Days Losing Light
Radiant Beer Company in Anaheim, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.64
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A beautiful upside in this stretch of DAYS LOSING LIGHT... the solemn beauty of winter barrel releases. Concocted from the blend of two Maplewines (Barleywines utilizing maple syrup as a major part of the fermentable sugars), these liquids rested in a blend of Old Fitzgerald barrels for 34 months before syncing with a barrel of Barleywine aged for W.L. Weller 7yr Barrels for 42 months. The resulting liquid amber sat on Comoros Vanilla Beans for a sweet snapshot of solace inspired by the frigid Northeast. Pouring a burnt mahogany, this hybrid smells of bourbon, treacle, marshmallow and oak; a precursor to the rounded tastes of toffee, maple syrup, vanilla, bourbon, and fudge that follow.
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8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tap @MBCC 2025, Yellow Session. Clear, very dark brown no head. Bourbon and rich dark and sweet malt aroma. Sweet flavour, bourvon boozy buzz and sweetness, rich dark malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Sep 2025
at 17:21
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draught @ Mikkeller Beer Celebration, 2025. Early Friday. Pours amber with a small head. Woody bourbon. Slick and well integrated flavors. Slight booze. Lovely. 4.2
Tried
on 28 May 2025
at 17:24
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at MBCC 2025 (Yellow session), pours black with a small beige head. Aroma has lots of brown sugar, toffee, and bourbon barrels in great cohesion. Flavour is complex, with big brown sugar, bourbon barrels, light vanilla, and toffee. Complex, refined, and integrated. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 May 2025
at 03:34
8/10
Draught @ MBCC '25 [ Yellow 🟨 Session 🧙♂️🍻🇩🇰 ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2025, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. . [20250523]
Tried
on 26 May 2025
at 12:07
8/10
Draught @ MBCC '25 [ Yellow 🟨 Session 🧙♂️🍻🇩🇰 ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2025, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. . [20250523]
Tried
on 26 May 2025
at 12:07
8/10
MBCC 2025, Yellow Session. A very dark brown beer. Aroma of dried fruits, maple syrup, bourbon. Taste of bourbon, vanilla, dried fruits, maple syrup.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 May 2025
at 13:23
7/10
Heavy, sweet and caramely with some syrup and earthiness
Tried
from Draft
on 23 May 2025
at 12:27
8/10
Tried
on 23 May 2025
at 12:22
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 23 May 2025
at 10:32
8/10
23/05/2025 Sample at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2025
Tried
on 23 May 2025
at 06:17