Gingerbread Bourbon Barleywine
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery in Richmond, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Winter|
Score
7.75
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
12 oz can from the 2025 GBS set dated 10/13/2025. Murky brown body with quick fading beige head. Aroma has bourbon, ginger, cinnamon. Taste includes bourbon, caramel/toffee, dried figs/dark fruit, brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon. Medium body. Pretty tasty barleywine.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
12oz bottle. Poured a dark cola color, light brown hue to it. Almost no head to speak of, with nice light alcohol legs on the side of the glass. Aroma was really nice bourbon notes, not hot at all - big bourbon, woody notes, vanilla. Gingerbread, ginger and cookie really held up well, considering the alcohol content and the barrel notes. This was so incredibly smooth. Caramel finish. Delicious.
I was really worried this was going to be trash, but this is so smooth and so delicious. Really good bourbon notes, nice woody barrel. Light Ginger and cookie. Absolutely, positively, smooth as silk.