About
Barrier Brewing Co. is the collaborative effort of brewers Evan Klein and Craig Frymark, located in Oceanside, NY. Brewing their first batches on a 1bbl system (2 kegs at a time!) in June 2010, the two expanded the business to a 5bbl brewhouse in June 2012 which operated for four short months before being severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy. After several months of rebuilding, Barrier reopened in late-February 2013. The brewery currently produces nearly 50 different beers throughout the year totaling 1500bbl annually, all of which is self-distributed throughout the NY metro area.
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Alewife, Queens tap: Pours golden with white head. Aroma is a bit of grass, plenty of Czech hops, and nice bready malts. This pilsner, while not excessively complicated fits the bill of a clean Czech pils very well. Nice amount of hoppy bitterness. Very well balanced with the bready malts. A great refreshing beer this was.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jul 2014
at 09:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ RBSG Grand Tasting. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2014
at 07:28
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft. Pours orange gold with white head. Nose and taste of sticky resin, perfume hops, alcohol soaked orange peel and caramel malt. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jul 2014
at 12:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at Pony bar. Pours orange gold white head. Nose and taste of lemon, banana, bubblegum and yeast. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jul 2014
at 12:30
6/10
Tried
on 29 Jun 2014
at 11:40
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at RBSDG. Rating number 7,800. Pours orange gold with white head. Nose/taste of sugared grapefruit, caramel malt, juicy oranges and pine. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2014
at 19:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. RBSG St. Louis. Pours cloudy yellow white head. Nose/taste of sugared grapefruit peel, light malt, lemon and grassy hops. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2014
at 17:55
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Drought at Fette Sau Brooklyn. Clear rich yellow with spongy small white head, doughy aroma, slightly sour yeasty taste, low carbonation, abrupt finish. Pretty generic beer.
Tried
on 18 Jun 2014
at 17:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Miles, Brooklyn tap ($6): Pours cloudy pale yellow with white head. Aroma is fruit, a slight hint of smoke, and yeast. Taste is slightly sweet and ever so slightly smoky. The beer has a nice a full body. Nice yeasty Belgian elements. Extremely well put together.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jun 2014
at 19:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
64oz growler from Shoreline Beverage. Pours a very hazy straw gold with some creamy white head. Nose is spot on, mild sweetness, floral, some straw, some herbs, yeast, lemon. Flavor follows suit, lightly sweet, malty, some mild candy, lemon, light soap, herbal, floral too, mild pepper. Crisp finish. Real easy to drink. Solid.
Tried
from Growler
on 06 Jun 2014
at 17:38