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Alpine Beer Company in Alpine, California, United States 🇺🇸

Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production

Score

7.90

ABV: 15.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 43

An "Alpine Style" Barleywine aged 12 months in select bourbon barrels. So... DRINK ALPINE ALE or GO TO BED!

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TimE (11149) reviewed Great from Alpine Beer Company 6 years ago

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

Lots of dried apricot, bourbon wood and citrus notes. Low carbonation. Alcohol not apparent lots of vanilla. Slightly warming finish. Super well balanced. Excellwnt

Tried on 07 Dec 2019 at 13:10

8.5

Klimaet (3578) reviewed Great from Alpine Beer Company 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle thanks to Derek Gallanosa - shared at Fermentoren, Copenhagen. Pours reddish brown with a fizzy offwhite head. Aroma is pretty malty, lots of walnuts, light licorice, dark fruits, dried berries, some chocolate. Taste is dark fruits, vanilla, light licorice, caramel, walnuts, chocolate, light heat, plums, port wine, raisins. Very smooth!

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2019 at 17:19

8.2

tiong (21241) reviewed Great from Alpine Beer Company 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

From backlog. Hoppy, sweet and caramely with some vanilla, bourbon, toffee and warming alcohol. Tasty and balanced old skool barley wine/american strong ale

Tried from Can on 21 Jun 2019 at 15:11

allinthenameofbeer (11735) ticked Great from Alpine Beer Company 6 years ago

Sweet molasses, caramel, smooth whiskey and barleywine tastiness. No offending notes and quite dangerous.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2019 at 20:04

6.6

stevoj (18137) reviewed Great from Alpine Beer Company 7 years ago

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

Taster at BW share. Medium, murky amber, kind of flat. Aroma is strong and malty, kind of medicinal. Taste smooths out Abit sweet and dusty. A bit of dryness and some booze.

Tried on 01 Apr 2018 at 00:08

Travlr (30181) reviewed Great from Alpine Beer Company 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

RBWG 2018 Grand Tasting. Hazy amber color. Aroma of caramel and port wine. Taste is rich vinous scotch. Very tasty.

Tried on 28 Jan 2018 at 04:09

7.8

DSG (25968) reviewed Great from Alpine Beer Company 8 years ago

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

[1/27/17] Bottle/Can/Crowler/Growler at a bottle share at Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa. Hazy amber. Bourbon, vanilla, caramel, cookies, sweet, rich, cake. Full-bodied, chewy. Great.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2017 at 13:40

7.6

Anders37 (30391) reviewed Great from Alpine Beer Company 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty woody caramel and dark fruit aroma. Sweetish malty woody caramel and dark fruit flavor. Has a sweetish malty woody caramel and dark fruit finish with hints of bourbon.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Dec 2016 at 11:42

8.1

deyholla (22634) reviewed Great from Alpine Beer Company 10 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle shared by Jack, thanks! Pours a hazy amber brown with a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is full of sweet grains and toffee with supporting notes of caramel and boozy bourbon. Flavor is full of toffee with a decent amount of bourbon and sweet grains and caramel underlying.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Dec 2015 at 22:04

Martin Lindström (24441) ticked Great (2010) from Alpine Beer Company 10 years ago

Tried on 31 Aug 2015 at 08:21