Old Inventory BarleyWine
Valley Brewing Company in Stockton, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.27
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottled@Blindtasting at yespr. Reddish coppery ruby colour, small beige head. Aroma is caramel malts, some herbs, wood and mild syrupy sweetness. Flavour is burnt sugar, mild roasted notes and also some slight toffeeish notes.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Blindtasting. Slightly hazy orangey brown with a small off-white head. Sweet aroma of dark overripe fruit and a wee whiff of butter. Quite full-bodied, burned caramel, again dark overripe fruits and some vanilla. Alcohol is evident in the finish. 060510
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ yesprs Pre tasting before the Copenhagen beerfestival. [ Blindtasting Bottle #16. ]Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, dark fruit, figs, plum, tobacco. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100506]
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours deep amber with thin tan head. The aroma is pure molasses mixing with cherries, figs and prunes as well as chocolate chip cookie, grainy malts and earthiness. The taste is smooth English barleywine with prunes, figs, cherries, pears and plums. Smooth sweet delicious malts rounded out by a bit of musty earthiness bring this to the finish. A dandy English BW.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle thanks to jkwalking05. Pours with a fading off-white head and a hazy brown body. Aroma of alcohol, sherry, dried fruits and raisins. Taste is caramel, alcohol, dates, and pear. Light bubbles and a sweet finish. Very solid Barley Wine.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
22oz bottle @Tampa Wkly Gathering @BT Thanks Ibrew2or3-pours a light tan head and dark copper color. Aroma is medium malt, dark fruit, earthy. Taste is earthy-leather, medium malt, dark fruit. Nice English.3.3 *100809-22oz bottle-thanks jtclockwork for sharing-fruit-cherry/plum much more dominant and 2nd spice hops. 3.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
From tap at Toronado, Barley Wine Fest 2010. Pours clear and golden deep amber to mahogani brown with a small white head. Aroma is dry caramelish and overripe fruity. Smooth fruity, dense caramelish and toffee malty. Sweet and bitter at once. Young it seems, yet nicely balanced.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bomber from the Co-Op in Davis, CA. Pours opaque brown with ruby notes, and a two finger beige head that’s pretty foamy. A bit clingy. Lots of darker fruits over roasted caramel, with some brown sugar, for aroma. Full bodied with very frothy carbonation. Flavor is treacle, plums and dates, and more treacle. It’s like dessert. No sign of heat. The finish is sweet, but not overwhelmingly so. This barleywine seems to have perfected balance. Extremely dangerously tasty.
bb (18428) reviewed Old Inventory BarleyWine from Valley Brewing Company 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft. Dark caramel brown beer with a light tan head. Caramel/toffee and light plum fruity aroma. Toffee flavor with rich malt, plum/dates, and some light darker malts coming through. Medium-plus bodied. Some bitterness. Toff and dark fruits linger. A bit too sweet.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft at GABF. Nose of berries, toffee, and a brown sugary sweetness. Clear light brown with a small beige head. Flavor is prunes and toffee. Nice BW!