Donkey Punch!
Sweetwater Brewing Company in Atlanta, Georgia, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.15
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The biggest farm animal to come out of the SweetWater Barn! We bucked up and threw everything, including the kitchen sink, into this "Jackass" concoction. At 10% ABV and over 90 IBU - You’ll know it when it hits you in the back of the head!
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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of kp. Comes as "Sweetwater Dank Tank #4". Slightly hazy amber golden with an off-white head. sweet citrus and caramel in the nose. Quite full-bodied with lots of caramel and roasted malts - some fruitiness also. Subdued bitterness. A delicious classic American Barley Wine. 110709
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2009
at 15:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
22 fl oz bottle as Sweetwater Dank Tank #4. Pours hazy orange with a small off white head. Aroma is sweet fruity and light caramelish. Sweet caramelish flavoured with nice fruity hops note coming through. Dry bitter yet persisting fruity sweet impression throughout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2009
at 19:52
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample on the RBSG bus labeled SW DP BW Dank Tank. Nose of floral hops, toffee, and raisins. Clear amber with a small off white head. Flavor is lightly sweet with very light contarsting bitterness, caramel, and toffee.
Tried
on 12 Jul 2009
at 23:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
Courtesy of Chris. Bottle was aged for about 3 years. Color is amber with thin white head. Flavor is dry and sweet. Aroma of caramel malt and light barley. Could hardly notice the 10% abv.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2008
at 13:41
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Rated March 2008. Big thanks to none other than the obsceneone. No better way to enjoy a tasty barleywine than by the liter swing top. Pours mildly hazy orange to copper with white head. The aroma is big with a load of pine hops mixed with sticky chewy sweet malts, mildly roasted malts and some caramel. This beers smells like a IIPA rather than a barleywine. The taste is either a IIPA or an American barleywine with a west coast hop slant. Yummy. I get a heaping helping of pine hop bitterness followed by sweet sticky malty sweetness. There is just a ton of pine hop bitterness that goes on and on and on. I don't get any dark fruity esters that I associate with the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2008
at 17:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
1 L. bottle shared by Dansting at my Holiday Mini Tasting. Pour is hazy red copper with pretty much no head, just a few soap bubbles that cling around the edge of the glass. Aroma of some caramel biscuit malt with some hoppiness. Taste is big sweet caramel malt, with a thinner body than expected. There is a bunch of citrus fruit hoppiness in the taste as well. Well put together, alcohol is well masked in the flavor. Big thanks to Dan for sharing this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2007
at 13:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Madness@the Moose YEHA. 1 liter bottle provided by goldtwins. Aroma is sticky from both the malts and hops and lots of caramel. Taste is a bit watery with what has come to be a generic hoppy barleywine nowadays.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2007
at 20:13
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Very nice peach, apple and strong malt aroma - only a hint of alcohol. Cloudy reddish amber color with nice big head. Slightly sweet peach/apple and malt flavor up front with a citrusy hops finish. Alcohol well hidden. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2007
at 16:03
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Big full head over a deep orange/amber clear body. Piney, with a full underlying malt base. Well balanced, not overly sweet or cloying. Should age nicely and be a smooth treat. Worth a re-rate down the road.
Tried
on 01 Dec 2007
at 18:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a thin orange head. The aroma is sweet hoppy combined with notes of grapefruit, while the flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of hops, alcohol, and grapefruit. The alcohol carries all the way to the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2007
at 14:47