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

A visit to Be Hoppy after a tour of the Prado in Madrid yielded this 440 ml can. The proprietor of the shop said it was too new a beer for him to opine on. All that is okay, no problem, I bought it, not a cheap beer, not expensive either. My question to him was why is it called an American Barleywine? A shrug. Here we are two months later, I will attempt to determine the nuances of an American Barleywine. I’ve a globe glass ready after a previous tasting, can is open and I pour. The body is an interesting amber and brown in color with a skim of taupe foam. I smell syrup, grain and ripe fruit of some kind. The drink is straightforward for a barleywine. Bread, plums, raisins, wood and an alcohol content that will come back to bite me later. Decently all right beer. American Barleywine? I don’t know.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can from Kvickly Odder @ Home. Pours clear chestnut brown with a light tan head. Aroma of malt, light caramel, bread, dried fruit, wood, honey. Flavor is sweet, light bitter, malty, light caramel, bready, wood, honey, dried fruit, alcohol. Medium body, soft to average carbonation, sweet light bitter finish with some warming alcohol. 130525

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

EB - Can 440ml. @ home - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏠🇩🇰 🍀☁️☂️ [ Ārpus American Barleywine ]. ABV: 11.5%. [20250328]. 7/3/8/4/15

Lots of caramel malt and toffee sweetness. Also an earthy, grassy undertone.