Chicken Killer Barley Wine
Santa Fe Brewing Company in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
6.78
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Sweet smooth candy flavor. Should be at 10%.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Few styles have the range with me from quite good to rather poor as barley wines. I found a tall boy of Chicken Killer at the Total Wine n Santa Fe and, yes, I know the story. The Cowtown snifter receives the pour for me to see a cola-tea colored liquid with a slight but steady head of eggshell foam. I smell yellow fruit, dark fruit, alfalfa and bread. The taste is all right, I have no real complaint. Red plums, raisins, wheat bread, red licorice a vinous touch and hay. Decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Pours clear amber with a small light beige head. Caramel, brown sugar, bit of stone fruit, alcohol. Sweet warming finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From Apr 2007
This one pours from 22oz bottle a clear deep amber with a medium sized head of foam. A couple of minutes in to the session, it shrinks to just a few islands in the middle and it has some lacing.
The smell has a big nose of caramel malt with some hop notes floating in the background.
The taste on first sip is also big on caramel malt but it is not overly sweet. A few more sips in and I'm getting some dark fruit flavours, and some hop bittererness...but not much. I'm also getting some roasted malt, some grain and a bit of an alcohol burn when it goes down but it's not objectionable in my opinion. This is a good BWSA.
Bottom line: I picked this one up on my last trip to Ft Collins and it's a good example of the style. I'd buy it again.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours deep amber from the bottle. Aroma is apple brandy, caramel, schnapps. Taste is sweet, lightly peppery, full of alcohol, apple vinegar, and the warm presence of alcohol. Body is medium, with average carbonation. Finished me off for the night.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(bottle) clear, fluorescent reddish amber colour with a small beige head; aroma of jam, stewed fruit; balanced flavour with a subdued, bit boozy flavour, long medium bitter finish; oily palate
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Looks like a flat cola. Nose of oxidation cardboard for sure with a lot of really well balanced malty notes with some toffee. I am pretty sure this is an aged bottle with a fantastic n ose
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2
Bottle, RBSG 1016. Sweet BW nose, almost orange. First taste makes me think we need to age this a bit. Warming sensations, a little uncivilized. Typical american barleywine wanna bee. Not much of an american barleywine liker, but I was glad to have the chance to taste this. I don’t know if it would kill a chicken, but it’ll sure make ’em catch a buzz, whew.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Amber-brown beer with a tan head. Malt and caramel aroma with light PNW hops. Sweet caramel and light raisin flavor with light grapefruit. Medium bodied. Sweet malt and caramel lingers with light grapefruit.