Revolution Brewing Company Oakpocalypse Later

Oakpocalypse Later

 

Revolution Brewing Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸

Collab with: Firestone Walker Brewing
  Barley Wine - Barley Special
Score
8.15
ABV: 14.0% IBU: - Ticks: 11
This continent-spanning collaboration was aged in WhistlePig Estate Rye whiskey barrels with added single-origin French oaks for twelve months, and finished Sur Lie for an additional six in freshly dumped French oak red wine barrels from Herman Story Wines. A vortex of vinous, lumber-derived cherry, vanilla, smoke, and disturbed earth emanate from a swirled glass in this, our most wood-focused beer to-date. "How come all you guys sit on your helmets?"
 

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8.8
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Can. Pours clear mahogany, small tan head, good lacing. Aroma of bourbon, tannin, werthers, toffee, vanilla. Flavor is quite sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body. Yummy.

Tried from Can on 11 Jan 2026 at 02:19


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9.1
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Canned 1/10/25, the only batch thus far, drunk 12/31/25, as pictured.
Oh boy...this could be a banger...!! Smell is a near-perfect balance of rich, not too sweet malt and big barrel but not so much as too be austere or over-barreled feeling. Vintage mahogany, vanilla, spicy rye and succulent caramel and English toffee for days...no alcohol noted. Not too fruity, not too tannic. Not too much raisin/prune/plum.
Richly-malted with cherry, vanilla, date and plum, but not aggressively fruity or anything, nor is it too sweet. Really nice balance, thick and malty but not syrupy. Definitely hear them on the "most wood-focused beer to-date". But it's not too much; it's wonderful and rich and not too intense or overbearingly dry, spicy, tannic or boozey. Weird that this beer seemingly flew under the radar. It was available quite a few times on Tavour, and didn't sell out the 2nd+ times. It's an absolute stunningly-balanced gem with a near-perfect amount of barrel expression. And even more impressive, it's in perfect drinking shape after not even a year in can (with plenty more years to gracefully go, it seems). At 14%, you definitely start to feel the alcohol build on the palate, on the finish, but there's zero sharp/heat/alcohol flavor at any point.

Tried from Can from Tavour on 31 Dec 2025 at 21:36


9.4
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9.5 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9.5

Can shared at BMT during Celly Drippins night. This is serious gear. Rich semi-dark mats, stewed fruits, toffee, bourbon, hearty fruit character, moderate booze, a nip of brown sugar, rum, wood, earth. Dangerously drinkable. Super smooth. Absolutely outstanding.

Tried from Can at Beer Merchants Tap on 18 Dec 2025 at 18:20


8.6

Right. A lot more intense than Now. Sweetish, oaky, caramely and heavy with toffee, barrel, syrup, vanilla, figs, prunes and vinous notes. Complex slow sipper. Nice.

Tried from Can on 05 Dec 2025 at 18:49



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

Can big thanks to my bro. It pours clear deep rich red - brown with a decent bubbly khaki head. The aroma is slick, oily, heady booze, vanilla, whiskey fudge, Scottish tablet, molasses, dried fruits and berries, jammy, tangy, malt loaf, fruit loaf, caramac, toasty malts, splash of red wine, chocolate and a touch of spice. The taste is slick, oily, toothy, chewy, bitter - sweet, loads of dried dark fruits and berries, raisin, cherry, sultana, fig, warming booze, vinous, jammy vibes, whiskey fudge, toffee, Scottish tablet, vanilla, touch of toasty coconut, malt loaf, treacle tart and dull tannin with a slick, warming finale. Full body and average carbonation.. Lovely depth of flavour and balance. Revolution are the US bosses of high abv.

Tried from Can from Left Field Beer on 05 Sep 2025 at 16:09


8

Magus, linnaseline, karamelline, puuviljane, vanilje, nats hapukas, ploomine. Hea.

Tried from Can on 30 Aug 2025 at 23:35


8

Can at the brewery. Pours deep ruby, nose is red grape, berry, chocolate, vanilla, caramel, taste is coconut, vanilla, caramel, chocolate, hint of berries. 8/8/9/9/8

Tried from Can on 09 Aug 2025 at 19:59


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

Can. Shared with Peter S.P. Pours Dark amber with a White head. Massive Wood. Vanilla. A little booze. Super tasty and Well rounded. A fan of this brewery. 4.3

Tried on 13 Apr 2025 at 19:12


8

Thin body which should surprise nobody, sweet, boozy, oily. Cane sugar syrup, oak, raisin, vanilla, vinous and rich. Pretty complex and layered but stays in balance, very nice.

Tried from Can on 11 Apr 2025 at 20:20