits, grapefruity hops and some mild herbal tones. Also minerals and menthol in the finish. Rather typical American BW β perhaps a bit on the dry side after all.
Aroma has sweet malt, resin and fruits. Feels somewhat heavy. Flavour has woody tones, resiny malt, biscuits, grapefruity hops and some mild herbal tones. Also minerals and menthol in the finish. Rather typical American BW β perhaps a bit on the dry side after all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2017
at 05:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Lots of toffee, cherries, marmalade and wood in the nose. Medium body. This is a 2012 version. Hops are still very present but mouth is much drier. Smooth. Lovely stuff.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2016
at 10:33