Green Flash Brewing Company Barleywine

Barleywine

 

Green Flash Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production
Score
7.51
ABV: 10.9% IBU: 85 Ticks: 135
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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7.8
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
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




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Tried on 04 Sep 2018 at 14:16



7.4
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!

Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2017 at 10:01


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Vintage 2010, blue label. The beer starts intense sticky. Round and deep, refreshing with a nice and deep roasted body. Lots of sticky grain in the aftertaste, Sweetish with bitter hops. Deep, rich and sticky sweetish. Nice.

Tried on 16 Oct 2017 at 15:38


8.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Draft at City Tap House. Dark amber, tight silky head. Boozy, malty aroma, mildly sweet. Taste leads with the booze, some nice caramelly malts, molasses and toffee. Warmth and plenty of it.

Tried from Draft on 15 Feb 2017 at 15:27


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home. Pours deep amber, nose is caramel, toffee, biscuit, taste is sweet, toffee, caramel, dry, boozy.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Oct 2016 at 14:48