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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8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
While doing a Goose Island sampling, I accepted samples from other samplers at the store. There you go. This has a big, green hop nose from its amber body; with low foam. There’s a big green hop taste, too. Hoppiness can help hide the alcohol, and I did not get too much of a jolt from my little sample.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Mar 2013
at 12:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
660ml bottle. Pours dark caramel brown with a large head. Aroma is toffee, caramel and molasses. Taste has toffee to start. Piney hoppy caramel finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2013
at 14:15
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
roasty, earthy, Darker goldenhazy, minimal head, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, full body, creamy,
Tried
on 23 Feb 2013
at 09:16
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
On draft at the Mad Fox Barley Wine Festival, Falls Church VA. Pours a murky amber with an off white head. Somewhat boozy nose with caramel notes. Some grassy hop flavors with caramel and raising notes. Alcohol tinged aftertaste.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Feb 2013
at 09:00
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle @ Brewdog, Edinburgh. Pours amber with a decent head. The nose is rich in toffee and oranges. The taste is more oranges, perhaps chocolate orange but probably closer to honeycomb. The palate has a really big structure with a big tangy texture, but somehow it manages to finish quite elegantly. Overall, a lovely beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2013
at 08:57
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Smells great. Tons of hops, roasted barley and citrus, caramel and other fruitiness. Pours with good head and good lacing. Dark mahogany. Taste is bitter for a good bout of aftertaste. Palate is thick, with a good dose of alcohol and a syrupy feel. Wonderful beer.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2012
at 19:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Home. Pours hazy brown with a small offwhite head. Aroma of sweet malts, caramel, oak, dried dark fruit, hops. Flavor is malts, oak, caramel, grapefruit, plum, light spicy, booze. Full body, soft carbonation, slight warming alcohol in the finish. 040912
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2012
at 13:50
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Green Flash Barleywine (by Green Flash Brewing Company):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
13/VIII/2012 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ Klaas' place - BB: n/a (2012-927) Thanks to Klaas for sharing the bottle!
Clear ruby red beer, big solid creamy orange to pink head, pretty stable, very adhesive, nice lacing. Aroma: pretty sweet, caramel, some banana, spices, fruity, some pineapple, bit dry. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body, soft texture. Taste: pretty sweet malty start, caramel, sweet alcohol, very fruity. Aftertaste: caramel, bitter hops, some pineapple, passion fruit, bit chocolaty, piny bitter hops, little sweet, malty. Very nice beer!
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
13/VIII/2012 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ Klaas' place - BB: n/a (2012-927) Thanks to Klaas for sharing the bottle!
Clear ruby red beer, big solid creamy orange to pink head, pretty stable, very adhesive, nice lacing. Aroma: pretty sweet, caramel, some banana, spices, fruity, some pineapple, bit dry. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body, soft texture. Taste: pretty sweet malty start, caramel, sweet alcohol, very fruity. Aftertaste: caramel, bitter hops, some pineapple, passion fruit, bit chocolaty, piny bitter hops, little sweet, malty. Very nice beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2012
at 10:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Vintage 2010
Clear, ruby red colour, slight off-white head. Hoppy aroma, fruity, caramel, light sour, apricot, red fruits, older american hops. Malty sweet flavour, hoppy bitter, light candy. Quite sticky sweet malts. Bitter finish, malty sweet, fruity hops.
Still really nice in a bit older age.
(From 66 cL bottle @ ZZT IV. Courtesy of Countbeer. Thanks!)
Clear, ruby red colour, slight off-white head. Hoppy aroma, fruity, caramel, light sour, apricot, red fruits, older american hops. Malty sweet flavour, hoppy bitter, light candy. Quite sticky sweet malts. Bitter finish, malty sweet, fruity hops.
Still really nice in a bit older age.
(From 66 cL bottle @ ZZT IV. Courtesy of Countbeer. Thanks!)
Tried
from Can
on 01 Aug 2012
at 03:06
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught at the brewery. Almost clear deep amber liquid with small to medium off-white head. Aroma of biscuit, caramel, citrus, sweet tropical fruit and raw sugar. Taste is light sweet and medium bitter with malty notes of biscuit and caramel. Medium to full bodied with medium carbnation.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2012
at 17:16