Barleywine
Green Flash Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.51
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Our American-style Barleywine undergoes a three hour boil to intesify the caramel malts and the enormous Pacific Northwest hop charge. The result is a rich, estery brew with toffee notes and citrus hop flavors layered throughout. Enjoy this brew fresh today or lay it down for aging to see how the flavors of each vintage evolve.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
CBJ Sit-In. Clear caramel. Aroma has sour edged fruit. AND THEN A MASIVe BITTER EDGE. Same fer flava. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2026
at 21:38
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to Leighton for this one. A clear reddy burnt orange coloured pour with no head. Aroma is semi sweet, candy fruit, cola cubes, red berries. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, resinous, oily, tabacco. Pine.. Alcohol.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2026
at 20:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2026
at 19:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled. Dark pour, fruits hops toffee etc. Pretty good barleywine. ...................
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:11
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
(Bottle) Dark amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Malty, hoppy nose with notes of dried apricots, orange peel, caramel, resin, pink grapefruit, toffee, dark rye bread and a touch of maple syrup. Malty, hoppy taste with dried apricots, orange peel, resin, toffee, caramel, rye bread and a generous citric, resiny bitterness in a vinous finish. More than medium body, quite sweet. Solid malt backbone and a generous hop presence. Solid and well made American style barley wine. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2021
at 21:55
8/10
Backlog
Tried
on 04 Sep 2018
at 14:16
8/10
Backlog
Tried
on 04 Sep 2018
at 14:16
8/10
Backlog
Tried
on 04 Sep 2018
at 14:16
8/10
Backlog
Tried
on 04 Sep 2018
at 14:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From Jan 2007
Poured from 22oz bottle a clear amber gold with a small head of foam that shrinks quickly but still leaves a fine layer right down to the last taste and....it has plenty of nice lacing.
The smell is a fairly strong mix of hops and malt with some sourish notes.
The taste on first sip has a huge caramel malt presense that is supported by good citrus hops and none of the sourness that I mentioned in the nose. Yum. The more sips I take, the more balanced the flavours become to my palate and it makes for some great drinkabilty despite the 10%abv which, btw, is surprisingly well hidden. I'm liking this one and I'll be sure to seek it out again when I next visit Colorado.
Bottom line: This is one solid BWSA that I have no qualms about recommending!
Poured from 22oz bottle a clear amber gold with a small head of foam that shrinks quickly but still leaves a fine layer right down to the last taste and....it has plenty of nice lacing.
The smell is a fairly strong mix of hops and malt with some sourish notes.
The taste on first sip has a huge caramel malt presense that is supported by good citrus hops and none of the sourness that I mentioned in the nose. Yum. The more sips I take, the more balanced the flavours become to my palate and it makes for some great drinkabilty despite the 10%abv which, btw, is surprisingly well hidden. I'm liking this one and I'll be sure to seek it out again when I next visit Colorado.
Bottom line: This is one solid BWSA that I have no qualms about recommending!
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2017
at 10:01